To eat my daughters Easter eggs and Easter Chocolate?

[ChocolateEverywhere]

DD has got 7 eggs (2 large, 2 med and 3 small) plus the extra packs of sweets/chocolate they come with, a lindt chocolate bunny and a chocolate lolly.

She’s 3 and is going to her dads this weekend where she get yet more chocolate probably another 6-8 eggs (probably med size) from her dads family which will get sent home with her minus the chocolate packs that come inside.

I don’t mind her having a bit of chocolate or a handful of haribo and I’m pleased so many people love her and want to treat her (she has 3 great grandparents and is the only great grandchild on both sides so gets spoilt by them without adding in that she has 5 grandparents and parents who’re separated so buy separately for her and her godparents buy for her as well) but I feel that 13-15 eggs is too much for such a small child.

WIBU to eat the larger chocolate eggs/chocolate and just leave the packs of sweets/chocolate that come from the inside of the eggs? I will be melting some down for cookies/cakes/ice cream sauce over the next week so she’ll get those too, so it’ll just be a bit.

I’ve got no Easter Eggs so feel it’s only fair my DD shares.

[TheSheepofWallSt]

I think it’s fine at 3- especially if she doesn’t even know of it’s existence!

Alternatively why not make chocolate crispie cakes or fridge cake
from some/much of it, to share with her friends/ family? It’s a lovely activity for her, and she’ll adore sharing something she’s made.

[newmumwithquestions]

I have already eaten some of my DDs eggs! I don’t like them eating loads of rubbish, and personally I like the treat to be a treat associated with the time that it’s for. They did an egg hunt last weekend and ate a lot more sweet stuff than they normally would at the hunt, and now they’re eating one small (not tiny - like a real egg sized one) egg a day for pudding. They’re enjoying it. They’ll get 1-2 weeks doing this. Surely that’s long enough for Easter!

[WorraLiberty]

They’ll get 1-2 weeks doing this. Surely that’s long enough for Easter!

Chocolate can be eaten all year round

[AppleKatie]

It can yes. But there’s always something isn’t there ‘pack of haribo for x’s birthday’ ‘granny’s giving a treat chocolate bar when you see her, don’t worry it’s only once a month’, ‘X at Cubs is leaving have a Mars bar’, ‘cousins birthday party sweets in party bag’, ‘finished reward chart at home and has chosen a chocolate based reward this time’ etc etc etc...

If it was just a slow eating of the Easter stash in an otherwise healthy diet you’d have a point. But on a practical level much better to ‘dispose’ of the Easter chocolate within a few weeks than be saying in July ‘you can’t accept sweeties from Granny today because you have an egg from Easter left to eat’.

[LucyInTheSkyy]

Get an extra big plastic tub, put all the eggs in and voila- chocolate to keep you going for months, including melting down for baking. Store it out of sight and your DC will not nag you for it after a week!

[newmumwithquestions]

I agree AppleKatie! In the next 6 weeks they’ve got a holiday (lots of ice cream), a week with grandparents (constant sweet stuff treats of all sorts) and 2 parties (treats on day plus follow on party bag treats).

Then add in usual treats (eg weekends usually involve us eating out once - even if it’s just a quick cafe lunch, and they usually get a cake or something when we do).

So otherwise Easter stuff would be hanging around till summer at least - then it’s not really Easter is it- it’s just having chocolate in the cupboard for everyday.

[LaurieMarlow]

if it was just a slow eating of the Easter stash in an otherwise healthy diet you’d have a point. But on a practical level much better to ‘dispose’ of the Easter chocolate within a few weeks than be saying in July ‘you can’t accept sweeties from Granny today because you have an egg from Easter left to eat’.

Agree with all of this.

[SleepingStandingUp]

OP ask her to share whenever she's home eating them. Send her back to Daddy next with one of his to share etc.
Then treat yourself to a nice, grown up Easter egg to eat alone.

If money is really tight and you can't afford to, then there's also a logic in keeping the chocolate to last for treats for longer

[Chilledout11]

We tend to get a t shirt or similar for nieces and nephews. We were still given several but will melt down to make rice crispie buns etc

[IHateUncleJamie]

I’ve got no Easter Eggs so feel it’s only fair my DD shares.

Heh? Are you 6? Buy your own egg next year.

It’s nice that all your relatives want to buy something for your dd for Easter but there’s nothing wrong with asking most of them to buy a book, colouring stuff, craft stuff etc instead of an egg. Dd and DNs used to get one egg from the Easter Bunny, one from Grandma & Grandad and a book from us.

This year though I would ask if your dd would be happy to share one of her eggs with you, let her keep some and donate the rest to the foodbank if you don’t want to keep them or melt them down for cooking.

Sensibly rationing is fine, wanting your dd’s presents because you don’t have any is not.

[nocutsnobuttsnococonuts]

I can't eat them due to intolerances but certainly would ask dds to share if I could eat them and they got that many.

They've just finished their Christmas chocolates - the last dregs were made up into pick n mix bags for our cinema trip this week.

The Easter bunny usually brings a small toy and some mini eggs or creme eggs, my mum gives them £5 as does a friend. They will probably get about 3/4 Easter eggs in total which they have for puddings.

[federationrep]

Last year I used Easter eggs to bake with. Once they're transformed into rocky road they're fair game for anyone to eat

[PBobs]

Bonkers responses on here. How do you teach your kids to share if you can't teach them to do so when they have an excessive glut of chocolate to eat? I like the idea of giving her a loving nudge/reminder to share with her mum and asking her to choose an egg or two to donate to a good bank. I think that's a great idea.

[ChocChocButtons]

My dad used to eat mine haha 😂 looking back as an adult my mum probably told him to as to thin it out a bit as we got a lot!!!

[SleepingStandingUp]

PBobs by asking, not just sneaking them away when she's not looking.
It may depend on the maturity of the 3 yo but mine wouldn't understand the concept of giving them away to a food bank, and actually think if you want to do that it should be one you buy not giving away something someone else had gifted to her

[Lllot5]

Surely you just ration them out over the weeks/ months. Next year ask people not to buy chocolate eggs would they mind getting something else.
I have eaten my kids eggs before and had to replace them too, but I’m greedy.

[binkyblinky]

I don't think you're being unreasonable- that's a lot of chocolate, which isn't even good for her! Last year I got so fed up with the eggs that I took the chocolate to a local care home for the residents. I only buy my children books for Easter x

[HopefulAgain10]

Ridiculous that you are even deliberating over this. That's far too much. Just tell her she cant have all and you are having some. Will you Let her have all the halloween junk shes collected just because its hers?

[SleepingStandingUp]

There's a difference between saying "oh Leonara you have so much chocolate. Aren't you very lucky, let's share" and just eating them and pretending you didn't know she had 10 and now has 2.

Re Halloween junk, my kids don't get gifts for Halloween, is that a thing?? If you're taking them trick or treating then it isn't really the same as someone buying a gift so I'd let them have some, then ration it for the next X long but they'd know thry had to share.

If she gets a ton of money for her birthday should she have to share becausee it's a lot for a 4 yo?

[Isithometimeyet0987]

I would keep a couple and make lots Rice Krispie buns (let her decorate them with the packets of sweets) with the rest with her and let her give some buns to people that gave her eggs. Then give her a small amount of chocolate after her dinner each night.

[LL83]

We share in our house. Have a big family and dd age 9 gets loads plus younger sibling gets loads and this is the first year he can eat it.

Dd picks 2 or 3 favourites nobody will touch and the rest are to share. If I gave it out sensibly she would still be eating it at Halloween!

[nutellanom]

Of course you can. I have done in the past and will definitely be eating more of my 3yos eggs this year. My family know I don't really like him eating chocolate but continue to get him stuff like eggs so 🤷‍♀️

[hsegfiugseskufh]

Mine just has a little for pudding after tea. They lasted absolutely ages last year. Chocolate doesnt go off quickly. Think itd be mean for you to eat them.

[Tinyteatime]

Can’t believe you even have to ask this. It’s just good parenting, it would be terrible for your child to have all that sugar

[Devonishome1]

Eat them or give them away. Far too much sugar for a young child.