Among the many ideas offered by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services in an annual guide to ditching the candy without tossing your cookies, are a few we think are pretty good:
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What do you do with all that leftover Halloween candy? [MCT News]
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]]>Get rid of it?
Last two kid's walking up the driveway (close to closing time) received 2 pounds of treats.
Let their parents worry about it :)
]]>I recently heard on the radio a "Green Halloween" alternative in which they actually TRASH the leftover candy into the mulching bin and then recycle the wrappers for crafting. Although the idea of candy not being consumed has left me a bit aghast, it is an alternative for the diabetic. Yet whether we eat the candy or not, those wrappers are prime crafting fodder for projects, like scrapbooking and jewelry. Gum wrapper bracelet anyone?
]]>Get some colored tissue paper, fold it, fill it with a bit of candy, wrap like a baggie, and tie with yarn or ribbon. Stick one in your mailbox for your mail carrier. Give one to the trashmen. Give one to your newspaper deliverer. Hand them out as $1 tip replacements. An easy way to get rid of excess candy and brighten other people's days.
]]>oh, and did i mention that i have Type 1 Diabetes?
(prepackaged Halloween candy is great for treating low blood sugars...)
]]>How will I get rid of mine? 50 % off this week, 75% off next week, then whatevers left, IN THE TRASH!
]]>I use it to bribe my teenagers to get their chores done quickly. It's amazing how a tiny little crunch bar can get motivation up!
]]>What are these "leftovers" that you speak of?
]]>Use it to lure children into my van.
What? How else are they going to see the new bike?
]]>@h3llc4t, breaker of office dress codes: You have snakes at home and need to clean out their tubs; is that what you mean by snake tubs? I saw a Dirty Jobs episode a ways back and he was helping the staff clean out various snake habitats, so I guess you have to do the same thing. As one with a major irrational fear of snakes, it would take way more than mini KitKats to do that kind of work for you. But to each his/her own.
Only 3, yes, 3, kids came to my house on Saturday, so I had quite a bit left over. I gave most of it to a friend of mine who was attending her church's post-Mass luncheon. I kept a couple of the fun-size snickers and few bags of the fun-size M&M bags.
]]>We actually raided my sons' stale candy stash to GIVE OUT for Halloween. There was even some Easterish looking candy in there from grandparent/relative gifts. Cleaned the entire big glass jar out!
And now they have fresh candy from their Halloween swag...
]]>Damn right.
]]>Do science with your candy! nom nom science!
]]>@sn1per: He's going to try and fit into it on Wednesday. For the meet-up.
]]>@jbrecken: That's why we grabbed a few bags of Heath bars when they went on sale-- very good as a topping on brownies :)
The mini-reeses peanut butter cup works wonderful as a substitute for brown-eyed susans.
]]>@Applekid: I wonder if those van drivers have a field day staying at home and handing out candy to kids...kind of creepy
]]>@Naame: Is it sad that I first read that as "Do what Stone Cold does" I was half expecting you to say slam a budweiser on your head and chug it.
]]>@shepd: I was told by my dentist that brushing immediately after eating is really bad for your teeth, especially after sugary candies and soda. Apparently the sugar softens the enamel somewhat and makes it vulnerable to scratching (from the toothbrush). He said the best thing is to wait half hour, let the saliva do its job, then brush away
]]>the Consumerist T-shirt I washed this weekend on Wednesday.uh, what? Wednesday isn't a weekend...]]>
@acvicari: And we all know there is only one fruitcake in the world that just gets passed around.
]]>@Shaftoe:
That sounds like one of those foreign bugs people are always scaring you with. "I went to Africa on safari and came home with bowel locusts."
]]>I vaguely remember an episode of The Man Show where they had the custom omelet guy at a casino buffet make them a pie and donut omelet.
]]>In the Lansing Michigan area they are collecting Halloween candy and shipping it to soldiers.
]]>@acvicari: I think there are actually 2 floating around right now. I think I have even seen both of them, not at the same time though so....
]]>@Starfury: the vultures will survive chinese candy
]]>@pollyannacowgirl:
Freaking genius.
Redistribution FTW!
Yup, no danger of anyone eating it if you put it in a fruit cake.
But then there would be more than one.
]]>I grabbed food off of this a few times but only because I saw them bringing it out and I was yet again stuck working through lunch so it was leftovers or nothing.
]]>@Starfury: What do you mean by candy from China? Are you talking about generic dollar store things or stuff like White Rabbit? Cause if it's White Rabbit, don't throw it out, send it to me! I'll risk the melamine...maybe.
]]>A bit off topic, but something about people who brush their teeth at work, creeps me the funk out. It's like your a bit too compulsive about how clean your mouth is. Maybe these people will be reborn as dogs(dawgs) in the next life so they can rest assure all is well with this particular orifice. My 2 cents..sorry to ramble.
]]>It will be re-sorted with the candy from China tossed out and the rest taken to work for the vultures to eat.
]]>(On the other hand, EVERYONE at that job could bake, and I mean EVERYONE. I brought ginger-molasses cookies and my peppermint brownie bites a few times, other folks brought cakes and cookies and we had a December bake-off... plus, it was a global organization so there were treats from all cultures. Caribbean rum dessert + Russian vodka dessert = happy office.)
]]>Two per kid. They're just the "fun size". 1 candy just seems cheap to me. But what do I know?
]]>What if I was handing out tainted ground beef? where can I send the left overs?
]]>@Shaftoe:
Damn, I'm runnng out of really inappropriate things to comment with and you had to ruin it with a correction!
@remington870_20ga: too bad they have none near me :(
]]>@diasdiem: Fruit cakes?
]]>The buyback program looks like a fail. I live in the city and found zero search results within 5 miles. The stuff sells for a buck a pound at the dollar stores, and why make kids give up their nights work?
]]>@katsuyakaiba: Lol.. toothpaste. That is really funny, mean.. but really funny.
]]>@Skankingmike: I have a hard time imagining that anyone who takes nearly all of the food for themselves does not realize exactly what he or she is doing. Come on. You're being a porker, admit it!
]]>Christmas baking!
]]>No better way to get rid of surplus food than to throw it to the cow-orkers.
]]>Save it until next year and then hand it out! (At least that's what one of my brothers does.)
]]>@h3llc4t, breaker of office dress codes: !! I love this.
It might actually work for me.
You are a genius. I may come back to you if I need advice.
]]>Yep! It's not unusual to hand out small bags of potato chips. Heck, I saw a box of little bags of Doritos at Wal-Mart with the bags dressed up for Halloween. According to this one article I read in the paper, the crap kids can't stand are apples, pennies, toothpaste, and pencils.
]]>@Raindrip: That is a good idea.. especially if I buy them about a month ahead, and eat the kinds that I want and then hand the rest of them out before they go stale.
But I'm selfish like that.
]]>My wife bakes sometimes for my job and it's like these people never saw food before. I had one girl take all of the food to the back and i was like.. whoa not everybody had some.
She was embarrassed a little but honestly it's rude to horde all the food I brought in for the collective!
]]>@Shaftoe: ahem Bowl
]]>@Kimaroo - Fortified with Kittydus Purrularis: The only problem I see is that they'd get crushed. The Pringles packs would probably survive though.
]]>@RandomHookup: I can't eat stuff that's just been left out. If I don't know where it came from and who brought it, I'm not touching it. Even then, I still might not eat it.
]]>We just take it into the office and my coworkers descend upon the bowel locusts
]]>@rpm773: Reese's and skittles omelet? Delicious!
]]>And second, where's choice #4? You know. . .
4. Shove candy by the handful into your eager, salivating maw.
]]>@diasdiem: The hypodermic needles have been recalled, so you can send them back to the manufacturer and get your money back. [www.fda.gov]
]]>@diasdiem: Planning a trip to the jersey shore are we?
]]>Freeze your candy bars, shatter them, and then bake them into cookies.
]]>I'm gonna make and stuff pinatas for my kids' birthdays (December and February) and let it become the other moms' problems.
]]>@rinse: I cry when I watch the cleaning staff throw away 2 or 3 large bowls of salad (the other day it was pizza). I try to rescue stuff, but there's only so much I can eat, even at home.
]]>Nothing beat that, except for, you know, not being on the sex offender registry list.
]]>Or you could eat it. Depending on how much you have and your snacking habits, they can last for a while.
]]>@rinse: I'm pretty sure some people horde it for later, or for dinner.
]]>@Michael Belisle: That would only work for me if it would be socially acceptible to hand out potato chips for trick or treat.
I don't eat candy but I can eat the heck out of some potato chips.
]]>@GitEmSteveDave_ H1N1 Symptoms List: You're not saying that the shirt shrank in your washing machine, are you? Because we need to know that sort of thing, quality and all that.
]]>@temporaryscars: Haha ditto. Candy has a short life span at my squadron.
]]>Umm Halloween was 2 days ago. What do you mean DO with it? it's already done been DID.
:o)
]]>Wow. What a great program.
]]>Mr. Aroo bought a crapload of candy a couple of months ago, I had intended to use Halloween as a way to unload all the candy he hasn't eaten yet.
I didn't do that.. so now I still have a lot of candy and he still has a chance to finish eating it.
He probably won't.
]]>other peoples food haz flavor.
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