With treats everywhere you turn, Halloween can be a tricky time of year for a sweet tooth. Seriously — when else can you knock on a cheerful stranger’s door and walk away with candy? Sure, a box of raisins or an apple might stave off the candy cravings, but if you’re like us, you need to savor a little sugar to really get in the spooky spirit.
Before you dive face-first into the office candy bowl or pillage your kids’ trick-or-treat haul (just us?), check out how your favorite sweets stack up. Whether it’s fruity, chewy candies or chocolates you love, indulge guilt-free with one of these classic treats.
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Peanut M&Ms
Opt for the peanut version of the classic chocolates to sneak in a little protein. One fun-size pack is 90 calories and 5 grams of fat.
Peppermint Pattie
With real dark chocolate and cool peppermint, each refreshing little mini pattie packs a reasonable 50 calories and only 1 gram of fat.
Tootsie Pop
It’s been speculated on for years, but no one really knows how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll pop. While your mouth is busy getting to the bottom of that mystery, it won’t be busy eating more candy. Each pop has 60 calories and no fat.
Jolly Ranchers
Green apple, cherry, watermelon — have one of each of these juicy hard candies. Three pieces clock in at 70 calories and 0 grams of fat.
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Twizzlers
Carve a pumpkin for 15 minutes to burn the calories in one 40-calorie (0 grams of fat) stick of licorice. The resulting jaunty jack-o'-lantern brightening your space is an added bonus.
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
Perhaps the most coveted candy on the trick-or-treat circuit, peanut butter cups aren’t exactly diet-friendly. But treating yourself to a couple of minis (88 calories and 5 grams of fat for two) can help satisfy the candy craving and put you in the Halloween spirit.
Smarties
The name says it all! Unwrap a roll of Smarties and savor each sweet, tiny bite for a mere 25 calories and no fat.
Gummy Bears
Ten soft, squishy little bears pack lots of big fruit flavor for 82 calories and no fat.
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Skittles
If a 30 minute trick-or-treat trek burns about 85 calories, it cancels out an 80 calorie, 1 gram of fat fun-sized bag of these fruity drops of goodness. (But let’s be honest, after 30 minutes we’re just getting started.)
Starburst
Five squares of the superflavorful, fruity candy are 100 calories and 2.2 grams of fat.
Candy Corn
If you didn’t eat candy corn, did Halloween even happen? Have 10 pieces of the iconic treat for 75 calories and no fat.
Snickers
Pop a couple of Snickers Minis in the freezer for maximum savoring. Two miniatures are 85 calories and 4 grams of fat.
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Milk Duds
Our favorite movie theater treat comes in a much smaller (and safer!) snack-sized box. Four chewy, chocolatey duds are 53 calories and 2 grams of fat.
