What are your Halloween candy policies? How much each day? For how long?

[Anonymous]

I don’t really restrict them, but do try to find other ways to use it other than mindless snacking. They put almost all of the non chocolate pieces into our stash for gingerbread houses. This weekend we’ll make “at home blizzards” or “at home Cold Stone” with whatever assortment of candy they want to try.

When they were younger and didn’t notice candy missing, I’d pull almost all m&m’s, freeze them and use them for m&m cookies in January. Now, I just ask them if they want to save some to make cookies later. We’ll also put some aside for our upcoming road trip snacks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have no idea how much candy my kid eats or when. I don’t particularly care. She eats plenty of healthy stuff too.

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Same here.

It's all in moderation. And we don't turn it into a control issue or forbidden fruit

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I also don’t understand why people throw away the candy. Please donate it to a nursing home, shelter, to the school. Everyone loves a treat. This candy is good for months. Till at least January. It doesn’t spoil. So wasteful.

[Anonymous]

1-2 pieces a day until they forget. I also squirrel a little away at a time to empty the bag faster because my younger takes forever to forget, and it really does affect her.

[Anonymous]

Who are your kids who forget about candy, lol.

Mine keep the big bowls on the table and eat it constantly. They will definitely not ‘forget’ about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who are your kids who forget about candy, lol.

Mine keep the big bowls on the table and eat it constantly. They will definitely not ‘forget’ about it.

Yeah, same. I tell them to try to limit it to 4 per day. I sort of hate Halloween. It is just so much candy. Then teachers in all classes are trying to get rid of theirs and handing it out, every business you enter has a bowl out. So much candy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No restrictions. The quicker they eat it, the quicker it's gone. The only rule is that for every wrapper I find laying around instead of being thrown away, I take a piece. That helps reduce the volume a little.

You're smart. I might adopt this.

[Anonymous]

5 pieces on Halloween night then 2 pieces per day for a week or two then I trash it.

[Anonymous]

I actually have a 7 year old child that does. Which is not good because I haven't forgotten and keep eating from her bag. I do practice no restrictions with the candy since she was young and after two or three years, she gets more excited about collecting the candy then actually eating it.

Anonymous wrote:Who are your kids who forget about candy, lol.

Mine keep the big bowls on the table and eat it constantly. They will definitely not ‘forget’ about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As much as they want on Halloween, 4 pieces a day after that. Two at lunch and two after dinner.

mine already forget about the candy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have no idea how much candy my kid eats or when. I don’t particularly care. She eats plenty of healthy stuff too.

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Same here.

It's all in moderation. And we don't turn it into a control issue or forbidden fruit

Same here. Halloween candy and other holiday candy never gets controlled or mentioned here. They can have what they want. It's theirs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No restrictions. The quicker they eat it, the quicker it's gone. The only rule is that for every wrapper I find laying around instead of being thrown away, I take a piece. That helps reduce the volume a little.

Same. A bunch gets sent with lunches to share with friends, and I turn a blind eye (wink, wink) when they take the bowl upstairs during playdates. We leave the bowl out on the counter and they know that the trade off for having it available is that others may take some as well. DH has a bigger sweet tooth than the kids, so the bowl gets depleted pretty quickly. They lose interest once all of the good stuff is gone, then I put it in the cupboard and inevitably find some sad rejected pieces in the spring.

That said, my kids self-regulate sweets pretty well. If it was a bowl full of cheez-its and goldfish, they wouldn't stop eating until the bowl was empty. Then I'd have to ration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a 1st grader and this is the first year she’s really focused on her candy. In the past, we let her eat a few pieces for a few days and then she forgot about it. I’m wondering what others do? She wants to take a piece with her to school to have with her lunch every day…and she has enough to do that for the whole year, probably!

She generally eats well and we often have desserts so it’s not like I’m particularly uptight about candy…but I also want to set a good precedent for the coming years. Anyone have suggestions? Do you let your kids consume all of their candy? Do they have to pace themselves? At some point, do you make the remainder disappear? We live in a densely packed neighborhood so she has SO MUCH CANDY!

Ps. I did eat a Reese’s from her bag after she left for school, so maybe I just need to manage my own consumption and not hers.

You ate a whole piece of candy??!! You are uptight about candy if you felt like you needed to mention this.

I let my kid moderate. The first few days he eats a lot, some days very little, eventually he decides I can take it in to work. I have issues with food, if I try to limit it makes me want it more so I try not to pass it on to my kid.

[Anonymous]

We don’t have any restrictions. It’s sitting in their bags. They often ask before having a piece but I’ve never said anything except for “sure” unless it’s right before a meal or they’ve already brushed their teeth. Once ski season starts, we’ll use whatever is left for ski snacks.