Halloween & The Candy Stash

Hey guys!

I was reflecting on Halloween last night and I can tell you this — Chris (my twin) and I would go trick-or-treating, pour out our pillow-cases full of candy and let the bargaining begin.  Our twin bonds were often made or broken over candy.  He preferred the gummy, sour things, me the chocolate, so swapping was easy. Certain candies though, like the Snickers, were both of our faves, which made bargaining tricky and created the “watch your candy in the middle of the night” look.

Chris and I were always shocked with friends who would bring out bags of candy in December and ask if we wanted some of their Halloween “stash.”  “Stash” is a foreign concept to two binging kids.  Binge eaters certainly have a “stash” but, like any other addict, it’s a stash that’s often accessed without restraint and unceasingly replenished.  We had that “all or nothing” mentality — if we can just eat all the candy then we won’t be tempted by it anymore.  Then we can begin the break from “forbidden” foods.

Tonight — it’s not about overzealous candy swaps, forbidden foods, haunting memories, or phantom fat.  Tonight it’s about stashing but not of the candy variety.  Tonight I will stash laughs by imprinting them in my memory to conjure when I’m blue.  I will stash kisses, hugs and jokes.  I will replace my “food baggage” with food appreciation and eat a cupcake or two.  Here’s to realizing it’s not the food that makes the day but the people I eat it with.

Here’s to baby corn, not candy corn

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Here’s to hoarding kisses, not chocolate

(Don’t mind the boyf’s beer…lol)

Here’s to music not madness

Click here for a free download of my band‘s spooky cover of The Cranberries’ “Zombie”

Here’s to choices, not excuses

Vegan candies you can enjoy tonight?  Click here
Recipe for vegan cupcakes? Click here (I shall be trying these tonight)
Recipe for my fave pumpkin cookies?  Click here (they are a-mazing!)

Have fun tonight, be safe, and please live it up mindfully   What are you guys doing tonight?  What are you eating? Fave Halloween candy?

<3, The Cranky One

Tags: halloween, memories, Phantom Fat, pumpkin cookies, Recipes, vegan candy