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Halloween
1 Delilicious: Monster Candy Eyeballs
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2 New Candy to Jazz Up Halloween
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3 Have Fun and Do Good With Alternative Takes on Classic Halloween Activities
Eco
4 Candy With a Conscience: 6 Options For Halloween That Give More Than a Belly Ache
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5 6 New Candies to Sweeten Up Halloween
Editor's Pick
6 Trick or Treat: 8 Alternatives to Handing Out Candy This Halloween
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7 Trick or Treat: 10 Halloween Treats For Tots With Food Allergies
parenting
8 5 Things to Do With Halloween Candy
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9 How Much Halloween Candy Did You Let Your Kids Eat?
Did you let your kids splurge or did you set limits on how many pieces they were allowed to eat? While every family has different rules for what to do with leftover Halloween candy, we want to hear what your rule was last night. Source: Flickr User respres How Much Halloween Candy Did You Let Your Kids Eat? One piece of candy last night Five or fewer pieces on Halloween As Read more
Halloween is looming, which means you're probably fearful of your kids' impending sugar highs, rambunctiousness, and wild behavior. Every parent has different rules regarding Halloween candy, but here are five ideas to help you cope with all that sugar and chocolate. Set Limitations – Kids need limitations, especially when it comes to candy. You must determine what is right for your family, Read more
For parents of kids with food allergies, the scariest part of Halloween isn't frightening movies on TV or too realistic monster masks, it's the idea that one tot's treat is another's anaphylactic shock. Eight allergens account for 90 percent of all food allergies — milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, soy, and wheat. Since we're dealing with candy, the fish and shellfish allergies Read more
We're definitely making these creepy Halloween crawlers from FitSugar reader eatingbirdfood — especially since they're made from good-for-you ingredients like dark chocolate and pecans. She posted her recipe in our Healthy Recipe community group. With their pecan bodies and dark chocolate coating, these little roaches are better for you than your average piece of Halloween candy. Keep reading Read more
There's no law that says a Halloween treat must contain copious amounts of sugar to fit into the category. There are tons of great options for nonedible goodies that will please everyone — tots, parents, and especially dentists! — this Halloween. From itty-bitty dinosaurs to mini packages of Play-Doh and glow-in-the-dark pencils, tots will be so thrilled with their stash that they won't even Read more
For me, trick-or-treating is basically synonymous with Halloween night. It's the one night kids all over the nation run around their neighborhoods dressed up in crazy costumes and are actually encouraged to take candy from strangers! We've tested you on classic Halloween candies, but how much do you know about the trick-or-treating tradition and the Halloween candy craze? Take this quiz to test Read more
Halloween candy has been on sale for weeks, and although you may shudder to enter a holiday season overflowing with sweets, Halloween candy might just be a tiny blessing in disguise. The small "fun size" bars and packets offer up controlled serving sizes, giving you a tiny taste of the sweet you crave without going overboard. Since portion control and moderation are both key when enjoying Read more
Sure you can fill lil trick-or-treaters' loot bags with the standard mini chocolate bar, just like everyone else on your block. Or you can switch things up a bit with some of the newest candy to hit the confectionery aisles! From Halloween-inspired treats to updated versions of your favorite candies, check out some of the newest sweets available just in time for lil ghosts and goblins to eat them Read more
These days, it seems like you have to break the bank to buy a few bags of Halloween candy for your neighborhood trick-or-treaters. From least to most expensive, we've gathered the most common Halloween candy bags and broken down the price per candy. Do you plan on passing out kid favorites or going for the generic bags? The Assorted Twizzlers Bag ($5/120 pieces) is a straightforward price of Read more
Shopping for Halloween candy presents a sticky situation for parents committed to living as greenly as possible. Eco-friendly or "green" is so vague — does eco-friendly candy mean candy that's good for earth, good for tots, or good for the people who actually pull the taffy? It can mean all of those things, which is why candy shopping can be confusing. Instead of making yourself crazy finding Read more
