CafeMoms Talk Trick-or-Treating (video)

[Krystallized]

Share what you do with the extra Halloween candy.  Do you eat it all right after and gain 5 lbs like mhnj?  Or do you hoard it and ration it out over several months like mediamom?  Have any other ideas for avoiding sugar-induced meltdowns?

 

[Krystallized]

Oct. 20, 2009 at 5:36 PM

Like MediaMom, we hoard it and ration it out over time. The dentists around here also host a buy back program. They purchase the candy from the kids per lb., it gives the kids a little bit of spending money and less cavities, and they ship the candy (the kind that can be shipped) overseas to the troops :)

[fourkidssoon]

Oct. 20, 2009 at 10:07 PM

these are great.  i'd like to know how to stop my kids from eating 50 pieces of candy on Halloween.  Ideas?

[mommato2boys79]

Oct. 21, 2009 at 5:36 PM

[cafemama]

Oct. 22, 2009 at 2:25 PM

I only buy candy that I don't like (for me - anything with nuts) so that I'm not tempted to eat it all! I have no self control if there's candy I like in the house.

[elizahleigh]

Oct. 22, 2009 at 3:52 PM

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[AnitaQ]

Oct. 22, 2009 at 4:30 PM

My dentist has a buy back program as well.  I actually have my kids convinced that there is a Halloween ghost/fairy who comes on Halloween night and takes away most of the candy and leaves them fun books to read.  I let the kids sort the candy the night of trick-or-treat and keep a tiny amount.  They are really excited to leave the candy for the ghost and excited the next day to get the new books.  I recently read this article on Candy options that I thought were good.  http://current.com/items/91201102_healthy-halloween.htm

[PinkSodaPop]

Oct. 22, 2009 at 9:27 PM

We have alot of fun with our extra Halloween Candy... we do Candy Experiments --- It's super fun! 

It's a bit of Science and fun thrown into one.... plus it gets rid of extra candy!

Thanks for the super cool video CafeMoms!  


 

 

[momofne]

Oct. 23, 2009 at 6:24 AM

Okay my strategy is to wait and buy it as close to Halloween so I don't eat it. I try to buy what I don't like. Anyway I finally broke down and bought some last night......and I've already eaten 5 !!!!!!! Dang it!!!

[portlandia]

Oct. 26, 2009 at 11:47 AM

I buy candy as close to halloween as possible not so I don't eat it but so my husband doesn't.  Since my oldest isn't old enough to eat all the candy he gets we ration it out to him over time...