Halloween Candy Nightmare

 

I can hear the candy calling to me from around the office.  Well-meaning people are bringing in Fun-sized candy and stocking baskets and Halloween displays. It's a chore to not dive in head first/mouth open.  It's not as if I didn't know that candy is not calorie-free but for some reason, when not vigilant, I tend to start grazing.  And I'm not even hungry, it just looks good.

Bellow is a list that I found on the web with popular candy calorie counts.  I redlined my favorites - it's a good reminder that these "little treats" are not for grazing, the calories do add up.

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
Hershey Kisses with Almonds - 23 calories and 2 g carb each kiss
Hershey Kisses filled with Caramel - 21 calories and 3 g carb each kiss
Hershey Candy Corn Kisses - 27 calories and 3 g carb each kiss
Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bars - Fun size (14 g) - 67 calories and 8 g carb
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, Fun size (18 g) - 93 calories and 11 g carb, 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
Nestle's Crunch Caramel Bars - Fun size - 70 calories and 9 g carb
Palmer Peanut Butter cups, small - 6 g carb
Three Muskateers bar, Fun size (15 g) - 64 calories and 11 g carb
Mint, Fun size (15g) - 64 calories and 11 g carb
Tootsie Rolls

• Small bar - 50 calories and 10 g carb
• Midgee - 23 calories and 7 g carb
• 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

• Miniature (about 9 grams each) - 44 calories and 5 g carb per cup
• Snack size (17 g) - 88 calories and 10 g carb
• Snack size (21 g) - 100 calories and 12 g carb
• White, Snack size (21 g) - 100 calories and 11 g carb

Reese's Peanut Butter Pumpkins (34 g) - 180 calories and 17 g carb
Reese's Crispy Crunchy Bar, Snack size (17 g) - 95 calories and 9 g carb
Reese's Nutrageous Bars, Snack size (17 g) - 88 calories and 9 g carb
Reese's Whipps Bar, Snack size (14 g) - 60 calories and 10 g carb

Mixed Candy Bars

100 Grand Bars

• Fun size (11 g) - 50 calories and 8 g carb
• Fun size (21 g) - 95 calories and 15 g carb

Almond Joy Snack size (15 g) - 80 calories and 10g carb
Baby Ruth Bar, Fun size (18 g each) - 85 calories and 13 g carb
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
Heath Bar, Snack size (13 g) - 74 calories and 9 g carb
Kit Kat, Fun size (14 g) - 73 calories and 9 g carb
Milky Way bar, Fun size (17 g) - 75 calories and 12 g carb
Mounds bars, Snack size (17 g) - 83 calories and 9 g carb
Rocky Road, Snack size (10 g) - 45 calories and 6 g carb
Snickers Bars, Fun size (17 g) - 80 calories and 10 g carb
Snickers Almond Bars, Fun size (17 g) - 80 calories and 11 g carb
Snickers Creme Pumpkin (1 oz) - 150 calories and 16 g carb
Take Five bar, Fun size (15 g) - 10 g carb
Twix, Snack size (10 g) - 50 calories and 7 g carb

Taffy and Caramel

AbbaZabba, small (12 g) 50 calories and 11 g carb
Charleston Chew bar, Fun size (10 g) - 45 calories and 8 g carb
Laffy Taffy, Chocolate, small bars (8 g each) - 32 calories and 7 g carb
Milk Duds Snack size (12 g) - 54 calories and 9 g carb
Milk Maid Caramels, Brach's - 40 calories and 10 g carb per piece

Fruity and Gummy Candies

Jujcyfruits - 9 pieces - 60 calories and 16 g carb
Lifesavers Gummies (2 rolls per ounce) - 52 calories and 13 g carb per roll
Mini Dots (2 small boxes per ounce) 70 calories and 17 g carb per box
Skittles

• Original Fruit, Fun size (20 g) - 80 calories and 18 g carb
• Chocolate Assortment, Fun size (20 g) - 80 calories and 18 g carb

Starburst, Fun size (2 pieces per stick) - 40 calories and 10 g carb
Twizzlers

• Mini-bars (14 g) - 11 g carb
• Strawberry Twists, Short (9 g) - 32 calories and 7 g carb
• Cherry Pull-N-Peel (12 g) - 40 calories and 9 g carb

Hard Candies and Pops

Blow Pop, Junior - 50 calories and 14 g carb
Jolly Rancher

• Hard Candy (6 g) - 23 calories and 6 g carb
• Lollipops (17 g) - 60 calories and 16 g carb
• Hard Candy Sticks, Small (11g) - 43 calories and 10 g carb
• Double Blasts (4 g) - 13 calories and 3 g carb

Tootsie Pops - 60 calories and 15 g carb
Tootsie Caramel Apple Pops - 60 calories and 15 g carb
Wonka Nerds - small box (13 g) - 50 calories and 12 g carb

Other Candies

Candy Corn, Brach's - 11 pieces - 70 calories and 18 g carb
Hot Tamales - small pkg (14 g) - 50 calories and 12 g carb
Jr. Mints, Fun size (10 g) - 50 calories and 12 g carb
Mike and Ike small box (14 g) - 50 calories and 12 g carb
Pop Rocks - small packet (10 g) - 7 g carb
Raisinettes, Fun size (16 g - about 16 pieces) - 56 calories and 11 g carb
Smarties Candy, Roll - 25 calories and 6 g carb
Whoppers

• 1 small tube - 30 calories and 5 g carb
• 1 small pouch (21 g) - 100 calories and 16 g carb

York Peppermint Patties

• Regular small patty (14 g) - 53 calories and 11 g carb
• Pink Peppermint Patties, small (14 g) - 53 calories and 11 g carb
• Peppermint Patty Pumpkins (14 g) - 50 calories and 11 g carb

Take care and take care of yourself!

Astrid