Weight Management for Professionals & Dieters

Candy for Thought

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It’s trick-or-treat time. As part of the Healthy Families Create Healthy Futures program, there is no better time than now to learn the importance of helping your family make healthy food substitutions. When your little monsters, witches, ghouls, and goblins come home on this hallowed night, know which treats to toss out by recognizing the 5 Best and 5 Worst Halloween Candies: 

5 Best Candies

1. Trident Gum (1 piece): 5 Calories, 0g Fat
2. Smarties (1 roll): 25 Calories, 0g Fat
3. Pixy Stix (7 straws): 60 Calories, 0g Fat
4. York Peppermint Pattie: 165 Calories, 3g Fat
5. Hershey’s Special Dark Chocolate Kisses (9 pieces): 180 Calories, 12g Fat

5 Worst Candies

1. Snickers: 271 Calories, 14g Fat
2. Baby Ruth: 275 Calories, 13g Fat
3. Milky Way: 262 Calories, 10g Fat
4. Butterfinger: 275 Calories, 11g Fat
5. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (2): 232 Calories, 14g Fat