Posted on 10/30/2008 7:40:43 AM PDT by Oyarsa
With so many American children struggling with obesity, you may not find joy in handing out globules of empty Halloween calories.
The typical jack-o'-lantern bucket holds 250 small chocolate bars (about 9,000 calories), and 20 percent of kids eat every last piece they collect. If you don't want to be the neighborhood Scrooge who's giving out apples and dental floss—or worse, pulling toilet paper from your trees the next day—try these tricks to treat their sweet tooths without expanding their waistlines.
(Excerpt) Read more at health.msn.com ...
Micheal Jackson candy = white chocolate with a nut inside.
In our house, they get one hour to eat themselves sick. (Dad too)
Then it’s swept and sent into Daddy’s work.
Let them eat what they want. It’s Halloween for pity sake. It happens once and year. And they’ve run for two hours before it anyway.
I’m giving out large Nestles Crunch bars for the healthy rice crispies inside and bags of Famous Amos chocolate chip oookies for comfort food.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!
Give out single sticks of Trident gum and your house gets egged. Just sayin...
When I was a kid... sigh, it seems so long ago, I did my paper route collecting at the same time. Got lots of tips, everybody was home, and TONS of candy. I would fill my paper sack with about 30 pounds or so.
| Type of Candy | Calories | Fat (g) | Saturated Fat (g) | Carbs (g) |
| Trident gum (1 stick) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 |
| Reese's Mini Cup (1) | 35 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Kit Kat Bites (3) | 40 | 2 | 1.3 | 5 |
| Mr. Goodbar (1 miniature) | 42 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 5 |
| Snack-Size Raisins | 45 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Hershey's Milk Chocolate Miniature (1) | 50 | 2.5 | 2 | 5 |
| Jolly Rancher (3 pieces) | 50 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Tootsie Roll (1 small roll) | 50 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Miniature York Peppermint Patties (1) | 53 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Charms Blow Pop (1) | 60 | 0 | 0 | 16.8 |
Worst Candy Choices
| Type of Candy | Calories | Fat (g) | Saturated Fat (g) | Carbs (g) |
| Snickers (1 fun size) | 70 | 3.5 | 2 | 9 |
| Milky Way (1 fun size) | 75 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| Kit Kat (1 fun size) | 80 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| Skittles Original Fruit (1 fun size) | 80 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| Wild n' Fruity Gummy Bears (10 pieces) | 87 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Butterfinger (1 fun size) | 100 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| M&M's Plain (1 fun size) | 100 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 15 |
| M&M's Peanut (1 fun size) | 110 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| Twizzler Twists (snack size) | 130 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 31 |
We are handing out aspirin and sucrets in honor of the cold and flu season.
Actually, we don’t have trick or treaters. They don’t like to climb.
From the last ****The Official Friday Silliness Thread****
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2114004/posts
The 10 Most Disappointing Treats for Trick-or-Treaters
Toothbrushes
Dentists and orthodontists should not be allowed to celebrate Halloween if they’re going to get all tooth doctory on us. Do not bring your work home with you, folks! We all have a personal responsibility to brush, and maybe some of us will forget, but your complimentary bristles on a stick (instead of a Snickers) will not help us remember. It will make us despise you and your trade.
Raisins
Little boxes of stuck-together shriveled globs are not what little kids schlep around the neighborhood for all night. When they say trick-or-treat, they want candy that will rot their teeth, not wrinkled grapes. (Using an empty box as a kazoo-like instrument, though, is kinda fun.)
Candy Corn
The most polarizing candy of all. The fruitcake of Halloween; it just never goes away. If you love them, fine. But don’t subject the rest of us haters to the sickeningly sweet triangle that tastes like neither candy nor corn.
Necco Wafers
These chalky candies are supposedly “fruit-flavored,” but no fruit I know tastes like dust — and makes everything eaten after taste like dust
Dum Dum Lollipops (they are NOT TootsieRoll Pops)
Usually, foods on a stick are yummy (corn dogs, ice pops), but Dum Dums just can’t be included on that list. Not even if they were breaded and deep-fried and served at a fair.
Apples
Long before “poisoned candy” scares, evil people were handing out apples instead of candy on Halloween. This disappointing “treat” is the main reason to avoid unwrapped food while trick-or-treating.
Tootsie Rolls
It looks like chocolate and sort of smells like chocolate, but the mini brown tubes are not real chocolate. They taste like watered-down chocolate, and have a chewy texture that will strip the fillings right off your molars.
Miscellaneous, Wrapped Hard Candies
Halloween is supposed to be a holiday for young people, not senior citizens who suck on hard candies all day. Something about the strawberry-shaped strawberries, gold-wrapped butterscotch, and peppermint feels past the expiration date. (These usually get set aside for Granny.)
Laffy Taffy
I do not laffy when I get these. I sobby. I get depressedy. Because it gets all stucky to my teethy and doesn’t even taste that goody.
Anything Fun-Sized
Who started calling it this? Since when is one bite fun?! Give us the rich houses with the sprawling driveways and full-sized candy bars any day. Portion control doesn’t need to start this young.
“try these tricks to treat their sweet tooths without expanding their waistlines”.
...this is SOOO stupid! What kid goes out trick or treating looking for a “low-fat”, “low-carb” alternative to candy?! You trick or treat and you eat the best stuff (Kit Kats, Milky Ways, Reeces PB Cups) then you throw the rest away or give the “Smarties” and “peppermints” to your Dad for the folks at the office! They’ll usually eat anything that’s free.
Teach your kids moderation in ALL things and have them get some exercise. There is NO excuse for a kid to be fat! And don’t give me that “glandular condition” BS! Use articles like this to line a bird cage.
I AGREE!
We ate Halloween Candy for weeks after Halloween (how do you expect the barter system of 2nd-6th grade to work without the Fall installment of the Halloween stash!?!) and somehow managed to keep all our teeth.
Some of are fat of course, but that’s usually happened later on. haha
Circus Peanuts are easily the worst candy ever made...period.
I just usually hand out cigarettes and those little nip sized bottles of whiskey, since I’m concerned about the obesity epidemic.
I wouldn’t have expected twizzlers to be the worst either.
That list is hilarious!!
It’s Halloween for pete’s sake ! One day/night a year to dress up and eat lots of candy. Enjoy it !
Hey, I look at the bag of candy and gain weight.
Eventhough I’ve run for two hours with the kids!!!
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