Anonymous wrote:2-3 pieces a day for the next week or so. Then all the good stuff is gone and its less exciting. The rest will get picked at till I bag it up around Thanksgiving or when we start decorating for Christmas. Then I put it in a bag in a drawer. I'll still throw a piece in their lunch boxes every once and a while through the winter. I think its wasteful to allow your kids to trick or treat when you just plan to throw it out a few days later.

It's toxic waste as soon as it's manufactured, but less polluting than practice crap.
Throwing it away is overall better than eating it.

My kids play with the wrapped candy a lot. Counting it and Categorizing it as sorting it.

Anonymous wrote:Let them eat it. One kid got a ridiculous amount this year though, probably 25 lbs. a lot will go to TFT.

https://soldiersangels.org/volunteer/special-campaigns/treats-for-troops/treats-for-troops-dropoff-locations/

But is this really what soldiers want?

Eat 20 a day until gone

He eats it. No clue how much he ate last night. I’m not the candy police. Aside from Reese’s which I confiscate for myself immediately

Eat it on the couch after they go to bed. Feel a good amount of regret. Repeat until gone.

He had 6 pieces yesterday, 1 a day until it runs out. But I might take some out this year because he got ALOT.

Kids school has candy drive donate to the troops, so we donate some and keep some to eat now and during winter trips.

2-3 pieces a day for the next week or so. Then all the good stuff is gone and its less exciting. The rest will get picked at till I bag it up around Thanksgiving or when we start decorating for Christmas. Then I put it in a bag in a drawer. I'll still throw a piece in their lunch boxes every once and a while through the winter. I think its wasteful to allow your kids to trick or treat when you just plan to throw it out a few days later.

Lol, I wish my kids forgot about their candy after a week! I pretty much let the eat what they want on Halloween itself and then a piece a day after that. I also pitch things I consider a choking hazard and gradually go through it and weed out the kinds that are especially terrible for their teeth . It lasts at least until Christmas though, our neighborhood passes out a lot of candy.

She eats some, she likes the process of Trick or Treating more than the actual candy. She'll eat a few pieces here or there for dessert, or I'll put it in her lunch, but usually we'll toss it out after a few months or I'll take some into the office.

We let them eat it. After the first week or so the enthusiasm wanes significantly, so I don't really sweat it. They eat their favorites during the first few days, and then try the less families items as they go. Old stand-bys that they already know they like, but aren't super special (like plain hershey, reeses, M&Ms) will get tucked in the cabinet to dole out as dessert for awhile.

We'll end up giving a good portion away, mainly the stuff I bought to give out and didn't get rid of. I will eat a few of their pieces too, but definitely not their prime bars!

We aren't crazy candy restrictive in our house. My kids eat well, are very active, and have good self regulating with it. So I don't police it much anymore. They are 7 and 9.

I'm glad to hear that at least some kids are allowed to eat the candy. Candy is crazy expensive this year and I did wonder as I was buying it how much would get tossed.

They eat it. I steal my favorites but they’re free to eat the rest. Kid is 14.

Eat some take some to the office, throw out whatever is left vy Christmas.

They can have 2 pieces a day.

Candies are their currency, so for the month or so after Halloween, it's relatively easy to give consequences b/c we just throw away candy when they misbehave.