Do Not Be Frightened By Halloween Weight Gain By HMarino

The costumes, hay rides, and haunted houses make Halloween one of the most fun and exciting holidays. However, the endless amount of binge candy-eating and delicious treats can leave some an unrecognizable size bigger this season. Here are some tips to keep the calories in check this year: 1) Buy smaller, fun size or mini versions of your favorites and only eat ONE or two daily, 2) Choose candy that takes time to eat like lollipops or suck-on candies, 3) Give out 100-calorie snack packs or 100% fruit chews, 4) Choose dark chocolate candy options with more antioxidants, or 5) Avoid candy completely by giving out trading cards, stickers, glow stick bracelets and necklaces, AND 6) DON'T leave the leftover candy in your house or on your desk at work...give it away! In case you do want to satisfy your sweet-tooth here are the calorie contents of some of your favorite goodies: Nestle’s Crunch (Fun Size 3 bars)=210 calories/Peanut M&M’s ( Fun Pack 2 bag)=80 calories/M&M’s (Fun Pack 2 bag) =180 calories/Snicker’s (Fun Size 2 bars)=160 calories/ Milky Way (Fun Size 2 bars)=150 calories/Kit Kat (Fun Size 2 bars)=100 calories/Hershey Chocolate Bar (Fun Size 1 bar)=90 calories/Reese’s Cup 1=80 calories/ Butterfinger (Fun Size 1 bar)= 100 calories/Twix (Fun Size 1 bar)= 80 calories/York Peppermint Pattie 1 pattie=70 calories/ Twizzlers 1 treat size pkg= 45 calories/ Almond Joy (1 snack size bar) = 90 calories/ Milk Duds (1 treat size box) = 40 calories/Butterfinger (1 snack size bar)= 100 calories/ SweetTarts (1 treat size pkg) = 50 calories/ Smarties- I roll= 25 calories/1 Tootsie Pop – 1 pop = 60 calories/1 Tootsie Roll – 1 small roll = 13 calories/ 25 small jellybeans =140calories / 20 pieces of candy corn = 100 calories/ 2 Hershey's Kisses = 50 calories/ 1 mini Reese's Peanut Butter Cup = 33calories/ 1 full size chocolate candy bar (Snickers, Hershey, etc.) 275 calories/1 King Size chocolate candy bar (Snickers, Hershey, etc.) = 500 calories