The Candy Witch???

I heard about doing this a couple of years ago and we liked it a lot. The kids get to do the trick-or-treating and have fun but I get so tired of them constantly wanting to eat candy. So, we let them pick out ten of their favorite candies. Then we tell them if they want a surprise from the candy witch they have to set the rest of their candy out on the porch. They get excited to get a toy or whatever (something small- we just went to the dollar store this year) and we get rid of the huge amounts of candy! Yeah everyone wins! Then I have my own personal stash in my closet. :)