Trick-or-treating is a favorite annual activity for many children. Dressing up in costume and going door-to-door asking for treats is fun and entertaining. At the end of the night, the candy bounty is heavy and the kids want to eat every last piece! We asked local parents how they help their children enjoy the candy without overindulging and here’s what they had to say!
“I hide it in the pantry. After a month or so, it’s completely forgotten about and I take it to work.”
– BRANDI PARKER
“I let Reagan pick her favorites only, then Dad and I pick our faves. Toss the rest.”
– JILL TINNEY
“I give them a quart size ziplock. They can fill it with all their favorites, then the rest gets donated to the school for their candy buy back.”
– AMIE ADAMS-SPOONER
“We divide it up into groups. Mom eats all of the chocolate and they can have all the “yucky” candy…lollipops, sweet tarts, candy corn (non-chocolate)! I try to eat all of the chocolate candy right away…don’t want to tempt them!”
– MICHELLE GRABOW
“I let my kids eat as much as they want (not before dinner) but by day three, they are usually sick of it. Then we throw a piece of it in their lunch for a few weeks and eventually we just throw the rest away. I’m probably in the minority and I’m sure my kids get way more ‘treats’ than most, but I want them to learn how to self-regulate what they eat.”
– JENN GARRETT
“I just hide it after they go to bed and eat it myself. Don’t judge!”
– VICTOR BORRERO
“I help him eat it, so he can’t eat it all. And I’m not kidding – we each have 2 pieces per day.”
– SUSANNAH PEDDIE
“We have a ‘candy box’ that it goes into. If they eat all their dinner, they can pick something from the candy box. Sometimes it lasts up to 6 months!”
– ELAINE ALMOND
“My kids pick a small stash of favorites that they get to eat as treats for about a week. The rest is donated the day after to the school candy drives for troops.”
– ALISON CANNON
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