Halloween is over and you’ve been eating candy for days, rummaging through your favorites, slowly rationing it out to your kids so they don’t go into a sugar coma, and you still have tons of candy left.
You can’t seem to make yourself throw it away either. While there are several organizations that you can donate your candy to like Operation Shoebox, The Ronald McDonald House, or your local food bank, here are a few fun ideas on how to use your candy (besides eating it).
Candy Mosaics
Arrange candy pieces to create colorful mosaic patterns on a piece of cardboard. Glue them in place, and use smaller candies like Skittles or M&Ms for details. Check out an edible version here.
Candy Coasters or Suncatchers
Place your hard candies like peppermints or Jolly Ranchers on parchment paper in a slightly overlapping circle. Bake at 350°F for about 5-7 minutes until melted, then let them cool completely to create colorful coasters. Or, arrange the hard candies in a cookie cutter before you bake them, and once cool, remove them from the cutter and hang them with string to make a candy suncatcher.
Candy Experiments/Science Projects
Grab some toothpicks and make these candy DNA models or a geodesic dome. Want more? Check out these other candy science experiments from Science Buddies.
Holiday Fun
Why not jump into the holiday season and make these turkey treats from Reece’s Pieces and M&M’s to decorate your Thanksgiving table?
Make candy ornaments by filling clear plastic ornaments with small candies and sealing them, or make a candy garland by threading a needle through your candy and sliding it along the string. These make great additions to small Christmas trees. And, of course, skip the store-bought gingerbread house and make your own DIY house out of Pop-Tarts or Graham Crackers, using whatever candy you have left to decorate.
I hope these ideas have inspired you to get creative with your leftover Halloween candy! What do you normally do with your leftover Halloween candy? Comment below!
