The Real Scare of Halloween

October 29, 2017 – 

Halloween is just around the corner, and Halloween candy is in full force everywhere you go, candy at home, co-workers bring candy to the office, half priced candy in every store around!

If you manage to get through Halloween … that will be just half the battle! Left-over candy, next pumpkin pie, then eggnog, it just doesn’t end. To help you stop and think before you indulge — the following is a list of popular trick-or-treat items along with their serving sizes and calories per serving. The information was taken from the packages of each candy, all of which were the “snack size” or “fun size” variety.

Note that while the numbers are accurate for the sizes, there are so many different packaging options available for the same kinds of candy nowadays that it’s possible your bags may read differently. The numbers should be included with the nutritional information on the back of the packaging if you want to check yours to be sure, but this list will give you at least a general idea of what you’re up against.

And, of course, for those of us who just can’t resist that candy sitting in the bowl on the counter, there’s always our previous list of calories burned per hour for various activities to help as we seek to burn off what we’ve gained.  Stop by and take a spin on the VersaClimber … the number one calorie burner in the industry!

In good health,

Bob

100 Grand,Serving size: 2 bars,Calories per serving: 190

3 Musketeers,Serving size: 3 bars,Calories per serving: 190

Almond Joy,Serving size: 1 bar,Calories per serving: 80

Baby Ruth,Serving size: 2 bars,Calories per serving: 170

Brach’s Candy Corn,Serving size: 20 pieces,Calories per serving: 15

Brach’s Indian Corn,Serving size: 22 pieces,Calories per serving: 140

Brach’s Milk Maid Caramels,Serving size: 4 pieces,Calories per serving: 160

Butterfinger,Serving size: 2 bars,Calories per serving: 170

Charleston Chew (vanilla),Serving size: 1 bar,Calories per serving: 45

Dots,Serving size: 12 dots (2 boxes),Calories per serving: 150

Heath Milk Chocolate English Toffee Bar,Serving size: 3 piece,Calories per serving: 230

Hershey’s Cookies ‘n’ Creme,Serving size: 3 pieces,Calories per serving: 220

Hershey’s Kisses (milk chocolate),Serving size: 9 pieces,Calories per serving: 200

Hershey’s Kisses Special Dark,Serving size: 9 pieces,Calories per serving: 180

Hershey’s Milk Chocolate,Serving size: 3 pieces,Calories per serving: 200

Hershey’s Miniatures (assorted chocolate bars),Serving size: 5 pieces,Calories per serving: 210

Hershey’s Payday,Serving size: 1 bar,Calories per serving: 90

Hershey’s Take 5,Serving size: 1 piece,Calories per serving: 100

Jolly Rancher Lollipops,Serving size: 1 piece,Calories per serving: 50

Juicyfruits,Serving Size: 18 pieces,Calories per serving: 120

Junior Mints,Serving size: 2 boxes,Calories per serving: 160

Kit Kat,Serving size: 3 2-piece bars,Calories per serving: 210

M&Ms (milk chocolate),Serving size: 3 packs,Calories per serving: 220

M&Ms (peanut),Serving size: 2 packs,Calories per serving: 180

Milk Duds,Serving size: 3 boxes,Calories per serving: 160

Milky Way,Serving size: 2 bars,Calories per serving: 160

Milky Way Simply Caramel,Serving size: 1 bar,Calories per serving: 100

Mounds,Serving size: 1 bar,Calories per serving: 80

Nestle Crunch,Serving size: 3 bars,Calories per serving: 180

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups,Serving size: 1 piece,Calories per serving: 110

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Miniatures,Serving size: 5 pieces,Calories per serving: 220

Reese’s Peanut Butter Pumpkins,Serving size: 2 pieces,Calories per serving: 170

Skittles,Serving size: 3 packs,Calories per serving: 180

Smarties,Serving size: 1 roll,Calories per serving: 25

Snickers,Serving size: 2 bars,Calories per serving: 160

Snickers Peanut Butter Squares,Serving size: 1 bar,Calories per serving: 130

Spangler Dum Dum Pops,Serving size: 3 pops,Calories per serving: 60

Starburst,Serving size: 8 pieces (chews),Calories per serving: 160

Sweet’s Candy Corn Taffy,Serving size: 7 pieces,Calories per serving: 160

Tootsie Roll Midgees,Serving size: 13 pieces,Calories per serving: 140

Tootsie Roll Pops,Serving size: 1 pop,Calories per serving: 60

Tootsie Roll Snack Bars,Serving size: 2 bars,Calories per serving: 100

Twix (caramel),Serving size: 1 cookie,Calories per serving: 80

Twizzlers (strawberry snack size bars),Serving size: 3 bars,Calories per serving: 140

Whoppers

Serving size: 6 tubes

Calories per serving: 190

 

Too many people just eat to consume calories. Try dining for a change.

John Walters