How do you deal with the leftover holiday sweets?

[True Dough]

Many of us gorge on rich foods over the holidays and then, in disgust with ourselves, pledge to avoid overindulging when the new year rolls around.

Are you the type who tosses everything in the garbage on Jan. 1, or gives it away to relatives/friends/neighbors?

Or do you refuse to discard the last of the candy, pastries, chocolates, etc. and simply vow not to buy anymore when they're consumed, whenever that may be?

Or maybe you're the type who goes off to the supermarket in search of even more holiday junk food that has now gone on sale so you can have a stockpile for the coming weeks and months?

[OnDoutside]

1. Funny you should post this, only last night we decided to offload the

excess to neighbors. We bought too much as we hosted Christmas this year.

[Skittles]

2. leftover sweets

whatever do you mean?

[True Dough]

6. Point taken

Do you consider Skittles to be appropriate Christmas fare, by the way?

[eShirl]

3. excess baked goods, like cake, I take out to the crows

Our compost heap at the edge of the woods is on their daily rounds.
Thinking of also buying them a big bag of unsalted peanuts in shell, to help them make it through this unusual cold snap. They love those, and it's convenient for them to carry if they so desire.

[mainer]

11. I used to do that, until the seagulls showed up.

I loved feeding the crows, but the seagulls are really obnoxious. Once they found there was a free lunch, they'd not only eat everything, they'd bang against our windows demanding more. We kept waking up in the morning to their loud tapping on the glass.

[KT2000]

4. Put them in the freezer

then get some more 50% off stuff and put that in the freezer too.
Next candy holiday is Valentine's Day - another 50% off sale!

[True Dough]

5. Do you never raid that freezer?

Or do you nibble on the contents of said freezer?

[KT2000]

7. this is where discipline

comes in - can only be raided after dinner for a couple nugget type ones. It is my chocolate management system to avoid a chocolate run to the store which can be a disaster.

[Iggo]

8. Jan. 2, straight into the trash.

[True Dough]

9. Have you done the deed yet?

Did anything get transferred into your mouth before it hit the trash???

[Iggo]

10. On the way out the door this morning. (It's trash day.)

Anything left I was never going to eat anyway.

Back to standard snacks!

[Duppers]

12. Throw some to the birds...

Feed some to our big ole Lab, freeze some, hubs takes some.

[irisblue]

13. I have one break & bake sugar Christmas cookie left

It's unbaked in the fridge, the green & red sprinkles will go on it when I bake it with in the week.

[diva77]

14. bring 'em to work if you go to an office environment or give them to somebody who does

The same panettone that you consider to be stale at home will suddenly become tantalizing during that 10am coffee break at work. It will be gone in no time.

[True Dough]

15. T'is a good idea. My wife is doing that tomorrow

with a few things.

[malthaussen]

16. No such thing.

I hope that sufficiently answers your question. **burp**

-- Mal

[True Dough]

17. Is that chocolate mint

I smell on your breath?