Halloween~ My children are not happy!

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  • Off10h8ed
    Off10h8ed Posts: 282 Member
    I grew up in the country and we got homemade stuff all the time. One of the older ladies made popcorn balls every year just for Halloween. Her kids had been grown and moved away years before and this brought her great joy. I hate that we live in a society where people no longer trust their neighbors to not poison homemade snacks. I will be traveling on the 31st this year, so no worries about left over candy.

    I agree, I can remember my mom making popcorn balls when I was a kid. Now days, not happening. I wont let my kids eat homemade treats and I wouldn't expect other parents to allow their kids to eat what I make. It is a safety issue when you don't know where the stuff is coming from.
  • DrMAvDPhD
    DrMAvDPhD Posts: 2,097 Member
    Buy candy. Teach your children about portion control by exercising it yourself. Problem solved.

    I find that by eating 1-3 small pieces of chocolate a day I don't end up gorging myself with a movie-theater size bag of M&Ms a few times a week like I used to.
  • jpe71
    jpe71 Posts: 50 Member
    Our kids' dentist does a candy buy back the day after. She pays the kids $1 a lb up to 5 lbs and then donates the candy to a group that sends it overseas to the military. She also gives the kids goody bags with things like toothbrushes and such.

    If my dentist had done that when I was a kid, I would've sold them all the candy I didn't like, and then use the money to go out and buy candy I did like! Buy candy for the kids every year, give it out at approximately the pace that should last until nine. After that, I'm usually getting teenagers who have already been around before. Then I turn off the porch light and go to the bedroom. I don't usually have much in the way of leftovers. What I do have, I have no issues with eating
  • opus649
    opus649 Posts: 633 Member
    I find that by eating 1-3 small pieces of chocolate a day I don't end up gorging myself with a movie-theater size bag of M&Ms a few times a week like I used to.

    I'm the opposite... if I start to eat chocolate, I have a really hard time stopping. It's much easier for me to just abstain.

    I'd give anything for a bag of Oreo double-stuffs right now :cry:
  • NaturallyOlivia
    NaturallyOlivia Posts: 496 Member
    You should buy cough drops! Haha okay thats mean.

    Walmart used to sell these red cinnamon flavored hard candies is hugeee bags for like $2 or $3 dollars a couple a years ago. I'm not sure if they still do, but i used to buy them and suck on them when i was craving somethig sweet. for some reason i remember them being around 10 cal or so each. i cant remem fberf they were sugar free but it certainly is better than the 90 cal you'll find in one fun size chocolate candy.
  • NaturallyOlivia
    NaturallyOlivia Posts: 496 Member
    Our Local Food Shelf LOVES getting left over Halloween candy!

    what a great idea! I never thought of this! :)
  • Verity1111
    Verity1111 Posts: 3,309 Member
    We never have enough candy and always need to go buy more! We have hundreds upon hundreds of trick-or-treaters. So, you could move to Chicago, IL and it would solve your issue. ;] Lmso.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    I find that by eating 1-3 small pieces of chocolate a day I don't end up gorging myself with a movie-theater size bag of M&Ms a few times a week like I used to.

    I'm the opposite... if I start to eat chocolate, I have a really hard time stopping. It's much easier for me to just abstain.

    I'd give anything for a bag of Oreo double-stuffs right now :cry:

    It has to be the right chocolate. I eat six squares of Green & Black's 85% cocoa dark chocolate (usually with a little peanut butter) pretty much every day. I'm not normally a dark chocolate fan, but that stuff is to die for. But it's so pure and rich (and low in sugar, actually) that it's ruined all other chocolate for me. Milk chocolate doesn't taste good to me anymore.
  • leeann0517
    leeann0517 Posts: 74 Member
    If you are just going to throw out all your kids' candy (and if I knew your kid got candy from my house and you threw it out I would be mad since you just wasted my money) why do you let them go trick-or-treating? There are plenty of events that could go to so they could dress up, yet not bring home tons of candy.
  • VelociMama
    VelociMama Posts: 3,119 Member
    Our Local Food Shelf LOVES getting left over Halloween candy!

    what a great idea! I never thought of this! :)

    LOVE this idea too.

    OP, just get candy. Work on the self-control. Never stiff the kids at Halloween lest you enjoy picking eggs and TP off your lawn.
  • MinMin97
    MinMin97 Posts: 2,674 Member
    We're going boating in the mountains
    We will all be extremely happy!
  • 04hoopsgal73
    04hoopsgal73 Posts: 892 Member
    Buy it as late as possible.

    Buy less and each tricktreater gets less > I think it’s a win-win for us and the theire parents’ dentist bills.

    At the end of the night the last kids get all the remaining candy so there is nothing remaining in the house.

    Kids always swap their loot that night or the next days so usually they get their favs from someone if not my house.

    Basically, I have been doing like this my entire life else we would eat it all, get sick, get cavities, and have Halloween candy here
    through Christmas..

    We tried apples, Unicef, and other positive approaches. But we got egged or toilet papered, so those good ideas went in the trash.:sad:
  • chelledawg14
    chelledawg14 Posts: 509 Member
    I don't buy candy that I like; if we have leftovers, my husband or I bring it to work and give it away.
  • Troll
    Troll Posts: 922 Member
    There is no leftover candy! we're the house that gives out huge handfuls of the good candy :)

    I do munch on heath bars and take5 bars in between trick or treaters :D
  • MrsSWW
    MrsSWW Posts: 1,585 Member
    I lock the gates and leave the dogs on the loose, they sound vicious but wouldn't bite the kids... they don't know that though! :laugh: I've not had to buy candy for years :tongue:
  • mynameiscarrie
    mynameiscarrie Posts: 963 Member
    I lock the gates and leave the dogs on the loose, they sound vicious but wouldn't bite the kids... they don't know that though! :laugh: I've not had to buy candy for years :tongue:

    lolol
  • 04hoopsgal73
    04hoopsgal73 Posts: 892 Member
    Buy it as late as possible.

    Buy less and each tricktreater gets less > I think it’s a win-win for us and the theire parents’ dentist bills.

    At the end of the night the last kids get all the remaining candy so there is nothing remaining in the house.

    Kids always swap their loot that night or the next days so usually they get their favs from someone if not my house.

    Basically, I have been doing like this my entire life else we would eat it all, get sick, get cavities, and have Halloween candy here
    through Christmas..

    We tried apples, Unicef, and other positive approaches. But we got egged or toilet papered, so those good ideas went in the trash.:sad:

    PS We do not buy candy that we like...
  • opalescence
    opalescence Posts: 413 Member
    I get hundreds of tricker treaters, our neighborhood shuts the streets down and people of all ages dress up and roam the streets we have a haunted trail and guys in chainsaws scaring all the little kids. its so much fun. The 1st year we spent 500 dollars on candy and it was all gone by 9pm.

    The next year we went to the movies instead.

    Now I roam the neighborhood and dont really give out candy, or will give it out for about an hour then roam the neighborhood. =)
  • mynameiscarrie
    mynameiscarrie Posts: 963 Member
    I get hundreds of tricker treaters, our neighborhood shuts the streets down and people of all ages dress up and roam the streets we have a haunted trail and guys in chainsaws scaring all the little kids. its so much fun. The 1st year we spent 500 dollars on candy and it was all gone by 9pm.

    The next year we went to the movies instead.

    Now I roam the neighborhood and dont really give out candy, or will give it out for about an hour then roam the neighborhood. =)

    That is absolutely ridiculous. $500 on candy?! That's my rent! I'd go to the movies too lol
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I'll be handing out raisins and protein shakes and ezekiel bread with sweet potato spread.

    Then, I'll move to another state because my house would get burned down.

    :laugh:
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    PS We do not buy candy that we like...

    That would be a good idea, but I would have to find a candy that I didn't like. :ohwell:
  • soulfulsally
    soulfulsally Posts: 326
    After trick or treating, we take inventory and keep only a small portion of their favorite candies. Most of the fun is in the actual trick or treating anyway, so they don't mind too much. Funny thing is, the best treats that my kids remember are not candy. It's stuff like toys and coloring supplies. Makes sense, since candy is gone quickly and the toys last longer.

    When I was a kid, my favorite treat to get was money. Not like people were giving out dollar bills or anything, but the pennies and nickels added up by the end of the night. Nowadays I don't see anyone passing out coins. Too bad for the kiddos.
  • wanda9501
    wanda9501 Posts: 114
    My problem is not the candy going out, but the candy coming in. We never buy candy because we are out with our daughter getting candy.
    Please pray for me, because Reese Cups :love: will be the death of me oneday!:explode:
  • 20tulipgirl20
    20tulipgirl20 Posts: 99
    Hate to say it, but that would bug me too if I were a kid on Halloween. For me, I would think it would be a great season of challenging my own will power. By having that candy in the house and resisting the urge and temptation to not eat it would help in future seasons.
  • soulfulsally
    soulfulsally Posts: 326
    PS We do not buy candy that we like...

    That would be a good idea, but I would have to find a candy that I didn't like. :ohwell:

    LOL. I've bought candy I didn't like only to find out that when a chocoholic like me is desperate, anything with cocoa in it starts to look kind of good.
  • ixiHemlock
    ixiHemlock Posts: 83 Member
    WTF? Rice Crispies are delicious, your kids are brats. Why can't they just Trick or Treat for the extra junk they want and leave you out of it?
  • soulfulsally
    soulfulsally Posts: 326
    Just thought of something to maybe satisfy everyone....Let the kids keep the candy they get, but keep the bags in a hard to get to place (like the garage or car trunk). Same goes for bags of halloween candy to pass out, bought in advance.
  • kjjm08
    kjjm08 Posts: 217 Member
    My son's 1st grade class is having a thing where we can bring in candy to send to the deployed troops. My husband is in the military and he always appreciated stuff like this when deployed, so this does two things for us.

    1. Gets rid of all that extra candy!!

    2. We get to do something nice for the deployed troops & show our appreciation.

    My son is OK with this as well :) Win win situation.
  • Swissmiss
    Swissmiss Posts: 8,754 Member
    Give it away to anyone. I don't understand why your children's moods have anything to do with this. Let them know who is boss.
  • DarkFlutter
    DarkFlutter Posts: 336 Member
    Self control. Eat just one. Log it and see what it's worth. That ususally stops me.

    Actually I still have a few mini bars from last Halloween in my desk drawer!

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