Halloween presents a difficult challenge for the diabetic child – exactly what is the carb count of all that candy from around the neighborhood? Our solution to this problem is rather straightforward – replace the candy. Our son trick-or-treats around the neighborhood, but then at home we separate out all the candy that we can’t find the carb count on. Having earlier bought bags of his favorite snack size candy bars (and getting the carb count off the package) we simply replace the ‘unknown’ candy with an equal amount from our own stash. The neighborhood candy goes back in the bowl to be handed out to trick-or-treaters, and our son still gets his full sack of candy.
He will slowly eat his way through that candy over the next couple of months, as we put one or two pieces in with his snack each day.
We also bring a piece of candy with us to give him half-way through trick-or-treating, to counter all the activity of walking.
The following is a list of candy carb counts we have collected over the years. Please be advised that manufactures can change their product size and nutritional makeup at any time, so please check individual websites and packages for up-to-date nutritional information!
All candy bars are Fun Size unless specified and numbers represent grams of carbohydrate.
Spree (8 pieces) - 14g
Baby Ruth - 12g
Twix (mini) - 6g
(full) - 37g
Butterfinger - 15g
Almond Joy - 11g
Mounds - 11g
Hershey Bar - 10g
Snickers - 12g
Payday - 10g
Woppers - 5g
Reece’s mini bite - 4g
Hersey kisses - 3g
mints - 5g
butterscotch - 4g
dots - 3g per dot
Kit Kat - 9g
Reece’s - 12g
Milky Way - 14g
milk duds - 5g per dud
Laffy Taffy - 6g
Kissables - 10g
Nerds - 1g weight=1g carb
Swedish Fish – 15g
Tootsie Roll - 4g each small; 10g large
Sugar Daddy - 11g
Tootsi pop - 15g
A&W - 6g
Skittles - 20g (.75oz)
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