Are you and your children ready to go trick or treating this weekend? Do you have your paper bag or pumpkin head ready to collect all the goodies for your sweet tooth? Before you get a sugar high, stow away your itchy hands for a minute and re-examine the sugar content of the most popular Halloween candies that may not be so healthy for you and your kid's health.
In a recent report, studies show that sugar can be toxic to your body and can cause health problems. In a list compiled by Cooking Light, they examined 40 sweet treats that are usually popular among children on Halloween. Here's an easy breakdown for the top 10 candies with the highest sugar content
for you to print out for your sugar nutritional reference and to keep in your pocket for the weekend:
For easy comparison, just think one teaspoon would equal 4 grams of sugar.
- Sugar Babies, Snack Size: 1 pack contains 15 grams of sugar
- Charm's Blow Pop: 1 Pop contains 13 grams of sugar
- Nerds Mini Box: 1 Box contains 12 grams of sugar
- Brach's Candy Corn: 1 Bag contains 11.7 grams of sugar
- Skittles Fun Size: 1 Bag contains 11.3 grams of sugar
- Nestle 100 Grand Fun Size: 1 Bar contains 11g sugar
- Dots Mini Box: 1 Box contains 11g sugar
- Rolo Snack Pack: 1 Roll contains 11g sugar
- Swedish Fish Mini Pack: 1 Pack contains 11g sugar
- Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Snack Size: 1 Cup contains 11g sugar
What's a parent to do in this case? Everyone should be responsibly eating and/or snacking this Halloween Weekend. One small candy, as it turns out may be sweet for your tooth but not for your body. Over consumption can cause health concerns from something as major as acquired diabetes and something as minor as cavities.
That's something to think about before you go trick or treating. Maybe this year, we should switch to bananas and save on the cavities, unless you have dental insurance.
