Going to the movies is a fun family activity, but it’s also expensive. Add up the price of tickets, popcorn drinks and snacks and you can spend a whole paycheck for one evening out with the family. Save you budget by moving family movie night in-house.
An in-house movie night has a lot of advantages. You save money, you get to sit in your favorite chair, and the floor isn’t sticky. Best of all, you get to pause the movie instead of missing the climactic scene because your youngest needs the bathroom right this second.
Make the most of your night in with our four-step guide to planning the perfect family movie night, complete with our top six picks for best movie candy.
Step One: Pick your venue
There’s nothing wrong with gathering around the living room television set for family movie night, but you can also get creative. If the weather is nice, you set up a projector in the backyard. Check out these tips from Parents.com for a perfect backyard movie night. Or stay inside and build a fort with your little ones. Buzzfeed has a guide for hos to do this, which makes us think that teenagers might enjoy it too. There’s something about watching TV in a tent that makes everyone happy.
Step Two: Select a Movie
With Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Video and all the other streaming services out there, the choices seem almost endless. These guides from Timeout.com and Parenting.com might help you narrow down your options.
Step Three: Gather your Treats
Of course no movie night is complete without treats. One of the great things about planning movie night at home is you have a bigger budget to spend on popcorn and candy.
So grab a package of microwave popcorn and chose from our top six list of best bulk candy for movies:
- Junior Mints – Melt in your mouth mint covered in dark chocolate. A movie theater classic.
- Sugar Babies – These slow-cooked candy coated milk caramels are a throwback to an early time.
- Sour Patch Kids – There’s something about these sweet and sour treats that screams movie time.
- M&M’s – The ads say they melt in your mouth, not in your hand, but we always eat them too fast to test the theory.
- SweetTarts Minis – Love sweet tarts but don’t want the noise of cellophane wrappers disrupting your movie? These ball-shaped chewy candies are the perfect solution.
- Red Vines – Bulk candy at its finest, red vines are the original red licorice and they come in a 4 lbs. tub so you have enough for the whole family.
If you want to be the hero of movie night try jazzing up your popcorn by adding candy. This popcorn mix recipe from Yummly combines M&M’s, chocolate chips and popcorn into a treat you’ll eat by the handful.
Or get really decadent with this candy bar popcorn from Hostess at Heart. You can choose your favorite candy bar to add to the mix, but we recommend Snickers with Almond to make the crunchiest sweet treat.
Step Four: Enjoy Family Time
Sit back and enjoy your time together, secure in the knowledge that everyone has a treat they’ll enjoy.
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