Choose This, Not That Halloween Candy

By Elizabeth Burt, MPH, RD, LD; Reviewed by Connie Crawley, RD, LD

It can be next to impossible to avoid sneaking a treat when you're standing at the door with a bowl of Halloween candy waiting for trick-or-treaters. Without too much guilt, choose one of these candies to sweeten your meal plan and daily carb count.

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Choose These Halloween Candies

Trick-or-treat night can be a ghoulish one for people on a diabetic meal plan. But with the help of this Halloween candy guide, you can enjoy a sweet treat while you're handing out goodies.

Diabetic Living compares calories, grams of fat, grams of carbs, and grams of sugar in these candies to help you choose wisely.

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anonymous says:

Sounds like juleinny is a bit judmental!

To juleinny... I take my kids (NOT brats!) out to eat at least 3 times a week and none of them have a weight issue. My children (NOT brats) are all very active in sports and after school activities. McDonalds and Burger King are not the issue! If I had to guess, I'd say you don't have any children (or brats??) so don't assume you know everything.

10/28/2009 11:16:36 AM Report Abuse

anonymous wrote:

One of our local dentist is buy the trick or treat candy back for a $1.00 a pound and sending it to the soldiers in Iraq. He is giving those that come in other options such as play dough.

10/28/2009 11:11:22 AM Report Abuse

juleinny wrote:

maybe if PARENTS wouldn't take their children to MacDonald's or Burger King we wouldn't have over weight little brats or if the PARENTS TAUGHT them to make healthy meal choices.....what a concept?

10/28/2009 10:33:41 AM Report Abuse

williamsgang1 wrote:

These are great for adults but two of my four kids have braces so anything chewy or with nuts is out also dentists will tell you that the gummies and fruit by foot rots teeth faster as it sticks more and the lollipops also coat your mouth in sugar longer than a chocolate bar because it does take longer to eat. My solution is have a chocolate(snack size bar)occasionally. For school I only send stickers ,erasers and pencils etc. in treat bags

10/27/2009 06:27:32 PM Report Abuse

anonymous wrote:

Thanks so much I always want something a little sweet and being a diabetic it is hard to know what to eat this really helped me thanks

10/27/2009 02:56:52 PM Report Abuse

shindle2000 wrote:

Thank you for this list. It really helps when you just need a little something sweet, and there is a diabetic in the family.

10/27/2009 02:20:00 PM Report Abuse

anonymous wrote:

I have been giving out the individual size boxes of cereal to trick or treaters for two years now. The kids are so excited - they get to pick their favorite cereal and the parents are also very happy that there is an alternative to candy to fulfill their child's sweet tooth.

10/27/2009 12:33:41 PM Report Abuse

anonymous wrote:

If only all candy was made like these, there may not be so many children over wieght and less people with diabetis. They put way to much sugar in everything today.

10/27/2009 12:00:01 PM Report Abuse

anonymous wrote:

These choices for Halloween are very helpful for those of us with a sweet tooth!

10/27/2009 10:02:37 AM Report Abuse