Blog: What to do With all That Halloween Candy?

As a child I always loved Halloween...OK as an adult too.  What's not to love?  You get to dres up and be anything you want to be, go out after dark, ring doorbells and best of all get candy!  As an adult the rewards of halloween are a litle different, now I get to sit in my warm house as cute children dressed in creative outfits ring my doorbell and I give out candy to them.  The best part is now I have control of the candy I give out, so that also means the good stuff I eat as I wait for them to ring the doorbell. 

When my children would come home with their goodies, I would play candy inspector and sort out the candy.  If you are an adult you know what I mean..."Honey, you don't like (insert your favorite candy here), go ahead and put that in my pile."

Now that the candy inspection is complete and the candy is rationed out into daily doses of sweets. Lets look at the worst and best Halloween treats.

The worst candies as rated by self.com are Baby Ruth coming in at 130 calories and 4 teaspoons of sugar; Reese's Peanut Butter Cups at 210 calories and 6 teaspoons of sugar; Mounds with 250 calories and whopping 13 grams of fat and the winner for the WORST candy is my favorite: Twix bar.  The Twix bar tops out in all categores: 280 calories, 14 grams of fat and 6 teaspoons of sugar.

What are better choices?  Lollipops at 50 calories and 2 teaspoons sugar, Peppermint Patty at 50 calories and 2.7 grams of fat and 3 Tootsie Rolls at 70 calories and 1.5 grams of fat. 

If you feel like being very good then skip the candy and eat a crisp apple (no caramel or other coating) at 82 calories.

Enjoy Halloween and remember Thanksgiving is just around the corner with an average calorie count for Thanksgiving dinner coming in at 3,000 calories.