9 Ways to Get Rid of Halloween Candy

You do your best to teach your child to eat healthily and only have treats in moderation.  Then Halloween comes around and you end up with a 5-pound bag of candy.  You know that you're going to be hearing "can I have a piece of Halloween candy?" for weeks.  

So, what can you do to get rid of some of that Halloween candy?  

Hand It Back Out

The quickest way to get rid of all that extra Halloween candy is to hand it back out as soon as you get home.  Let your kids go through the candy right away and choose out a few pieces of their favorite candy to keep. Then light up your Halloween pumpkin and have the kids help you hand out the leftovers to all the older kids who are still out trick or treating.  

Candy Buy Back Programs

Many dentists have started to participate in the Halloween Candy Buyback program. You bring your Halloween candy in and the dentist will trade you for cash, a toothbrush or other items.  Not only does this program help reduce the amount of sugar kids are eating, but the candy is then donated to troops overseas.

Switch Witch Halloween

Have you heard of the Switch Witch yet?  Just like Santa and the Tooth Fairy, the Switch Witch comes to your house once everyone is asleep. All you have to do is leave your bag of unwanted Halloween treats and candy out for her and she will swap it for a present or some cash.  

Buy Halloween Candy from Your Kids 

If you're not into creating another magical figure that sneaks into your house while you're sleeping, buy the candy from your kids yourself.  You can offer them a set amount per piece of candy or offer to buy them a new toy for the whole bag of candy.  

Save Candy for Birthday Parties

Does one of your children have a birthday party coming up soon?  You may not want your kids eating all that candy, but you can easily unload it all on their friends.  Stuff a piñata, put it in the goody bags or serve it as a birthday party snack.  Think of all the money you will save on the party!

Save Candy for Christmas

After Halloween, Christmas is the next worst holiday when you're trying to eat healthily.  You know you're going to let your kids have some treats anyway, so why not recycle some of that Halloween candy for Christmas?  Put a few favorites in your kid's Christmas stockings and save some small candies for the gingerbread house.  And of course, make sure you put some candy out in bowls for your guests to enjoy.  

Give Candy to Your Child's Teacher

Does your child's teacher use treats to reward students for good behavior?  Send a note to school with your child and ask her if she could use some more candy to add to her stash.  Sure, some of it will go back to your child anyway, but at least you will be unloading most of the candy on the other kids. 

Donate Halloween Candy

There are many places that would be grateful to take all of that candy off your hands.  You could bring it to your local food bank or a drop it off at a homeless shelter.  If you want to show your appreciation to your local heroes, take your extra candy to the police station or fire station.  You could even call up some of the nursing homes and see if they would take your Halloween Candy off your hands.

Bring Extra Halloween Candy to Work

If you just need to get that candy out of your house right away, throw it in your car now.  Take it to work in the morning and let your coworkers' pig out.  

Now that you know how to get rid of all your kid's extra candy, you can go back to teaching your kids to eat healthily, with the occasional treat of course.  Make sure you remember to keep a treat or two for yourself too. 

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Halloween gift baskets bring a "ghouly" welcome to your friends and co-workers.  These frightfully delicious gifts feature Halloween products and candies that will bewitch your loved ones - whether young or old!

Send Halloween gifts to a friend's home or bring one or two to the office as a giveaway at your office Halloween party. With chocolates, snacks and ghostly toys, these are sure to entertain anyone!

Halloween is a child's favorite holiday.

Be sure to send a Halloween gift basket to your favorite little 'gobblin' this Halloween. Halloween brings memories of jack-o-lanterns, carnivals, trick or treating and lots of Halloween candy. What other holiday affords the opportunity to go door to door begging for treats and bragging about all the Halloween candies and treats?

Fun Halloween Gift Ideas - A favorite with children, Halloween is one of those holidays that a person can never get enough of throughout their life. From black bats, Halloween costumes, orange pumpkins to green witches, the images that bring minds back to childhood Halloween events are vivid. It is just one of those fun holidays that often remains a pleasant thought as people reflect back on earlier times and favorite Halloween candy.

From long treks through the neighborhood to bustling Halloween parades with lots of colorful costumes to school Halloween parties complete with scary games and sugary treats and confections, the memories of childhood Halloween events bring forth winsome smiles and even spontaneous chuckles. Adults think back to fond memories of stopping on the sidewalk to dig through their Halloween bag for tempting candy bars or Halloween treat bags filled with candy corn.

Even as adults, people still enjoy dressing up to take their children trick-or-treating around the neighborhood so they can join in on the fun and perhaps snag a bit of candy and sweet treats for themselves. Who knows, someone they know might actually insist that they take a chocolate bar or handful of candy corn for the road?

People of all ages often have Halloween parties that they invite friends and family to attend in full costume. After all, it is more fun to watch pirates and witches bob for apples than it is to watch someone who looks just like they look every other day of the week. Of course, Halloween candy is going to have a strong presence at one of these parties with big bowls of lollipops, chocolate candy bars, tootsie rolls, nerds, hard candy, and an assortment of other types of Halloween candy favorites.

Adults who reflect on Halloween remember which neighbors were extremely generous giving out the large-sized candy bars, toys, or cookies with a smile that slipped onto their faces effortlessly. Memories of neighbors who gave out apples from their backyard trees, candy apples, or spice wafers without packaging also emerge. Adults even remember those neighbors who closed their homes up tight for the night watching TV with the shades drawn, the lights out, and quite possible a piece of candy waiting to be eaten.

Thoughts of fun, candy, and good times emerge as Fall arrives. These are pleasant memories for most people. Nights spent trick-or-treating for all kinds of candy have transformed to daytime events for many communities as the safety of the children enjoying this Autumn holiday has taken precedence over tradition.

Typically, these memories are pleasant ones since Halloween is a holiday filled with fun and sweet candy treats. People remember the neighbors who decorated houses, some of whom went to great lengths to create graveyards or witchesÌ dens. Memories of picture windows filled with cardboard cut outs shaped and designed as scarecrows, haystacks, pumpkins, skeletons, bats, witches and more are elicited as this holiday draws closer. Better yet, memories of the chocolates, sweets and other candies that were eaten before arriving home sweeten the memories much like they sweetened the mouth all those years ago.

Fond Memories of Halloween

Waiting till sunset to trick-or-treat, then racing home afterwards to dump out the trick-or-treat bags and plastic jack-o-lanterns to separate the chocolate candy from the other, less desirable, Halloween candy.

Bobbing for apples, ÏfishingÓ for prizes in the fishing booth, and to enjoying a favorite Halloween candy recipe Ò the red candy coated Halloween candy apples Ò at the Halloween Carnival.

Browsing the Halloween aisle to see the variety of special Halloween candy bags created for the season and oohing and aahing at the wide variety of Halloween candy created especially for this time of year.

Each year as Halloween looms near, thoughts of first costumes and bobbing for apples turn up unbidden by those people who reflect upon the past. Memories of earlier Halloween events are often triggered by the images people see as they walk through stores that are attempting to sell Halloween treats and candy or while they drive through neighborhoods decorated with lots of ugly witches, wide-eyed pumpkins, and flying bats.

Halloween memories, treats and fun! What a special time of year for young and old alike. A person is never too old for Halloween candy!

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