Date:  October 24, 2006         

Key Points:

These are definitely better choices to make when selecting Halloween Treats. The following have less calories, sugar, and fat including the bad saturated and trans fats:

1. Quaker Granola Bars with 25% less sugar. Try the Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk with 100 calories, 3 grams of fat, 0 trans fat, and 5 grams of sugar. A healthier sweet treat.

2. Goldfish Crackers 1 oz. snack bag with 60 calories, 1 gram of fat, and 3 grams of sugar.

3. Mini Pretzels .5 oz. snack bag with 50 calories, 0 fat, and 0 sugar. A great Halloween treat.

4. Low fat Animal Crackers .5 oz. snack bag with 60 calories, 1 gram fat, and 3 grams sugar.

5. Dark Chocolate in small amounts is a delicious source of antioxidants. Try Hershey Nuggets or Kisses, 3 to 4 pieces is a serving. Remember, the darker the chocolate, the better as it has the least amount of additives.

6. Suckers are usually a better choice, select those with approximately 50-60 calories, 10 grams of sugar, and 0 fat. Tootsie Roll Pops are a tasty treat that meet these guidelines.

7. Sugarless Gum is always a good choice with less than 5 calories per piece, 0 fat, and 0 sugar.

8. Watch those so called healthy cookies/treats that are deceiving. A small package of Snackwell Cream Sandwich cookies have 210 calories, 5 grams of fat, and 18 grams of sugar. The most sugar of all of our examples.

READ THE LABEL noting the grams of sugar and fat to help select the better treats and have a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

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