Too MUCH Candy In The house.

We have numerous kinds of candy flavored as fruits that we have never actually had in your house before.The simplest way to save money on Halloween is to be somewhere else. When I was a kid, we used to “recycle candy.” As a safety precaution, my sister and I would trick or treat when it was still light out, usually between 5 – 7 PM. We would go out trick or treating and head home once our baskets were full. We’d sort through the candy in the living room, pick out the ones we really liked, and put the rest in the bucket our parents used to give out to trick or treaters visiting our house.

I try not to buy what we like it would be all gone before Sat. So I bought what we really dont like but kids do and left it in the SUV So grand daughter wouldnt see it.

my kid daughter had her birthday on the first week of this month and we brought some candies to give to her classmates,we have lot of it remaining and dont know what to do with it.

Hi Jo.... We used to buy gobs and gobs of candy because we had so many kids come to our door whether in Texas or in Arkansas and we prayed we didn't run out. I always had to hide it so hubby wouldn't get into it and eat it all. He has an awful sweet tooth for candy. I like some but nothing like he does. Now in North Carolina and where we live which is way off the road, we don't have any trick or treaters come to our house. The first two years we were here, I bought gobs of candy and had only one child come to our door so both years and now he doesn't come any more so we stopped buying candy. We had our fun, especially in Arkansas when we had so many kids come.

If I buy candy I don't like, I'll eat it anyway. Might as well buy candy that I DO like. I can always dump whatever's left at work on Monday!

That was funny! When I buy the candy for halloween what I do is put it out of sight. That will control my desire to open the bags. Once Saturday comes though I will be all over it. I love the chocolate candy but I also love candy corn.

I beat it by not buying and giving out candy at all...

Oh Jo, do I know what you mean. I bought my candy last week for the kiddies and today I have to buy more................woe is me, my scale broke and I can't think why! LOL

I will be away this weekend. I am going on a retreat to get away for a few days and rest. Just from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon. Therefore I won't need to buy candy. I do love candy and do not buy it unless there is an emergency when I then rush out and buy chocolate. I love chocolate in any shape or form. We had a few chocolate trees on the property and would pick the fruit and dry it. Therefore it is a vegetable and we should always eat up our vegetables!

LOL....Trick or treat jo! LOL..I do usually have a load of candy by the time it is all said and done. Not only do I have the leftover candy that I was giving out but I also have the two heaping bags my girls come dragging in. I always pick through it and get the Mary Janes out..lol. I love those things.

lol that's so funny cause I get pre holloween candy for me and the kids, then I get the ok stuff to give away for holloween.

I never have had to deal with trick-or-treaters much since I live so far back from the road. I feel like this is probably the reason, anyway. I'm glad, too. For this reason, I don't buy a lot of candy for Halloween. I do buy candy sometimes but it's usually Three Musketeers Bars, Candy Corn, the kind that's low in fat, in other words. I hope you enjoy your job as the fat lady in the circus, lol! Kathy.

no trick or treaters come to my house now i guess they are afraid of me.lol so i don't buy any candy any more like i did when i lived in Martin.hope you have lots of trick or treaters.i always loved to see all the kids they seemed to have so much fun.

A piece of advice, when its getting late and give the remaining to the last set of kids that come to your house

Good morning, dear JO! Sadly enough, since my son has grown up, I live rurally enough that I do not get trick or treaters, unless the parents drive them around, and that is seldom. I have resorted to making Caramel Popcorn balls, and cookies, which YOU and I could eat with coffee/tea...LOL! All I am saying, is that I don't need the excuse of Hallowe'en to bring candy into the house...but I sure used to use, that excuse! LOL! Have a great one, HUGZ & LUV!!

Trick or Treat is not actually a halloween thing in our country. We have a different way of celebrating this. And with the trends here now, you can hear about "halloween party", "halloween concert" or a "midnight sale". And about the candies, me and my wife usually buys candies we don't like, lol, but it's for the kids, lol.

Well we don't really have that tradition during Halloween. But I do buy candies for kids once in a while. My grandchildren area ctually crazy about it but I don't often buy for them because I am protecting their teeth. I give them just once in a while and make sure they are brushing their teeth after.

Yes, and it's also a great temptation!!! Every year, it's the same. But it tastes so doggone good! And then next, come the big-feast days...Thanksgiving and Christmas! What's a gal to do?? LOL Karen

Yes, Jo I'm having a terrible time keeping my paws off the candy LOL And, like you I'm going to be a tub of lard soon if Sat . doesn't hurry up and get here :) This will be my first time for trick or treaters cuz we moved and stupid me I guess I thought, well, I have three grandsons, they'll be wanting candy--- NOT ! they won't trick or treat here---where WAS my mind????--- and I might not have a handfull of trick or treaters--- now what do I do???/ I took the kids a sack of candy/junk and put the stuff I liked the best in their sacks so I'd not have my grubby paws on it LOL They can have the other stuff when they come to visit LOL But, hey, I'll join you as another fat lady in the circus, ok??? hugs, quita88

I think your problem is you will eat all the candy you were supposed to give away. Yes I gorge myself on things so thankfully I never have them. The worst thing for me is eggnog, I will drink it all...