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I’m not sure about you, but I’m not a big fan of Halloween now that I’m a parent. It’s not because I don’t enjoy helping the kids dress up and go trick-or-treating…it’s because of all the candy we come home with at the end of the night. Right now, I only have one child old enough to trick-or-treat, I can’t imagine what parents with two or more kids trick-or-treating come home with on Halloween night!
For me, the issue is that candy doesn’t have any nutritional value to it and has a horrible side effect on kids (it makes them crazy!), plus there’s too much of it collected in one night and we end up eating candy every day until Thanksgiving it seems. I know I’m not the only parent out there who feels this way, so I did a little research looking for ways to get rid of the extra candy. Below are some of the ideas I came across.
Save It for Later – One of the best ways to save Halloween candy for later is to freeze it. Just like with meat and other perishable foods, candy can also be preserved by freezing. Why would you want to freeze candy? Some candy can be used for ice cream shakes or even a sundae or you could make your own sonic-like blast. Another idea is to keep candy like bite size snickers, mini reese’s pieces and rolo packs for cookies! Make a Healthy Snack – Combine some of the candy (M&Ms, Reese’s Pieces, etc.) in a bowl with nuts, raisins, mini marshmallows and other yummy treats for a fun trail mix the kids will love munching on. Trail mix is good because the nuts contain all the protein kids need for a midday snack, but the candy gives…