I ate it. My daughter didn't particularly like candy. She never had any when she was really little, and when she was older, she didn't like it all that much. She is 37 years old and still doesn't care very much for sweets.

I remember we would always trade with one another to get rid of candy we didn't like and get stuff we did. Then I would eat a piece or two a day, and it would often last until Christmas-time.

Just because there is candy, that doesn't mean you have to eat it right now.

Although my wife would probably say that statement is categorically false.

My mother let us eat a few pieces on Halloween, and then she would hide our candy. Months later, she would take it out and say "oh, it's all spoiled" and throw it out. I thought that was mean.

When I was a kid, we weren't allowed to eat any candy until my mom "inspected" it all. In her bedroom. With a locked door. It took me years to figure out her scheme and I never noticed that all her favorites disappeared. :) Now I call it the parent tax!

White carbohydrates (rice, pasta, white bread), overly sweetened prepared foods and juice that so many kids are fed daily probably jolt their bodies with sugar much more and more regularly than does Halloween candy. We always let our kids eat their bounty at the rate of one piece per day.

I had to help them eat it. Best time to help was when they were st school.

We really had few rules about the candy. Mainly, not before meals and bedtime and not after brushing their teeth. I usually threw it out at Christmas just in time for new candy. Neither one really gorged on candy or got the sugar rush that our grandkids that are not allowed sugar get. It's like the grandkids are crazed when they are allowed a cookie or a sip of Mom's soda.

My DD (11) is very good about understanding that she needs to eat regular, good meals. We don't have any restrictions on candy consumption as long as she doesn't spoil her appetite for other meals (and not after the teeth are brushed before bedtime). She won't eat more than a piece or two at a time anyway, so the candy is out on the table in a bowl. Dad will help her eat it. I will also help a little. She didn't get very much, but it will probably be around for a couple of weeks.

I honestly don't remember what we did about candy. Neither of my girls have much of a sweet tooth, though, and we would have been careful to keep it out of the reach of pets, so I'm guessing that most of it got thrown away.

Well the boys each recieved a huge bag of treats from the Firemen and another from Church. Than although there's no Halloween party at school the parents all send in treats to be passed out to bring home. So there was lots of teeth rotting yummys here. The boys ate a few pieces but candy isn't their thing now corn dogs are a different story. LOL. They mostly traded back and forth with each other, made a bag loaded in candy for Amiee and another for my grandaughter that came visiting after Halloween. The rest they dumped into a bowl and set it on the breakfast bar. They haven't touched it lately. My husband can't keep his hands off of it. I watched him walk past it quite a few times grabbing a piece as he went by. I dumped it all in a zip loc and moved it out of his sight. I ate 3 of the little bite size York patties...I made two bites out of each so I had 6 times the enjoyment. Haha. we will also be disposing some of it around Christmas.