Halloween Candy Nutrition: Best To Worst

Should we even bother saying the word 'nutrition' when we are talking about Halloween candy? Well...considering the amount of candy that our family may be consuming this Halloween, which is just the first sweet stop of the holiday season..It might do a body good to be aware.

Here's the list of best to worst Halloween candies based on nutritional values.

BEST

GUMMY WORMS:  Trolli Sour Brite Crawlers.  8 gummy worms come in at only 100 calories with 14 grams of sugar. Since thy are chewy, you'll also eat them more slowly.

REESE'S PEANUT BUTTER CUPS: One peanut butter cup has 110 calories; but it also has 11 grams of protein and one gram of fiber. If you go for the individually wrapped ones, you can keep your intake in check.

BLOW POPS: These little suckers have lots of sugar at 13 grams, but they are only 70 calories.

SNICKERS: 4 Snickers minis equal 170 calories and 18 grams of sugar, plus they also have 3 grams of protein and one gram of fiber. If you can manage to just eat two of them, you'll knock your sugar intake down to less than 10 grams.

THE DOWNSLIDE TO THE WORST

TWIX: If you go for Twix minis you can have 3 at 150 calories and 15 grams of sugar.  BEWARE THE FUN SIZE VERSIONS. They are 250 calories for two pieces.

KIT KATS: Minis check in at 170 calories and 17 grams of sugar for four pieces.

TWIZZLERS STRAWBERRY TWISTS: These are 90 calories and 14 grams of sugar for three snack size pieces, but have almost NO protein or fiber.

TOOTSIE ROLL MIDGEES are chewy, so you can take your time eating them, but just 6 of those delicious little tootsies have 140 calories and 20 grams of sugar, and absolutely no protein or fiber.

CANDY CORN: A serving size of 19 pieces of candy corn, contain 140 calories and 28 grams of sugar. Because they are not individually warpped, they can be hard to stop eating! Beware.

ADD IT ALL UP

Now lets look at what's really going to happen for most of you. Your children are going to eat at least one serving of ALL of the above within a day. Here's your total sugar intake, calorie count, protein and fiber.

CALORIES: 1140
SUGAR: 150 GRAMS
PROTEIN: 5 GRAMS
FIBER:   2 GRAMS