Trick and Treat!

Are you trying to decide how to fit those Halloween food treats into your meal planning and still maintain good control of your blood sugar? If so, remember this: whether you are eating “corn on the cob” or the popular Halloween treat, “candy corn,” it’s all about counting your carbs---carbohydrates, that is. Always know what your “carbohydrate allowance” is for keeping your diabetes well-controlled. As you can see from the carbohydrate content (listed below) of various popular Halloween treats, it doesn’t take much candy to “eat” into your daily allowance of carbohydrates, so be sure to choose wisely. There is no need for deprivation, however—just remember that just a little bit of a sugary treat can go along way for satisfying that Halloween treat urge.

Check out the list below for various typical one-serving size Halloween treats and their carbohydrate content in grams*:



Air Head - 15
Almond Joy - 12
Baby Ruth - 17
Bit-O-Honey - 6
Butter Finger - 15
Candy Corn - 13
Charm blow pop - 5
Dots drops - 20
Gobstoppers - 8
Carmel Apple sucker - 17
Gummi Savers - 14
Hershey’s Mallow Pumpkin - 20
Hershey’s Chocolate Bar - 10
Hot Tamales - 18
Jolly Rancher pop - 16
Kit Kat - 10
Laffy Taffy - 7
M&Ms (peanut) - 13
M&Ms (plain) - 15
Mike & Ikes - 18
Milk Duds - 7
Milky Way - 14
Mounds - 11
Nerds - 9
Nestle Crunch - 7
100 Grand - 15
Reese Peanut Butter cup - 10
Reese Sticks - 9
Rice Krispie Treats - 9
Shock Tarts - 11
Skittles - 17
Smarties - 8
Snicker - 12
Sour Patch kids - 7
Sprees - 7
Starburst - 8
Sugar Babies - 24
3 Musketeers - 13
Tootsie Roll bar - 12
Tootsie Roll Pop - 16
Twix - 6
Whoppers - 12