Trick AND Treat Your Body this Halloween

Trick AND Treat Your Body this Halloween

October 17, 2010, 4:46 PM
Filed under: Dessert | Tags: calories, candy, chocolate, compare, costumes, guiltless, halloween, healthy, indulgent, m&ms, milkyway, miniature, musketeers, nutrition, splurge, weight

AHA! Halloween, everyones dream. Knock on a door, receive free food. But we all know there must be a catch to such a great event – ah, yes, the chocolate that is conveniently placed on the counter, or the kids leftover milkways that are brought in to work, or my personal favorite – the long lost lollipop that is found at the bottom of your purse.

Forget the “trick OR treat” this year. We want it all. . . don’t we? It’s time to trick AND treat.

Follow these tips and guidelines for halloween! Although these numbers may seem small, remember the size of the candy may be too! Don’t unwrap too many or next year you’ll be sporting the sheet-over-the-body “ghost” costume.

TIP 1: Do NOT hand out your favorite candy (how much “handing out” will you really be doing?)

TIP 2: CHOCOHOLICS: while these candy don’t seem to have a lot of calories, remember they dont have alot of nutrients and are only the fun-size. Lets be realistic, we are ALL going to eat more candy around halloween time. Stick to a few fun-size packages every once in a while and these lower calorie candies.

Hershey Kiss	26 calories, 8 g carb
Whoppers (small tube)	30 calories, 5  g carb
Hershey’s Miniature Bars	38 calories, 5 g carb
Starburst Fun Size	40 calories, 10 g carb
Reese’s Cup Miniature (per cup)	44 calories, 5 g carb
Life Saver’s Gummys (per roll)	52 calories, 13 g carb
Tootsie Pop	60 calories, 15 g carb
Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Bar*	67 calories, 8 g carb
Candy Corn (11 pieces)	70 calories, 18 g carb
Kit Kat*	73 calories, 9 g carb
Milky Way*	75 calories, 12 g carb
Mounds Bar*	83 calories, 9 g carb
M&Ms*	88 calories, 12 g carb

*indicates fun-size

Tip 3: Guiltless Splurges! Use these recipes around the holiday time to experience the seasonal flavors without the extra “seasonal gifts”.

• Jell-O Fat-Free/Sugar-Free Instant Pudding: BUTTERSCOTCH, WHITE CHOCOLATE, CHOCOLATE

Pudding Parfaits

Pudding Pies – FF/SF Pudding + FF Cool Whip

• Canned pumpkin

1 box devils food cake + 1 15 oz. can of pumpkin.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine the 2 ingredients in a large bowl. Mix well. Place the thick batter in a baking pan sprayed with nonstick spray. Bake until a knife comes out clean, approximately same time as directed on the box.

• Baskin Robbins No Sugar Added Hard Candy

(cookies & cream, mint chocolate chip, mango delight, pralines & cream)

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