This time of year there is one specific category of not-so-natural foods that I tend to splurge on – Halloween candy!
What is it about the overflowing candy aisles and those cute mini-packages that are just too powerful to resist? I know other holidays have their candy offerings, but Halloween candy is just so much more exciting to me.
I have come up with one health-related bonus when it comes to this time of year – portion control. The little individual baggies and smaller candy bars make it easy to have just one or two a day, as opposed to opening a standard size bag and feeling the need to finish the whole thing!
Reading through a magazine recently I saw that some companies are offering some, um, enhanced versions of candy this year. That is, candy with caffeine. It looks like the new Snickers Charged candy bar has almost as much caffeine as a Red Bull!
Hmmm…if I were so inclined to get my caffeine from fake foods I do think I’d rather have a candy bar, but that is beside the point. Let’s hope these caffeinated goodies don’t make it into a lot of trick-or-treat bags this year. As if Halloween isn’t already a wild and crazy night, no need to add extra milligrams of caffeine to the mix.
So while we are talking about it, what is your favorite Halloween candy? Anything out there that you just can’t resist?
I think Skittles, Sixlets (if you can still get them) and Twix top my list. Oh, wait, and I do like candy corn. I better stop now. The list could go on forever!
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