Candy Experiments

Last year in What's the Deal with Halloween?  I posted about my frustrations regarding Halloween.  Such a simple holiday.. and after years of fear and over commercialization we have turned it into something that stresses people out!  And because we were so afraid of letting our kids Trick or Treat door to door, we started providing so many 'other options' to get candy that our kids have too much candy!

The same people who days before Halloween were stressed out are now now complaining their kids have too much candy and are talking about throwing it all out!?!  Over commercialism/consumerism and The Wal-Mart Effect at it's best!

So what do we do now that each of our kids have a punch bowl full of candy?  Here are some ideas:
Awsumb's class is sending leftover candy to the troops. Save some for Christmas (I have been known to do this).  Ship it to your brother in Africa (done this one too!)  Or there is always.....

Candy Experiments! is a fun blog by a local mom.  I have met her before, but ran into her again this weekend at the church Trunk or Treat.  She wrote an article found in Parent Map regarding this new dilemna.

Try these with your kids and tell me which Candy Experiments they like best!  What do you do with all your extra Halloween candy?