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Next Year's Treats
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We went out the day after Halloween and bought 2000 pieces of candy all for $40 and it is all chocolate too....... cant beat the after sales....
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I've bought candies like Skittles and Nerds over a year ahead, but never chocolate. I SOOOO shouldn't admit to doing this- but after taste-testing some Halloween Skittles and confirming that they tasted perfect, I have been known to remove the Sell-By date from the packaging. Shhhhh!
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I think with all the chemicals and preservatives in candy it does last a year. I have eaten candy left over from the prior Halloween..... im still alive LOL!
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Buying it is the easy part. Not eating it for 11 months, not so easy.
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I'm thinking fortune cookies
Back to that horrid cheapskate thread we go
Do not quote me on this, but Dollar Tree may be the best bet.
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Fortune cookies definitely get stale if bought too far ahead.
My Nerds were two years out because I forgot them last year and only found them this. The Sweet Tart Taffy wasn't bad- but was too hard to give away.
I am much happier now that I switched to mostly toys. I spend less than I would on candy. The foam flyers were $1.50 a dozen and the above pictured skull pens were $4.00 a dozen. With less than 100 TOT, I can keep a good inventory of toys and rotate through them each year. I usually add about 120 new toys to the mix every other year. The only ones that must be given out in a current year are the light-up variety. So Halloween 2016 treats will be 48 of those light-up skull pens and 60 other (foam flyers, plush and wooden segmented snakes, paddle-balls, jumping spiders.) With an abundance of foam airplanes, those are always my go-to overage.
My Nerds were two years out because I forgot them last year and only found them this. The Sweet Tart Taffy wasn't bad- but was too hard to give away.
I am much happier now that I switched to mostly toys. I spend less than I would on candy. The foam flyers were $1.50 a dozen and the above pictured skull pens were $4.00 a dozen. With less than 100 TOT, I can keep a good inventory of toys and rotate through them each year. I usually add about 120 new toys to the mix every other year. The only ones that must be given out in a current year are the light-up variety. So Halloween 2016 treats will be 48 of those light-up skull pens and 60 other (foam flyers, plush and wooden segmented snakes, paddle-balls, jumping spiders.) With an abundance of foam airplanes, those are always my go-to overage.
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That skull pen is great!
When I do special toys or a special candy theme I can't find in stores (for instance, vintage candy), I order ahead. Last year I just handed out full-size candy bars so, no ordering required. But for example the year I did pirate treasure chests I ordered the plastic chests, necklaces, and spyglasses from Oriental Trading.
I may do a more involved "treat bag" (or box!) theme again this year. We'll see, though!
When I do special toys or a special candy theme I can't find in stores (for instance, vintage candy), I order ahead. Last year I just handed out full-size candy bars so, no ordering required. But for example the year I did pirate treasure chests I ordered the plastic chests, necklaces, and spyglasses from Oriental Trading.
I may do a more involved "treat bag" (or box!) theme again this year. We'll see, though!
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