Local AZ Halloween candy buybacks

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Looking for local AZ Halloween candy buybacks for kids to sell back some of their Halloween candy for a cause? Look no further for our roundup of the best payouts for Halloween candy buybacks across the east valley!

How Make Halloween Candy Disappear | Local AZ candy buyback parties

Today we’re sharing hacks on how to make Halloween candy disappear after the trick or treating is done. Our favorite: local AZ Halloween candy buybacks.

Keep reading for local candy buyback parties in Mesa, Chandler and beyond, plus other unique ways keep the candy pile manageable.

Last Halloween, my then four-year-old daughter dragged her bag of candy through the front door. Twizzlers, Milky Way, Snickers, Nerds, Smarties, chocolate, gummies.. basically, a bag full of happiness.  And stomach aches.  Two thoughts popped into my head when I realized the size of her candy booty:

1. I don’t want my four-year-old to eat this much candy.

2.  I’m going to eat all this candy.

Both were problems.

Local AZ candy buyback parties

Many orthodontics and dental offices host festivals or open house events where kids can earn money for their candy loot. If your kiddo is motivated to earn some cash, this is a great option.

2023 buyback events across the East Valley:

Impressions Dental (Chandler)

  • 5970 S. Cooper Road Suite 1

  • Halloween Candy Buyback event on Nov 1st 3-6p.m.

  • $1 per pound plus petting zoo, games and free food!

Curtis Orthodontics  (Chandler location)

  • 2963 W. Elliot Rd, Ste 1

  • Halloween Candy Buyback event on Nov 2nd 8:30a.m.-4:30p.m.

Robison Orthodontics (Gilbert)

  • 1355 S Higley Rd, Ste 105
  • Halloween candy buyback on November 1 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

  • $1 dollar per pound five dollar max per child (each child can have 5 pounds/$5) the children have to be present

  • All candy goes to troops through a nonprofit organization in Phoenix Arizona – Packages From Home

Aesthetic Dental (Mesa location)

  • 6626 E Baseline Rd #101
  • Halloween candy buyback on November 1, 6-8 p.m.

  • 3 food trucks (RanDizzle’s, QuesoGood, Wellzy’s Wood Fired Pizza) – Free food truck vouchers to the first 150 people (limit 4 per family)

  • $2/pound up to 5 pounds

 

The Switch Witch

Think of the Switch Witch as Halloween’s version of the Tooth Fairy. On Halloween night, I gave my daughter a Ziploc sandwich bag and had her pick out her favorite pieces of candy – ones that she wanted to keep and eat later.

She could choose anything she liked, but it all had to fit in the bag.  The rest of the candy, she left out for the Switch Witch.

You see, the Switch Witch has a cat who loves Halloween candy. Every Halloween night, the Switch Witch flies around switching bags of candy for a toy or special gift.

My daughter loved this idea and WILLINGLY gave up the majority of her Halloween candy to the Switch Witch.

There is even a cute little poem we used when we introduced the Switch Witch to her.

For the toy, I simply visited Ross’s toy section and purchased a $5 jewelery making kit.  My daughter woke up the morning after Halloween as excited as she is on Christmas morning.  She raced down the stairs, anxious to see what the Switch Witch brought her.  She never once lamented the loss of her big bag of candy.

What to Do With The Leftover Candy

Here’s a few other ideas to get the candy out of the house if you still are staring down a larger than life pile of fun sized candy.

1. Office Break rooms – This is what we did.  My husband simply took it to work, put it in the break room and magically all the candy disappeared.

2.  Use it in Thanksgiving dessert recipes – Take the chocolates and use it in a Snickers Apple Salad, make some Chocolate Peanut Butter 7 layer bars or some Payday Caramel Corn.

3. Donate it to troops overseas.  Operation Shoebox accepts candy donations year round.

For more Halloween inspiration, check out:

Adapting Halloween : not letting a wheelchair get in the way of costumes

Trick or treat? Surviving Halloween Night as a Special Needs Parent

 

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