Alternatives to Candy for Halloween

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

I know for many of us, Halloween is a challenge because of the abundance of candy available at home and in the office.

With the increase in food allergies as well as obesity among kids, it is time to start thinking about offering alternatives to candy for trick or treaters.

Here is an interesting article about the Teal pumpkin project.

http://www.wvgazettemail.com/article/20141026/DM01/141029308

Is anyone planning to hand out something other than candy this year?

[KeepCalm 223]

Your link is broken or I just don't see it.

I like giving out small toys - since I have nieces and nephews that actually like the toys better than the candy sometimes. Less fights that way too. lol

[twinhappy 79]

I am still giving out regular candy. I feel confident that I will be able to resist eating it and the neighborhood kids wouldn't be happy with me if I gave out raisins :-) Having candy and treats around is just a part of life. Thanks to my sleeve I don't feel the desire or urge to induldge!

[Sophie74656 1,572]

I'm going to give out regular candy. Personally I have no problem resisting the candy myself, and I think the kids should have one day a year where they get candy. The rest of the year they can eat healthy

[toasty 371]

Problem is, after halloween, they have so much candy that they end up having candy for a week or more, not just on one day.

With my daughter, last year I ended up going through the candy and throwing away half of it, and only letting her have one or two pieces a day. After a week, she got bored of it and we move on to more healthy Snacks.

And I have always hated having lots of candy in the house. For those of you who it doesn't affect, bless you. But it calls to me something fierce, especially chocolate. Up until last year I used to buy a huge bag or two of candy from costco three weeks before Halloween, and then eat it all before Halloween and have to buy more for the actual holiday. Thank God I stopped that last year.

I like the idea of giving out small toys or stickers. One of the problems with candy is that we end up getting older teenagers who come by (sometimes multiple times) to get candy. If I hand out small toys, those older kids will be less interested, while the young kids will be happy to have a toy they can play with.

My $0.02.

[LipstickLady 25,682]

I give out candy and the candy I give out is the good stuff! I am not a sweets eater, so a piece or so a day is more than plenty. I prefer to waste my candy calories on something I love rather than something I don't, so I get what I like.

[PinkPolkadot619 337]

My boyfriend and I both can not resist candy and have both worked hard to loose over 100 lbs each. So this year I got Halloween pretzel packs. I also do not think kids need huge bags of candy for weeks and weeks. I don't care if they are happy or not, we can't have it in our home.

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

Your link is broken or I just don't see it.

I like giving out small toys - since I have nieces and nephews that actually like the toys better than the candy sometimes. Less fights that way too. lol

I just updated the list with the article link: http://www.wvgazettemail.com/article/20141026/DM01/141029308