Cash for Halloween candy programs growing
By Allison Aubrey, NPR
If your little ghosts and goblins dump their candy on the living room floor tonight, go ahead: Let them at it. They can sort, then trade, and gorge on their favorites.
But if you’re like many parents, by tomorrow morning you may want to get rid of some of this candy glut.
One possible solution? Check out the Halloween Candy Buy Back program, which was founded by dentist Chris Kammer in Wisconsin. Kammer’s office offers $1 a pound to buy back candy collected by the young trick-or-treaters in his practice.
Think of it as cash for candy. And the idea is catching on.
This year, more than 2,500 dentists and orthodontists have signed up to participate. By comparison, about 300 dentists participated in 2007, the first year the program expanded nationally.