Scrunchy/crunchy question about Halloween

How do is scrunchy/crunchy moms do Halloween? We do not do junk food/processed sugars in our house. We do cook alternatives. My LO is only 2.5 but she’s beginning to pick up on the gs. This year we did go trick or treating but we made some banana ice cream and took it with us. She did love it. We had been prepping her telling her we were going to go trick or treating and collect candy to donate to other people. That, again, this type of food will not make our bodies feel good. Her face looked a little confused and sad so I just didn’t know if I did a good enough job using the right words. Help!

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We have the switch witch come to our house. The kids leave the bag of candy on the porch and the switch witch comes while they are asleep and trades it out for a toy:) the switch witch is friends with the tooth fairy and knows how bad candy is so she gives you a prize for making a healthy choice

My cousin trades her older kids one for one healthier candy alternatives to at least avoid the dye and chemicals but they still get the sugar. We have a friend who took her 2 year old out last night and every piece of candy she got they gave her an almond when she dropped it in their backpack 💙

I imagine you'd need to either do the switch witch thing or just keep Halloween at home / somewhere that doesn't involve people that feel differently to you about sweets and chocolate. I don't think a little sugar is a bad thing tbh so we do let our kids have some but we're teaching them to listen to their bodies. I find kids tend to be intuitive eaters and know when they're full or sweet stuff isn't making them feel good anymore. My 4.5 year old has one small bag of Haribo last night and hasn't touched his stash since except to offer them to us. I'm taking this as a win! My husband grew up in a house where sugar was basically banned and he binges really badly when he can. I grew up with sugar everywhere and sweets were an emotional thing. Good day? Sweets as a reward. Bad day? Sweets to cheer you up 😬 Neither approach is great so we're trying to be more intentional about it. Kids are only 1 and 4 now but it's working at the mo!

We made pumpkin muffins as treats to eat as a family that were shaped like jack-o-lanterns and v festive and had a spookie veggie tray with dips out for snacking while we handed out candy. After trick or treating, we let her pick out one piece of candy to keep (she’s 21 months) and then we packaged the rest up to donate, put in a cardboard box and let her decorate it. I think it’s important to teach a healthy relationship with all foods even ones we regularly dont eat or keep in the house.

We switch it all for a toy of their choice!

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