Dentists offering Halloween candy buy-back program

SAN GABRIEL, Calif. (KABC) -- Most families got way more candy than they could, or should, eat on Halloween. To help with this candy overload, local dentists are offering a buy-back program.



Many dentists are offering prizes like new toothbrushes for kids in exchange for their sweet loot.
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At Toni Chen Dental in San Gabriel, they are giving away cash for Halloween candy. They are paying $1 per pound of candy, up to 5 pounds.

The Halloween Candy Buy-Back program boxes up the candy and sends it to U.S. troops overseas. More than 2,000 dentists nationwide are participating in the program.
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Last year the program collected more than 120,000 pounds of surplus candy.