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Halloween Candy Carb Count: Cheat Sheet for Parents with T1D Children
As the parent of child with Type 1 Diabetes, I fully understand how stressful it can be Halloween Night when our kids bring home candy and want to eat an abundance at once.
Its a double-edged sword because on one hand, we are thrilled to have the extra low blood sugar supplies for emergencies. On the other hand, with almost every piece being a snack/fun size candy, they most likely do NOT have a nutrition label on it to tell us the serving size or the total carbohydrates in its contents. This year, I have made a list of majority of the candy that is given out this time of year, for a quick glance that instead of searching 14 different candy carbs on your phone:
- Hersheys Mr. Goodbar Mini (4g)
- Double Bubble Gum (5g)
- Hersheys Special Dark Chocolate Mini (5g)
- Pop Rocks- 1pk (9g)
- M&M Peanut Butter Fun Size (10g)
- WarHeads Snack Size- 4pcs (10g)
- Nerds- 1 box (11g)
- Twix Fun Size (11g)
- Milky Way Fun Size (12g)
- Smarties- 2 rolls (12g)
- Dum-Dums 2 pops (13g)
- Bottle Caps- 5 pouches (14g)
- Sweet Tarts- 4pks (13g)
- Ring Pop (14g)
- Skittles Snack Size
- Hersheys Milk Chocolate Mini- 2pcs (15g)
- Lemon Head- 2pcs (15g)
- Spree- 2 rolls (15g)
- Tootsie Pops (15g)
- Almond Joy Mini- 2pcs (16g)
- Charms Blow Pop (16g)
- Jolly Ranchers Lolipop- 3pcs (16g)
- Reeses PB cup Mini- 3pcs (16g)
- Crunch Fun Size- 2 bars (17g)
- Heath Bar Mini- 4pcs (17g)
- Hersheys Cookies & Cream- 2pcs (17g)
- Snickers Mini- 3pcs (17g)
- Airhead Pops- 2 pops (18g)
- Dots Mini Box (18g)
- Milk Duds Snack Size (18g)
- Reeses PB Cup Snack Size (18g)
- Reeses Pieces Snack Size (18g)
- 3 Muskateers Fun Size (12g)
- Baby Ruth Fun Size (17g)
- Butterfinger Fun Size (15g)
- Sour Patch Kids- 16pcs (37g)
- Hershey Almond Bar (25g)
“When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam, may luck be yours on Halloween!” ~Unknown
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
