Brewster's Millions and an idea

So, any of you who read this blog with any frequency, know that I struggle with two little toddlers that have a candy addiction.  This is not just your ordinary candy-affinity that you find in most children... this is a full-blown addiction.  The kind that makes them do things that are "illegal" in our home and that get them into "prison" (time-outs) quite frequently.  Yet, they continue to steal and eat with no apparent fear of the consequence... although they have definitely gotten more tricky and smart with their hiding and stealing of such goods.  Last week I felt like I was at the end of my rope with all the stealing, so I finally took all the candy I knew we had and put it in a box and locked in away, in a really high closet they couldn't possibly reach.  Since then, the girls have found any other way to appease their need for sugar.  They have found cereal, cake on top of the fridge, and today I found Lily in her room with a bag of chocolate chips from our freezer.  I took the chocolate chips away and hid them again in the freezer.. then locked her in her room for naptime.  She didn't nap and when I went in to bring her to my room to cuddle with me, I found the remains of another bag of white chocolate chips all over her bed!!!  Seriously?!?!?!?

That brings me to the title of my post:  Brewster's Millions.  Nate and I watched this old 80's movie last week and it gave me food for thought.  In the movie, Brewster's relative dies and leaves him with $30 million he must spend in a month without any assets, in order to receive the $300 million in his estate.  The logic behind it was to teach Brewster to HATE spending money... and by the end of the movie he had really learned the lesson well and didn't even want to see money.

My children also love the movie Matilda.  One of their favorite parts is when a boy steals some cake from the principal so she holds an assembly in which the school watches as the boy is forced to eat an entire (really big) chocolate cake as punishment (until he is really sick from it).

This brings me to my idea:  Do you think if I were to feed Lily 100% sugary things for the next 3 days it would rid her of her desire to eat and steal them so much?  I am seriously considering it, as I am literally at the end of my rope with this child.  I hate that I get so angry all the time over sugar!  I want to teach this girl to respect me.  It's not like I withhold candy all the time and she is deprived.  She doesn't seem to be deterred from her wicked ways from time-outs or being locked in her room.  What do you think?