What to do with leftover sweets?

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We had very few trick or treaters this year. They started early with the small kids and I thought I was being very smart giving each of them a bar of chocolate and a few sweets. The doorbell rang less than ten times so I am now left with a huge amount of sweets. My DC went out as well (I stayed at home to answer the silent doorbell) and brought home even more.

Someone mentioned donating leftover sweets to a food bank. Would they really take random sweets that don't have a sell by/use by date?

Seems a waste to throw so many into the bin.

Next year I will buy far less and throw handfuls at the first ten kids and turn off the lights!

We buy sweets we don't mind eating ourself and any left over disappear within a week or two. We'll probably take them to parkrun tomorrow to be offered to the youngsters at the finish.

Why don’t you eat them?

Just eat them 😂

Leftover sweets? That's wrong on so many levels.

This, the PTA are always keen for small prizes.

Or just take them into work/post on local free group if you really don't want them.

Why do you need to do anything with them beyond putting them in a box and eating them as and when?! The best before on things like Roses is normally about a year so it's not like you need to offload them ASAP before they go off.

What are leftover sweets?

Honestly, I would just eat them!

Just keep them for your own kids. They don't have to eat them all in one go.

Is there a reason you can't save them and eat them OP?

I have some left over, mainly because the weather is foul so not many T&Ters around. We had loads last year.
I had a look at some and they have 2027 best before dates so they've gone in a box in the store cupboard for next year. God bless aldi and industrial preservatives. I bet I forget they are there.
I did eat some though and feel a bit sick.

This is fascinating.

I’ve literally never thought to myself “what will I do with all these sweets”.

Office team meeting?

Do you have a truck load ? Otherwise , just eat them .

I’m not talking about a few sweets here. Think of a full reusable Tesco bag. I’ve eaten so many already my teeth hurt.

I take them to work, they get eaten within about 5 mins in an A&E department!
Anywhere NHS / other service provider is usually very appreciative of sugar!

You have kids though- would you not keep them for their parties/ party bags/ random treats etc? Did you not have mountains of sweets as a kid for weeks after Halloween?

Leave them in a bowl outside your house?

Following.

Got too many leftovers.

Don't want to keep them in the house as the kids can't regulate themselves and will probably make themselves sick by just eating them at once.

Make little sweetie bags or cones to give to your children’s friends after play dates?

Eat the fecking things my god. Imagine suggesting an ad in the local newspaper over just eating them. They won't go off, just stick them in a treat jar and eat them when you fancy them.

Well eat a couple of handfuls each day - they won’t go off.

No. My sweet offerings were left over small eggs from Easter, sweets left over from a kids party and some other bits. They’re just sugar. The chocolate items are more likely to perish but even still, they last ages.

Put them on olio?

So they are wrapped chocolates? Save them for Christmas?

I've got a mountain of vegan sticky sweets as the weather put off all but a handful of hardy children. I'm sure DC (and me) will manage though!