{"id":2366,"date":"2009-11-05T20:36:08","date_gmt":"2009-11-06T03:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/?p=2366"},"modified":"2021-06-21T03:30:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T10:30:31","slug":"halloween-candy-buy-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news\/halloween-candy-buy-back","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Candy Buy Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  width=\"422\"  height=\"640\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2367 pk-lqip pk-lazyload\"  title=\"halloween-candy-buy-back\"  src=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/20025226\/halloween-candy-buy-back-80x121.jpg\"  alt=\"halloween-candy-buy-back\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/wp-content\/uploads\/halloween-candy-buy-back.bmp\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/20025226\/halloween-candy-buy-back.bmp 422w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/20025226\/halloween-candy-buy-back-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/20025226\/halloween-candy-buy-back-380x576.jpg 380w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/20025226\/halloween-candy-buy-back-80x121.jpg 80w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/20025226\/halloween-candy-buy-back-53x80.jpg 53w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/20025226\/halloween-candy-buy-back-72x109.bmp 72w\" ><br \/>\nAs yummy as it sounds, having leftover Halloween candy lingering around the house is just a bad idea&#8211;for your waistline and your teeth. Geniusly, a Halloween Candy Buy Back program has been developed by a group of dentists to get those spare sweets out of your house. The Halloween Candy Buy Back program purchases candy from you for $1 per pound and donates the sweet surprise to U.S. troops overseas.<br \/>\nHow does the program work?<br \/>\nParticipating dentists buy back kids&#8217; Halloween candy<br \/>\nThe candy will be shipped to US soldiers serving overseas<br \/>\nThe buy-back event is held at a particular date and time, as arranged by you<br \/>\nWhy Join Halloween Candy Buy Back?<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll enjoy peace of mind knowing you\u2019re making kids, parents, and soldiers smile<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll set a great example for the next generation to give back<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll also enjoy some great publicity<br \/>\nTo learn more about Halloween Candy Buy Back or if you&#8217;re\u00a0a dentist who&#8217;d like to register your practice, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.halloweencandybuyback.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.halloweencandybuyback.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As yummy as it sounds, having leftover Halloween candy lingering around the house is just a bad idea&#8211;for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2419,4244,6217,6218,6219,15738],"class_list":{"0":"post-2366","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news","8":"tag-candy-donation","9":"tag-donating-to-troops","10":"tag-halloween-candy","11":"tag-halloween-candy-buy-back","12":"tag-halloween-candy-donation","13":"tag-what-to-do-with-leftover-candy","14":"cs-entry","15":"cs-video-wrap"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Halloween Candy Buy Back<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Got leftover Halloween candy? 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