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Check out these Fun things to do with all that Halloween candy, from freezing and baking it into sweet treats, to turning it into crafts and games.

1. Freeze it
Throughout the year, add it to milkshakes, sundaes, ice cream and cupcakes or cookie dough.

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2. DIY trail mix
Open bags of little candies like M&Ms and make your own trail mix by adding pretzels, nuts and dried fruit.

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3. Put chocolates into your fave hot cocoa or coffee
This makes for a quick and easy mocha.

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4. Add to your Christmas gifts as a special little surprise.

5. Make an advent calendar

Put candy in Dixie cups and cover with tissue. On the tissue, write numbers 1-30, and place the cups sideways on a large poster board to form a calendar. Let kids punch through the tissue to get their treat each day.

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6. Save and use it for decorating your gingerbread house.

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7. Use it for your child’s birthday party.
Make a board game and use the candy as playing pieces.
Create DIY candy necklaces.
Stuff it into a piñata.

8. Share it around!
Take it into work and share with your friends and colleagues.

9. Let your kids make a care package and send it to their grandparents or someone who may be in need.

10. Create a tasty treat

What You Need To Make The Leftover Halloween Cookie

1 cup white sugar

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup butter, melted

2 eggs

1 tablespoon vanilla

½ teaspoon salt

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 cups assorted candy, chopped

How To Make This Sweet Treat
Preheat oven to 180c
Chop your leftover Halloween candy into bite-sized pieces. Mix sugars and melted butter in a large bowl
Whisk until mixture turns lighter colour (will take around 8 minutes)
Mix in eggs and vanilla, then salt and flour until completely blended
Bake for 45-50 minutes
Allow to cool. Cut into squares and indulge your sweet tooth!

What do you do with the leftover lollies?

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  • We never have lollies left over. Thanks for sharing

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  • I ration them out too otherwise there would be lollies overload. (But I don’t do Halloween, but that’s what I do for easter)

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  • I put them up in the cupboard and ration them out, we still have Easter eggs (I use in baking when they are not looking!)

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  • Using it for a self-made Advent Calendar is a great idea!! There is always too much chocolate on Halloween!

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  • All great ideas especially no.3!

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  • We had the party yesterday and have a bit of leftover chocolate but kids will eat a bit everyday

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  • We don’t do the halloween thing but some great ideas for those that do. Love the gingerbread house.


    • We love making gingerbread houses – a whole lot of fun. Some sweets get eaten and some make it on the houses! 😉

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  • Thanks for the tips to repurpose the left over candy from Halloween.

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  • Thanks for the tips to use leftover sweets – we often tend to share them around.

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  • Haha – I pick through leftovers lollies for anything I like then the rest go into a lollie jar up in the cupboard for treats.

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  • I’ve no left-over lollies, because I never bought lollies for Halloween in the first place 😉

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  • Loving the idea for an advent calendar

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  • The homemade advent calendar is a great idea for left over Halloween candy.

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  • This reminds me…….I want to make a gingerbread house with my grandson this year, I need to look up where to buy one

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  • I think sharing the treats with others is the way to go.

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  • These look so good. Might need to make sure i have leftovers

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  • We never have left over lollies…lol

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  • Using left over lollies is never something I’ve had an issue with.

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