Are your kids (and maybe you!) bouncing off the walls from all of the sugary Halloween treats?

Last year, our healthy Halloween blog suggested handing out sugar-free treats like stickers, bouncy balls, and temporary tattoos. This year, we didn't post a pre-Halloween blog telling you not to buy candy or how many calories are in that tiny Snickers bar. Instead, we took the opposite approach and let you have your candy and eat a little bit of it too. After all, a treat here and there can fit into a healthy eating plan. But, now that it's the day after Halloween it's time to talk about getting rid of the piles of candy you have left over.

Here are some suggestions:

• Donate it! Ask your kids to pick a handful of their favorites to keep and where they'd like to donate the rest. Operation Gratitude, Any Soldier, the Ronald McDonald House Charities, City Meals on Wheels, local nursing or veterans' homes, shelters, or fire stations are some suggestions.
• Take it to the dentist! More and more dentists are collecting candy and paying cash or other small incentives for turning it in. Go to halloweencandybuyback.com to locate a participating dentist near you.
• Throw it away! Think about all of the fruit and vegetables that spoil on your counter or in your refrigerator. Do you think twice about tossing them in the trash? Probably not! So why is it so hard to throw candy away? If you really need to keep some, save a few pieces of chocolate for baking and hard candies, gumdrops, etc. to decorate a gingerbread house next month. If your kids will be upset have the "Candy Fairy" come to take the candy for kids who couldn't go trick-or-treating this year. The "Candy Fairy" can also leave a small gift.

Any other suggestions for getting rid of the Halloween grub?