The costumes are back in the dress-up box, the Jack-O-Lantern is rotted on the front porch of the PMQ, and you already ate all the good chocolate bars and chips your four children collected while treat or treating. Now, you're faced with three grocery bags full of foil covered chocolate balls, some sort of taffy with a foreign language for a name, and those hard candies nobody wants. Since his pay hasn't come in yet and he's cut you off after you "overspent" while he was away on training last month, it would be wasteful to throw anything away. Still, there are plenty of uses for the rejected loot and a good military wife and mom knows the following tricks can make for a good treat.
Here are a few uses for leftover Halloween candy:
Freeze it. It will keep for at least one year, so you can give it out next Hallowe'en and save money that you can use toward a new pair of thigh high boots to wear to the bar.
Save it for Christmas. Use it for decorating
the gingerbread house, and even as stocking
stuffers. If you are the creative type,
make your own advent calendar and use the
leftovers as treats for each day in the
countdown. Nobody will notice that the
the wrappers are Satan as opposed to Santa.
Bake with it. The school has you baking several batches of cupcakes and a pan or two of cookies anyway, Why not use the bits and pieces as toppings and to add a bit of fun to the mix?
Skip the poker chips. Bet with candy instead of
clothing at the next couples' night card game.
Make gummy shooters. Soak the gummy
rejects in vodka-filled shot glasses and serve in
lieu of jello shooters for the next girls' night.
Make it Last
The Many Uses for Hallowe'en Candy
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