A Healthy Halloween

Fall is in full swing and Halloween is already here! From candy corn, to caramel covered apples, make sure that you don’t add a costume size this year! See below for the DASH Fitness guide to a healthy Halloween and choose your treats wisely this holiday!

For the Chocolate Lovers:

3 Musketeers (3 mini bars have only 24 calories!)

York Peppermint pattie (one regular size pattie has only 140 calories and 2.5 grams of fat)…and if you get the minis you can have more than one!

Tootsie rolls (at 26 calories each, you are looking at less than 150 calories for 5 pieces)

Hershey’s kisses (3 kisses have only 67 calories and 4 grams of fat)

Fruity/Chewy Candy Lovers:

Candy Corn (one of my favorite festive candy options, they have only 64 calories and 0 grams of fat for 10 pieces) … that’s not spooky at all!

Twizzlers (4 twizzlers are only 160 calories and 0.5 grams of fat)

Gummi Bears (both low in sodium and low in calories, these fun sized gummies are only 150 calories and 0 grams of fat for a serving size of 17 gummi bears)

Lemonheads (at only 50 calories and 0 grams of fat for 10 pieces, you’ll satisfy your sweet tooth without sacrificing your waistline)

Dum Dum lollipops (at only 20 calories per sucker and 0 gram of fat, you can enjoy all the flavors!)

Peeps pumpkins (with only 16 calories and 0 grams of fat per peep, enjoy all six in the package and still consume less than 100 calories!

So there it is - proof that you don't have to skip the candy bowl this Halloween season! Just make sure that you limit your portions by allowing yourself only a couple of pieces of sweet treats and leave the rest of the candy eating to the all the kiddos!