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Original poster

To 'help' the kids eat their Xmas chocolate... There's tonnes left

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IsItSummerYet2018 · 09/02/2018 00:13

My DS and DSD have tonnes of Xmas choc, that everyone got for them . Literally a bloody cupboard full. Dsd is only here EOW.. And DS is bored of it. He prefers a jelly sweet to choc of had a choice
There's 4, of those Thornton Santas. Probably 12 tubes of choc. 8 selection boxes. Nets of coins and god knows what else.
Dsd can't take it home as she said mummy bins stuff from ours. (whole different story)
DS as I say prefers other sweets than chocolates but also likes to know its there for some reason.
But my thinking is. 1. Its the cupboard I had set up for baby bottles etc due in a few weeks ..and had to empty it again. As no where to store the hoards of chocolate .

  1. At this rate it will be Easter and it will get more ridiculous
  2. I want chocolate! Lol.
  3. Seriously, I don't like them having that extent but if I ate some maybe I could get them a dvd or something to make up for it?
OP posts:
NewYearNiki · 09/02/2018 00:14

Post some to me 😍

NewYearNiki · 09/02/2018 00:14

Yes and eat some

MinnieMousse · 09/02/2018 00:16

I doubt they would notice if a bit disappeared here and there 😉. I discovered the remnants of some Easter Eggs in our cupboard just before Xmas and had to throw them away, so you may as well eat some of it rather than chance it going to waste.

tafftum · 09/02/2018 00:19

Mail me some I'd be happy to helpGrin

Original poster
IsItSummerYet2018 · 09/02/2018 00:21

Haha. Believe me I wouldnt need help lmao.
So it's 12.20am and I'm rummaging thro a selection box to see what I want.. My favourite is the little dairy milk bars the thin ones.. Now trying to remember what they use to be called.. I remember buying them for 15p lol

OP posts:
Original poster
IsItSummerYet2018 · 09/02/2018 00:22

I could leave the wrappers next to dps side of the bed and tell DS he ate it... Mwahaha

OP posts:
InToMyHeart · 09/02/2018 03:45

Hhm ... I could ... er ... hhm ... make some space in a cupboard if ... er ... that would help you out?
You know ... take one for the team??
Grin

Ethylred · 09/02/2018 04:25

Throw it away.

Bringonspring · 09/02/2018 04:43

Wow your will power!!! I am dreadful if chocolate is in the house!!!

Johnnycomelately1 · 09/02/2018 04:50

Now trying to remember what they use to be called.. I remember buying them for 15p lol

Didnt they used to be called Wildlife Bars or something and had pictures of animals on the wrapper?

Cavender · 09/02/2018 05:09

If it is still well within date could you gift it to the local food bank?

That’s what we do at Easter (as we haven’t managed to restrain the excessive egg giving)

diodati · 09/02/2018 05:38

Step away from the chocolate! Bin it, give it away, anything rather than eat it. Seriously.

Dizzywizz · 09/02/2018 05:41

I’d eat it...it’s not good for the children, you’re looking after them by eating it (I tell myself...)

Mossbystrand · 09/02/2018 05:43

I've put away the chocolates with after Dec 18 sell by dates to donate to the food bank and school fairs next Christmas.

The ones with shorter shelf lives, I'll melt and use for baking brownies and cakes over half term. We'll be visiting 4 separate families so each one will receive a home baked cake.

TheNavigator · 09/02/2018 06:52

I would not eat it without checking with the children they were happy to share with me. Or I would suggest to them they donate some to a food bank. Otherwise it just seems greedy and and underhand.

CheeseyToast · 09/02/2018 06:54

There's only one thing to do - eat it.

SendintheArdwolves · 09/02/2018 07:00

Dsd can't take it home as she said mummy bins stuff from ours. (whole different story)
DS as I say prefers other sweets than chocolates but also likes to know its there for some reason

Please don't steal your kids' treats and make out like you're doing them a favour.

They've already got one adult who bins their treats (so they aren't safe at that house) and you've even said that your DS "likes to know it's there".

Can't you just put the chocolate in a box in their rooms or something if you need the cupboard? Rather than make them feel like nothing they own can be safely left because the ADULTS in their life can't be trusted.

If you want chocolate so much buy your own! You're a grown up, you know, you can do that.

BedtimeTea · 09/02/2018 07:01

I would freeze it to use when baking if the kids agree. They may prefer some fresh chocolate chip muffins, hot chocolate or biscuits anyways.

BiologyMatters · 09/02/2018 07:03

How is eating it yourself any different to throwing it away? Because you're being greedy rather than wasteful?

Rebeccaslicker · 09/02/2018 08:51

And how about teaching the kids to share?!

"Please can you share some of your chocolate with me?" is what I would say.

If I didn't have fucking GD. I'd give my (worn out) pancreas for a selection box right now 😂😭

Lilmis · 09/02/2018 08:58

Find some homeless/rough sleepers if you have them in the area and hand them out to them. They will Appreciate it.

Trytowin · 09/02/2018 09:02

Ask them if you can have some. It's theirs!

Lovelydovey · 09/02/2018 09:03

Ask kids if you can cook with it and make choc Krispy cakes or brownies - much more likely to get eaten that way in my experience.

IHaveACuntingPlan · 09/02/2018 09:14

When our dc had loads of choccy eggs last Easter we melted them down and made made cornflake buns with them. They soon disappeared!
I would ask what they wanted to do with it and point out that it doesn't last forever. You could research some recipes together and make something else that is easier to eat possibly. You could ask if they want to share some too.
I wouldn't throw it away as that's a huge, unnecessary waste and I would only give it to charity with their permission.

DerelictWreck · 09/02/2018 09:34

Get it all out and tell them to pick a few favourite bits and give the rest to a food bank?

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