Thursday, September 29, 2011

The Skinny On Halloween Candies...

Halloween candy is very “calorie dense” which means the calories can add up quickly!  Check out the stats below on some favorite Halloween Treats!  Have a treat or 2 but remember to check the label so you know what you are eating!
Here are a few of the most popular Halloween candies & their nutrition facts in a nutshell (See below for extended listing):
  • Candy Corn (19 pieces): calories 90, fat 0g, sugar 13g       
  • Skittles (1 Fun Size Bag): calories 80, fat 1g,  sugar 15g
  • Starburst (4 pieces): calories 80, fat 1.75g,  sugar 11.5g
  • Gummi Bears (14 pieces): calories140,  fat 0g, sugar 22g
  • Milky Way (1 Fun Size Bar): calories 75, fat 3g, sugar 10g
  • 3 Musketeers Bar (1 Fun Size Bar): calories 70, fat 2g, sugar 11g
  • M & M’s (1 Fun Size Bag): calories110, fat 5g, sugar 13g
  • Snickers Bar (1 Fun Size Bar): calories 45, fat 2g, sugar 6g
  • Twix (1 Fun Size Bar): calories 80, fat 4g, sugar 8g
  • Almond Joy (1 Fun Size Bar): calories 100,  fat 5g, sugar 19g
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The Complete Skinny on Halloween Candies
How much sugar is in that fun-sized Snickers bar? How many calories in that tiny pack of M&M's? Whereas full-sized packages of candy have the nutritional information on the package, the deluge that comes home from trick or treating usually does not. Here is the calorie and carbohydrate information in many common Halloween candy treats. Serving sizes can be tricky, especially with "off-brands." For example, a Palmer Halloween pack of peanut butter cups lists a serving size as 1.5 ounces. How many PB cups a serving? Well, there are 63 pieces of candy in the 26 oz bag, and we are left to figure it out from there. A serving turns out to be 3.64 pieces of candy.
Also, "fun size" and "snack size" are often on the packaging, but these sizes don't really mean anything. A snack size of one type of candy can be the same as a fun size of another. Even worse, instances where "snack size" of the same type of candy differed from one bag to another, and it certainly changes over time (they are gradually getting smaller). This is why we put the weight of the candy on the list as well.
Chocolate Bars and Kisses (Mostly Chocolate)
·Dove Milk Chocolate Promises or wrapped squares (8 g) - 42 calories and 6 g carb
·Hershey Kisses - 26 calories and 8 g carb each kiss
o   Hershey Kisses with Almonds - 23 calories and 2 g carb each kiss
o   Hershey Kisses filled with Caramel - 21 calories and 3 g carb each kiss
o   Hershey Candy Corn Kisses - 27 calories and 3 g carb each kiss
o   Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bars - Fun size (14 g) - 67 calories and 8 g carb
o   Hershey's Miniature Bars (mixed) - average of 42 calories and 5 g carb each bar
·  M&Ms, plain, Fun size (18 g) - 88 calories and 12 g carb
·  M&Ms, peanut
o   Fun size (18 g) - 93 calories and 11 g carb
o   1/4 cup candy - 220 calories and 24 g carb
·  Miniature Bars (Milky Way, Snickers, Twix, 3 Muskateers) - average 38 calories and 5 g carb each bar
·  Mr. Goodbar Snack size (17 g) - 90 calories and 9 grams carb
·  Nestle's Crunch Bars Fun size (10 g) 50 calories and 7 grams carb
o   Nestle's Crunch Caramel Bars - Fun size - 70 calories and 9 g carb
·  Palmer Peanut Butter cups, small - 6 g carb
· Three Muskateers bar
o   Fun size (15 g) - 64 calories and 11 g carb
o   Mint, Fun size (15g) - 64 calories and 11 g carb
· Tootsie Rolls
o   Small bar - 50 calories and 10 g carb
o   Midgee - 23 calories and 7 g carb
o   Mini-Midgees - 11 calories and 2 g carb
Peanut and Peanut Butter Candies
· Pay Day - Snack size (19 g) - 90 calories and 10 g carb
· Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
o   Miniature (about 9 grams each) - 44 calories and 5 g carb per cup
o   Snack size (17 g) - 88 calories and 10 g carb
o   Snack size (21 g) - 100 calories and 12 g carb
o   White, Snack size (21 g) - 100 calories and 11 g carb
· Reese's Peanut Butter Pumpkins (34 g) - 180 calories and 17 g carb
o   Reese's Crispy Crunchy Bar, Snack size (17 g) - 95 calories and 9 g carb
o   Reese's Nutrageous Bars, Snack size (17 g) - 88 calories and 9 g carb
o   Reese's Whipps Bar, Snack size (14 g) - 60 calories and 10 g carb
Mixed Candy Bars
o   100 Grand Bars
Fun size (11 g) - 50 calories and 8 g carb
Fun size (21 g) - 95 calories and 15 g carb
o   Almond Joy Snack size (15 g) - 80 calories and 10g carb
o   Baby Ruth Bar, Fun size (18 g each) - 85 calories and 13 g carb
o   Butterfinger Bar, Fun size (18 g each) - 85 calories 14 g carb
 Butterfinger Crisp Bar, Snack size (20 g) - 100 calories and 13 g carb
o   Heath Bar, Snack size (13 g) - 74 calories and 9 g carb
o   Kit Kat, Fun size (14 g) - 73 calories and 9 g carb
o   Milky Way bar, Fun size (17 g) - 75 calories and 12 g carb
o   Mounds bars, Snack size (17 g) - 83 calories and 9 g carb
o   Rocky Road, Snack size (10 g) - 45 calories and 6 g carb
o   Snickers Bars, Fun size (17 g) - 80 calories and 10 g carb
o   Snickers Almond Bars, Fun size (17 g) - 80 calories and 11 g carb
o   Snickers Creme Pumpkin (1 oz) - 150 calories and 16 g carb
o   Take Five bar, Fun size (15 g) - 10 g carb
o   Twix, Snack size (10 g) - 50 calories and 7 g carb
Taffy and Caramel
o   AbbaZabba, small (12 g) 50 calories and 11 g carb
o   Charleston Chew bar, Fun size (10 g) - 45 calories and 8 g carb
o   Laffy Taffy, Chocolate, small bars (8 g each) - 32 calories and 7 g carb
o   Milk Duds Snack size (12 g) - 54 calories and 9 g carb
o   Milk Maid Caramels, Brach's - 40 calories and 10 g carb per piece
Fruity and Gummy Candies
o   Jujyfruits - 9 pieces - 60 calories and 16 g carb
o   Lifesavers Gummies (2 rolls per ounce) - 52 calories and 13 g carb per roll
o   Mini Dots (2 small boxes per ounce) 70 calories and 17 g carb per box
o   Skittles
o   Original Fruit, Fun size (20 g) - 80 calories and 18 g carb
o   Chocolate Assortment, Fun size (20 g) - 80 calories and 18 g carb
o   Starburst, Fun size (2 pieces per stick) - 40 calories and 10 g carb
o   Twizzlers
o   Mini-bars (14 g) - 11 g carb
o   Strawberry Twists, Short (9 g) - 32 calories and 7 g carb
o   Cherry Pull-N-Peel (12 g) - 40 calories and 9 g carb
Hard Candies and Pops
o   Blow Pop, Junior - 50 calories and 14 g carb
o   Jolly Rancher
o   Hard Candy (6 g) - 23 calories and 6 g carb
o   Lollipops (17 g) - 60 calories and 16 g carb
o   Hard Candy Sticks, Small (11g) - 43 calories and 10 g carb
o   Double Blasts (4 g) - 13 calories and 3 g carb
o    Tootsie Pops - 60 calories and 15 g carb
o   Tootsie Caramel Apple Pops - 60 calories and 15 g carb
o   Wonka Nerds - small box (13 g) - 50 calories and 12 g carb
Other Candies
o   Candy Corn, Brach's - 11 pieces - 70 calories and 18 g carb
o   Hot Tamales - small pkg (14 g) - 50 calories and 12 g carb
o   Jr. Mints, Fun size (10 g) - 50 calories and 12 g carb
o   Mike and Ike small box (14 g) - 50 calories and 12 g carb
o   Pop Rocks - small packet (10 g) - 7 g carb
o   Raisinettes, Fun size (16 g - about 16 pieces) - 56 calories and 11 g carb
o   Smarties Candy, Roll - 25 calories and 6 g carb
o   Whoppers
o   1 small tube - 30 calories and 5 g carb
o   1 small pouch (21 g) - 100 calories and 16 g carb
o   York Peppermint Patties •Regular small patty (14 g) - 53 calories and 11 g carb
o   Pink Peppermint Patties, small (14 g) - 53 calories and 11 g carb
o   Peppermint Patty Pumpkins (14 g) - 50 calories and 11 g carb

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