Candy Tricks or Treats?

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It’s THAT time of year! If you are like me, you already have Halloween candy purchased and laying around the house. If I’m LUCKY, I’ll have enough left by Monday to actually hand out 🙂 When you are trying to watch your waistline, all of that candy can be your worst enemy, but it doesn’t have to be! Check out this fantastic info that Shelley and Vital Juice shared about which candies are TRICKS and which are TREATS for your waistline 🙂

With Halloween candy flying everywhere in my house, this daily tip caught my eye!

“That’s Fit recently took a walk down the candy aisle to investigate. While they don’t say any particular candy is healthy, there are definitely some choices that are better than others.

Tricks:
5th Avenue (1 full-size bar) — 280 calories, 14g fat
Snickers (1 full-size bar) — 280 calories, 14g fat
Twix Caramel (2 bars) — 280 calories, 14g fat
Baby Ruth (1 full-size bar) — 280 calories, 13g fat
Butterfinger (1 full-size bar) — 270 calories, 11g fat
Milky Way (1 full-size bar) — 260 calories, 10g fat
Mr. Goodbar (1 full-size bar) — 210 calories, 14g fat

Treats:
Trident Gum (1 stick) — 5 calories, 0g fat
Smarties (1 roll) — 25 calories, 0g fat
Tootsie Roll (1 piece) — 50 calories, 1g fat
Pixy Stix (7 straws) — 60 calories, 0g fat
Hershey Kisses (3) — 75 calories, 1.5g fat
Jolly Rancher Gummies (10 pieces) — 120 calories, 0g fat
York Peppermint Patty (1 piece) — 140 calories, 2.5g fat”

Good to know! I will chose my candy wisely, but oh I MUST have at least one bite sized snickers! Which candies will you splurge on and which will you try to avoid? 🙂 Good luck!