Halloween Candy

How well do you know your Halloween Candy?

1. Which Halloween candy contains the most amount of protein?

• 2 snack size of Almond Joys
• 4 mini Nestle Crunches
• 2 Fun size peanut M&Ms
• 5 Mini Peanut Butter Cups

2. Which handful of candy contains the most amount of calories?

• Skittles
• M&M
• Tootsie Rolls
• Life Savors

3. Which candy contains the most amount of sugar?

• Bottle Caps
• Pixie Sticks
• Sweet Tarts
• Craisins

4. Which candy contains the most amount of fat?

• Starburst
• Twizzlers
• Fruit Snacks
• Gushers

5. How many miniature Snickers equal a King Size bar?

• 5
• 10
• 23
• 31

6. Which Halloween candy bar contains the most amount of fat?

• 4 mini Butterfingers
• 3 Fun Size Musketeers
• 3 Fun Size Twix
• 3 Fun Size Heath bars

7. Which type of candy will last longer with fewer calories?

• Dum Dum sucker
• Gum

8. Halloween candy corn is healthy?

• True
• False

Trick or Treat… Which Halloween Candies Are The Healthiest?

1. Which candy contains the most amount of protein?
5 Mini Peanut Butter Cups contain 4 grams of protein. Try to choose candy with peanut butter or peanuts to increase your protein and satisfy hunger cravings.

2. Which handful of candy contains the most amount of calories?
A handful of Tootsie Rolls contain 140 calories. Research has shown that people consume more calories from individual wrapped candies instead of small packs.

3. Which candy contains the most amount of sugar?
Pixie Sticks contain 15 grams of sugar in 7 sticks. Bottle caps and Sweet Tarts are 2-3 grams less than Pixie Sticks. Try to increase your water intake with high sugar candies to prevent more sugar cravings.

4. Which candy contains the most amount of fat?
Starburst contains 3.5 grams of fat for 8 pieces. Try to choose gummy candies to decrease fat grams. 3 short Twizzlers contains ½ gram of fat.

5. How many mini Snickers equal a King Size bar?
10…each mini contains 42.5 calories and a King Size bar has 440 calories and 22 grams of fat.

6. Which candy bar contains the most fat?
3 fun size Heath bars contain 14 grams of fat followed closely by 3 fun size Twix bars with 12 grams of fat. Always read food labels for hidden ingredients.

7. Which type of candy will last longer with fewer calories?
Gum has only 10 calories and less sugar than Dum Dums (25 calories).

8. Candy Corn is healthy?
False, a bag of Candy Corn contains 1,120 calories with most of the caloriecs coming from sugar. Make sure you watch portion sizes of small candies

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