After Halloween, what to do with candies that you don't wish your child to eat? Do candy science experiments!

After Halloween's treat-or-tricking, you must be wondering what you can do with the excess candy treats.  Playful parenting is often advocated to relieve parenting stress.  How about engaging your child in some candy science experiments?  Have fun with your child doing some of these candy experiments suggested here from the article linked below.

The Candy Experiments

"Listed below are just a few ideas to get started. Have fun, and let curiosity be your guide!

•     Acid Test: This experiment tests for the acid often found in sour candy.
•     Chocolate Bloom: 
Chocolate is made of cocoa butter, cocoa solids, and other ingredients that have been mixed together. Can you take them apart?
•     Color Separation (Chromatography): 
You know candy is colored with artificial dye. To see the different dyes for yourself, try this.
•     Density Rainbow
: Sugar water is denser than water—the more sugar, the denser. This experiment shows you how to layer different densities into a rainbow.
•     Dissolving Hot/Cold: 
See if candy dissolves faster in hot or cold water.
•     Hidden Candy
: Most candy is made from sugar, corn syrup, and flavorings. These ingredients are used to sweeten lots of different foods. Can you find the “hidden candy” in other varieties of food you eat?
•     Lifesaver Lights
: Do wintergreen Lifesavers really make a spark in the dark?
•     Sink/Float
Most: candy sinks in water, because sugar is denser than water.  But some will float. Why?
•     Oil Test
: If you thought your candy was all sugar, think again. Many chewy candies also contain oil. This experiment uses heat to let you see the oil for yourself.
•     Pop Rocks
: What’s the secret ingredient in the candy that crackles?
•     Sticky
You: know candy can cling to your fingers—but how sticky can you make it?

For step-by-step instructions and more information about these experiments, visit 
www.candyexperiments.com. "

For the article I excerpted this portion, please see:

http://mothering.com/parenting/candy-experiments