Leftover Halloween Candy

~You can freeze candy up to a year in the freezer.

~Don’t forget to buy discounted Halloween candy for Christmas stockings and parties. Most kids don’t care if their Christmas candy is orange and black or if it has silver and gold wrappers instead of red and green..

~Use leftover Halloween candy in Christmas baking and for making gingerbread houses.

~It is easier to cut candy into pieces if you freeze it first.

~Break Butterfinger candy bars into peanut butter cookies.

~Sprinkle chopped chocolates on a white or chocolate frosted cake or top ice cream and cheesecake.

~Mix leftover chopped chocolates into cake mixes.

~Cut a hole in the center of rolled out sugar cookie dough. Place a hard colored candy into the center. Bake as usual. The candies will create a stained glass look.

Candy Bar Milk Shakes

1 cup mini candy bars, chopped ½ cup chocolate syrup
2 cups (1 pint) ice cream 1 ¼ cups milk
(chocolate or vanilla)

Chop candies in a food processor. They are easier to chop if they are partially frozen. Add the rest of the ingredients. Mix until blended. This makes a thick shake. Add ¼ cup milk for a thinner shake. Makes 2 milkshakes.

Chocolate Chip Candy Bar Cookies

45 mini Hershey’s candy bars 1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup butter 1 tsp. baking soda
1 cup sugar 1 tsp. salt
1 cup brown sugar 3 cups flour
2 eggs

Preheat oven to 325°. Chop candy bars. Cream butter and sugars in a bowl. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Add the rest of the ingredients and blend well. Fold in candy bar pieces. Scoop batter onto a greased cookie sheet with a teaspoon. Bake 9-11 minutes until golden. Let rest on cookie sheet 2 minutes before moving to a cooling rack. Cool completely. Makes 2-3 dozen.

From: Jacqui D.
Here is a fun Halloween game that I plan on
trying at our Church party…

Spiderweb

Have all the children stand in a circle. The
first child takes a skein of yarn and ties one
end around his / her waist, then tosses it across
the circle to another child. That child wraps
the yarn around their waist and tosses across the
circle to a different child. Once all the
children have received the yarn - the last child
ties it off around their own waist and cuts the
yarn.

Now comes the fun part — trying to untangle the
spiderweb without cutting the yarn!!!!!!!

From: LC
Strange BUT true! I am a Kindergarten Teacher and pinch my pennies. We had a Fall Festival recently and I couldn’t believe how many children came to the festival in $40.00 costumes and I am NOT kidding! I just was shocked! Am I the ONLY one who is pinching my pennies?

It makes me wonder! I came with my home made Scarecrow Costume! It cost me nothing to make as I used what was available around my house. I fringed a pair of old ripped jeans, wore mixed matched socks and decorated an old garden hat with colored paper leaves and a crow made out of construction paper. I used garden gloves and an old flannel shirt. used my make-up to create a Scarecrow face and used a raffia bow that I pinned to the front of my shirt!

Everyone commented on my costume saying how awesome it was but the best part was that it was FREE! I can’t even IMAGINE buying a costume!!!!!

Wow! I can’t believe it gas is down to $1.99. You just gotta love Kansas for the cheap living!

(ok, I admit in August my love for Kansas is low but fall is great here! LOL)

Tawra

I’m not sure if you already mentioned it or not. but letting them color halloween eggs is great too.

I draw the face with white crayon and then give them green/orange and purple dies an the mystery face magically appears…

we also did cookies and delivered them door to door(they could have the joy of cooking with out us eating to many)

we collected leaves,did leaf collages and leaf rubbings.

and we found that your city had a boo at the zoo(trick or treating at zoo) pass is $100 a year.our accountant says $90 of it counts as a charitable donation. so we bought the pass figuring the tax write of would be swell and that since we’d go alot …with the cost of tickets we figured out any visit after the first three was free..so we visited the weekend we bought the pass,plus went to boo at the zoo both days (free with zoo admishion or pass)
now for the next 10 months anytime we go it is free :).

plus we get to go to free socials/lunches and get discounts on boo lights/new years events and easter happenings and its a very educational way to entertain our children and get exercise.
but we found the food is expensive so eating before hand and/or bringing our own snacks and water in is a must.

the gas is expensive but we get around that by carpooling and splittng the cost with other families who also have year passes…or take the bus.
~Lisa in colorado

Just a note to let you know that we are working on a new blog. We should have the transfer happen with no problems but if in the next few days it’s not working right please be patient with us until we can get it fixed.

Thanks! Tawra

Leftover/Clearance Halloween Candy

~Don’t forget to buy discounted Halloween candy for Christmas stockings and parties. Most kids don’t care if their Christmas candy is orange and black or if it has silver and gold wrappers instead of red and green..

~Use leftover Halloween candy in Christmas baking and for making gingerbread houses.

~It is easier to cut candy into pieces if you freeze it first.

~Break Butterfinger candy bars into peanut butter cookies.

~Sprinkle chopped chocolates on a white or chocolate frosted cake or top ice cream and cheesecake.

~Mix leftover chopped chocolates into cake mixes.

~Cut a hole in the center of rolled out sugar cookie dough. Place a hard colored candy into the center. Bake as usual. The candies will create a stained glass look.

~ When making cupcakes decorate the top with one Hershey’s kiss or a mini candy bar.

~Pour some in a basket or pretty bowl to give to someone for a special gift. Even a Christmas bag full of an assortment of candies would be a gift that would delight anyone kids, adults, co workers or neighbors.

We talk a lot about what to do with leftover candy but don’t forget you can do nothing with it but eat it! :) My favorite thing. What I mean is to stock pile bags of candy to use for those school parties, birthday parties, or in my case I have a huge candy jar I keep full for when the grandkids come to visit. I can go through pounds of it that way.

It keeps forever so don’t feel that you have hurry and use it up.

Jill

When you hit the stores for your after Halloween sales be sure to pick up some red hot cinnamon candies to use through out the holidays with this next recipe. I have made this over and over for 30 years because it is so easy and everyone loves it. It is perfect for Thanksgiving and it’s bright red color makes it great for Christmas. You can serve it alone, over ice cream or topped with granola. As an added bonus it makes the house smell soooo delicious so it is perfect for company or when the kids come in from school.

Red Hot Apples

4 apples, peeled, sliced
1/4 cup red hots (cinnamon candy)
2 Tbs. water

Place in a pan and cook on low to medium heat for about 15 minutes or until tender.
I use what I have on hand but baking apples and Gala work best.

Here is another twist on this recipe. This would be good for tailgating or any time you are doing winter grilling.

Grilled Red Hot Apples

Apples
Red hot candies
Brown sugar

Core your apples leaving the apple whole as you would for baking. Set each apple on a square of foil. In the center of each apple place a tablespoon of brown sugar and one of candies. Pull up foil around the apple and seal tightly. Place on the grill over medium heat for 30 minutes until tender. Be careful when you open them because it will have a lot of juice.

I personally don’t like the fresh meat at Aldi. I will buy frozen chicken breasts and sausage links and occasionally ground turkey but that’s the only meat.

I’m sure I missed a few but I buy almost all of my groceries there expect milk and meat which I find cheaper at Dillons (Kroger).

Here is a list of stuff I buy from the list at Rocks in my Dryer:

Item Aldi’s price Cheapest WM price

cooking spray 1.29$ 1.98$
eggs (dozen) 1.29$ 1.22$
sour cream (16 oz) 0.99$ 1.12$
butter (4 sticks) 2.19$ 2.54$
margarine (48 oz) 1.69$ 2.32$
shredded mozzarella 3.79$ 4.43
spaghetti sauce 0.99$ 1.25$
macaroni (32 oz) 1.69$ 1.92$
quick-cook rice (14 oz) 2.70$ 2.98$
bananas (per lb) 0.45$ 0.79$
pepperoni (8 oz) 1.99$ 2.98$
hamburger buns 0.85$ 1.18$
bread 1.19$ 1.52$
string cheese (12 pack) 2.99$ 2.72$
frozen veggies 0.99$ 0.98$
flour (5 lb) 1.49$ 1.94$
sugar (5 lb) 1.49$ 3.18
cr. of chicken/mushroom 0.49$ 0.98$
mustard 1.19$ 1.50$
mayo (32 oz) 1.69$ 2.58$
chicken noodle soup 0.49$ 0.58$
canned pineapple 0.89$ 1.12$
canned veggies 0.45$ 0.68$
spaghetti (32 oz) 1.69$ 1.74$
canned chicken 1.79$ 2.25$
frozen chicken breasts (5 lb) 6.49$ 7.97$
cheese puffs 0.99$ 1.53$
vegetable oil 2.29$ 3.34$
raisins 1.19$ 1.33$
pudding packs (4 count) 0.88$ 1.00$

Other things I buy:
brownie and cake mixes
canned frosting
chocolate chips
baking powder
baking soda
tortilla chips
microwave popcorn
yogurt
olive oil
canola oil
shortening (DO NOT EMAIL ME ABOUT HOW BAD SHORTENING IS!)
frozen orange juice
ice cream (sometimes)

Hi…for a consequence for my son (15)…he has to cook dinner all week, gave him a budget of $5.00 a day or less, (only need $8.00) (have alot of food storage…lol)…he had to plan the menu, using 4 food groups, (fruits, veg, breads, dairy…lol) (I didn’t care about meat)….I don’t think he thinks of it as a consequence at all…..lol…think he’s enjoying it, and I have extra time in the evening…..to do projects….thanks for all your hard work and all you do…dd