The Post-Halloween Candy Rush

This Halloween was the first time Leo really got the concept of candy. He'd had treats before, and we've never been above bribing him with cookies for successful potty usage. But now...now CANDY has been discovered. "Can I have some candy" is the morning refrain ("Not before breakfast" is my answer) "I'm good. Gimme candy" is the after-school ritual. (""Just because you're good doesn't mean you get candy" is my answer) But how do you explain that after walking around getting a bucket of candy from everyone he comes across, he doesn't actually get to eat it all. There is, of course, only one solution. Mommy and Daddy have to eat as much of it as possible to keep it out of the vulnerable hands of the two-year-old. I live with the guilt, oh yes, I do...