At our house, Halloween Candy lasts until Valentine’s Day. I may have actually forgotten to throw out last year’s loot. While it’s bundled into Ziploc bags with the kids’ names on them, I can resist the temptation. It’s that whole out of sight, out of mind thing too. We only had two bunches of trick-or-treaters come by the house last night. This was in addition to the 4 we sent out to beg for sugar. DD’s figured out that our neighborhood gets better hauls than her friends who live in apartment complexes with lots of kids so she’s usually inviting someone else along for the fun. DH said they saw like five other groups last night. Ahh, the joys of living in a community with mostly retired folks.
Ok, so _why_ does candy last that long at our house? DD is a type I diabetic, so we dole it out in small quantities over time. The next couple of week’s she’ll think of it constantly and beg and cajole for pieces at every possible chance. Eventually, the out of sight, out of mind thing will kick in for her as well and it’ll sit lonely and ignored in the cupboard until I think to grab something to toss in their lunch box.
I decided I’d make a cheat sheet this year as I’m tired of looking everything up all the time, so I picked the 13 most popular candies at our house and figured out the carb counts for a single piece. This way I can refer back and easily add up the totals so she can take the correct insulin dose easily even when mixing and matching. BTW, the Daily Plate was helpful for figuring out the unlabled ones — they also have calories and other nutritional info.
| 1. Nestle’s Crunch Fun Size | 8.67g |
| 2. KitKat Snack Size | 9g |
| 3. Pay Day Snack Size | 10g |
| 4. Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Snack Size | 8.33g |
| 5. Milky Way Fun Size | 12g |
| 6. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (1 piece) | 12g |
| 7. Reese’s Mini Peanut Butter Cups | 5g |
| 8. Twix Fun Size | 10g |
| 9. Butterfinger Fun Size | 15g |
| 10. Almond Joy Fun Size | 10g |
| 11. Plain M&Ms Fun Size | 12.5g |
| 12. Skittles Fun Size | 17.5g |
| 13. Starburst (2 squares) | 8.25g |
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