Do you sneak your kids Halloween candy?

@lilybug (21107)
United States
November 1, 2007 9:05am CST
Do you ever sneak your kids Halloween candy? My son came home with so much candy last night. He doesn't need it all. I have been eyeing his Almond Joy all morning. Think he will notice it is gone?
7 responses
@sunshine4 (8703)
• United States
2 Nov 07
Someone gave red hots? Yes, you should take them away so your son doesn't burn his mouth:) That's what a good mom would do~ LOL! I have 3 kids that went, so there is lots of candy to choose from and I don't think that they will notice. My son got a mounds bar and was baffled on why anyone would buy mounds for kids! I don't like mounds so that one will probably end up in the garbage.
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@lilybug (21107)
• United States
5 Nov 07
Yup, he got 2 packs of Red Hots and 3 packs of Hot Tamales.
@sunshine4 (8703)
• United States
5 Nov 07
That is so weird that someone would give hot tamalis too! I wonder if the people buy these things because they like them. Then if there are leftovers they have something they like.
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@breezie (1246)
• Canada
5 Nov 07
I am lucky, my kids are happy to share their candy so I don't have to sneak it. Their Dad is another story though. He likes to sneak it to tease them, so they are not as eager to share with him.
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
5 Nov 07
Just goes to show that being nice pays off.
@sunshine4 (8703)
• United States
1 Nov 07
I don't have to sneak it because my kids expect me to take it. They know if chocolate is in the house, I have to eat some! I would say take that almond joy. NO kids like almond joys anyways. The only reason people give them out is for the parents~ isn't that right?
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@lilybug (21107)
• United States
1 Nov 07
Actually my son loves Almond Joy. Strange huh? He is almost 8. I think I better leave it alone cause it is the only one he got. I did snag a few tootsie rolls. though. He got about 30 of those. He got a couple of packs of Red Hots. What kid likes those?
@wiccania (3360)
• United States
1 Nov 07
I sneak my son's Halloween candy all the time. He doesn't mind though. When I was a kid, after Halloween we had to dump all of our candy into a bowl that everyone in the family had access to. That wasn't so bad, except that my father would take 5 or 6 of the candy bars with him to work every morning and eat a couple more when he got home. So us kids were lucky if we got more than 2 or 3 pieces of the "good stuff" and had to eat all of the lolipops, hard candy, gum and other stuff. It always ticked me off since we were the ones who did the work -- he didn't even walk with us, our mom did and she barely ate any of the candy (almond joys and tootsie rolls mostly).
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@lilybug (21107)
• United States
5 Nov 07
Almond Joy and Tootsie rolls are some of my favorite Halloween candy.
@karendva (118)
• United States
2 Nov 07
My son is 15 and went trick or treating last night. I know some people are gonna say he is to old but he and his friends had a blast. Each time they came back to the car .. i asked them what they got me and everytime they left .. i said "go get momma some candy!" and then laughed. My son knows that I will take some of his candy. He got almost 4 lbs last night .. he will NEVER eat it all by himself.
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@lilybug (21107)
• United States
5 Nov 07
I stopped going when I was like 12 or 13. I saw a bunch of teenagers out the other night.
• United States
1 Nov 07
lol. I was just making fun of my boyfriend for raiding our daughter's candy bag when she went to bed. :-) It doesn't really matter this year because our daughters are both too young for candy. Destiny can have suckers and easy to eat candy but she doesn't need a lot of it in one day anyways, she's only 18 months old. I actually plan on using her candy as treats for when she is being good and possibly when we do good on the potty since she just started to potty train.
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@lilybug (21107)
• United States
5 Nov 07
The potty training idea sounds good. I night try that with my daughter. My daughter is only 9 months and my son is 7, so I won;t need to try that for awhile.
1 Nov 07
i have been doing the same, not too much im sure they will not motice but i will tell them, they are 6 and 4 but know what im like. the way i see it, is id rather have some of their sweets than them because if they were to eat it all, they would have bad tummies, so in a way, we are helping them out lilybug xx
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
1 Nov 07
I snagged a few tootsie rolls instead. It BETTER take him a long time to eat all that candy. He is ADHD and has enough troubles without a sugar high to boot.