10 Ways to Use Leftover Halloween Candy

Hope you all had a fun and safe Halloween! We stayed local in the neighborhood and the kids had a blast. If you follow me on instagram than you have most likely seen these costume pics.

As always the kids ended up with tons of candy, so I thought I’d quickly share some ideas for how to “recycle” some of the leftover candy instead of eating it all! I plan on doing several of these for sure.

 

• Play sorting games with your kids. Create different ways to sort the candy- by color, by type (i.e. all lollipops, all bubble gums, all chocolate), by brands (all Snickers, all M&Ms, etc).

• Build things with them- stack them as high as possible, create a maze, a mini fort, the list goes on.

• Donate leftovers to the homeless shelters.

• Bake with them. Use pieces for Holiday baking, stuff them into raw cupcake or cookie batter and bake per recipe instructions.

• Save them for Christmas gingerbread house decorating- Twizzlers, Smarties, M&M’s to name a few make great decorating tools.

• Freeze it- throughout the year add it to dessert recipes such as milkshakes, cookie dough batter, cakes, pies, etc.

• Save it to decorate gifts during Christmas and Hanukkah.

• Use it as a math tool. Count with it, subtract, make learning fun!

• Save it for your kid’s birthday party- use it for the piñata or in your goodie bags.

• Donate it to our serviceman/women overseas. Operation Shoebox is just one organization that accepts candy donations for care packages to send our troops.

Question: How do you handle Halloween candy in your house post trick-or-treating? What do you do with all of it?