View Poll Results: What do you do with the leftover halloween candy?
Throw it away
6
12.77%
Give it away
12
25.53%
Let it sit on the counter for everone else
12
25.53%
Eat it yourself
17
36.17%
Voters: 47. You may not vote on this poll
Halloween Candy - Now what?
11-01-13, 07:38 AM
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Halloween Candy - Now what?
So, we all have big buckets of candy laying around this morning. What do you do with it?
I'll admit, I voted eat it for me. Though we go through and throw away the stuff we don't REALLY like, so what we do eat was ALMOST worth it.
I'll admit, I voted eat it for me. Though we go through and throw away the stuff we don't REALLY like, so what we do eat was ALMOST worth it.
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11-01-13, 07:42 AM
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Give it away............fast. Otherwise I will eat it. I already have to go on a long ride today to burn off some of last night.
11-01-13, 08:05 AM
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Get the stuff you don't like. Red Vines and Circus Peanuts work for me. Start handing out Circus Peanuts and your house will become one of the unpopular ones and you can forget Halloween altogether.
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To bad they don't come in trick or treat size packages.
https://www.amazon.com/Island-Snacks-...circus+peanuts
To bad they don't come in trick or treat size packages.
11-01-13, 08:40 AM
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Last night, we tied are all time record for number of trick or treaters for the 8th year running. Zero. Not one gram of Halloween candy has crossed the threshold, so I don't get to vote in the poll.
11-01-13, 09:08 AM
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I took the kids trick or treating last night and my son cleaned up. My daughter went with some friends and she's mad because she "hardly got anything" so she wants my son to share. I doubt I will get ANY of that - unless it's something they hate, and there's a narrow window between what they'll hate and what I'll tolerate so I'm probably safe.
We get zero kids coming to our house so we don't have the issue of having 400# of chocolate laying around.
Did you guys see that note from Fargo? That lady is asking for eggs. https://blogs.ajc.com/news-to-me/2013...his-halloween/
Anyway, you can resort to passing out little bags of pretzels if you want. My kids seemed to get a bunch of those this year.
We get zero kids coming to our house so we don't have the issue of having 400# of chocolate laying around.
Did you guys see that note from Fargo? That lady is asking for eggs. https://blogs.ajc.com/news-to-me/2013...his-halloween/
Anyway, you can resort to passing out little bags of pretzels if you want. My kids seemed to get a bunch of those this year.
11-01-13, 09:46 AM
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I eat my daughters collected candy 'stash' and love it. I ride my bike and watch my cals 95% of the year. I do that so that I can live 'normally' during the holidays. Im eating a twix as I type right now.
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All work and no play makes Jack a very dull boy....
All work and no play makes Jack a very dull boy....
All work and no play makes Jack a very dull boy....
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All work and no play makes Jack a very dull boy....
All work and no play makes Jack a very dull boy....
All work and no play makes Jack a very dull boy....
All work and no play makes Jack a very dull boy....
All work and no play makes Jack a very dull boy....
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11-01-13, 10:35 AM
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We have two unopened bags that are going to be returned to store! We get tons of trick or treaters normally but last night seemed low...we had several houses on our cul-de-sac dark due to people not home.
11-01-13, 11:27 AM
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11-01-13, 11:55 AM
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Lived here for 17 years. We've had 0 trick or treaters in that time.
11-01-13, 12:50 PM
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I always take it to work and put it out for everyone... generally its devoured in quick time...
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11-01-13, 01:10 PM
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I avoided all candy this halloween . . . my wife quickly hid the remainder . . . good thing, last year, I ate a whole bowl, before, during, and after trick or treaters . . . one for you, two for me, . . . really, I had no appetite for the stuff this year. I swear if I ate one, I would eat the whole bowl. I truly "can't eat just one" . . . . Oh, and if I see any of the stuff at work . . . it's goin in the can! secretly.
really, I had no appetite for the stuff this year. I swear if I ate one, I would eat the whole bowl. I truly "can't eat just one" . . . . Oh, and if I see any of the stuff at work . . . it's goin in the can! secretly.
11-01-13, 01:36 PM
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11-01-13, 03:28 PM
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We didn't buy candy this yr, took our lil 10month old to the local church where they turn the parking lot into a giant event. Scored half a plastic pumpkin's worth of candy so that should last me til new yrs or so.
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11-01-13, 05:06 PM
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11-01-13, 05:15 PM
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This is what we did: "Trunk or treat". With two little ones, got tons of candy...
11-01-13, 05:26 PM
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Our church normally puts on one of these, too. Our "band" has played at it several times. Church is doing some major construction so we had to cancel it this year. Too bad. Lots of sad goblins running around.
11-01-13, 08:04 PM
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yah but not all was "trunk" most were games and I had to earn that 1-3 pc of candy with a beanbag/horseshoe/lasso/thingamabobber toss for most the night
Even got to go fishin 
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11-02-13, 01:19 AM
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Save it till she doesn't have to gum it.
11-02-13, 08:54 AM
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11-02-13, 11:47 PM
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I took the kids trick or treating last night and my son cleaned up. My daughter went with some friends and she's mad because she "hardly got anything" so she wants my son to share. I doubt I will get ANY of that - unless it's something they hate, and there's a narrow window between what they'll hate and what I'll tolerate so I'm probably safe.
We get zero kids coming to our house so we don't have the issue of having 400# of chocolate laying around.
Did you guys see that note from Fargo? That lady is asking for eggs. https://blogs.ajc.com/news-to-me/2013...his-halloween/
Anyway, you can resort to passing out little bags of pretzels if you want. My kids seemed to get a bunch of those this year.
We get zero kids coming to our house so we don't have the issue of having 400# of chocolate laying around.
Did you guys see that note from Fargo? That lady is asking for eggs. https://blogs.ajc.com/news-to-me/2013...his-halloween/
Anyway, you can resort to passing out little bags of pretzels if you want. My kids seemed to get a bunch of those this year.
I voted to leave it out. I don't really like candy all that much anymore. I got a neat tip from a doctor during a physical for new job in regards to birthday cakes (it birthday season in my house...it started in September and ends in December), eat some just on that day to celebrate and then that's it.
11-03-13, 12:37 AM
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just eat it yourself. let it be motivation to go out and ride and extra 20 miles this week.
the sooner you eat it all the less it will tempt you.
the sooner you eat it all the less it will tempt you.
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11-04-13, 12:09 PM
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On breakroom table 6:30 AM. Empty by 9:30
I only had one Butterfinger
I only had one Butterfinger
