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Here is a post for you to remember while rummaging through your child's Halloween candy tomorrow, and in the weeks to come. Oh C'mon! You moms out there don't even TRY to tell me you've never done it. And for you non-moms, or moms with grown kids, I'm sure you'll come across your fair share of Halloween candy too, so keep that gaurd up! This is where I'm vulnerable, so I hope in sharing I'll think about these numbers before I actually eat anything:

* 22 pieces of candy corn = 140 (calories)
* One Package Reese's Peanut Butter Cups = 260
* Two (does anyone ever just eat ONE?) fun size Milky Way bars = 180
* Two Butterfinger fun size bars = 200 calories
* One package King-sized Twix = 474 (yeeeesh)

Check these out too, not AS bad (that is calorie-wise, I mean there still have zero nutritonal value), if you like them.
* 1 Tootsie Pop 1 pop = 60 calories
* 1 Tootsie Roll 1 small roll = 13 calories (alas, 13 measly calories! Too bad these were the ones I always ate last, when all the good stuff was gone. Oh yeah. and Good n' Plenty's. I swear those things are NOT candy)
* Twizzlers 1 treat size pkg.= 45 calories
Or you could go for some dark chocolate (yay anti-oxidants!). I LOVE breaking off a *little* piece of Hershey's special dark bar when I feel the need for a treat. A little bit goes a really long way.

Think you'll be too tempted by all that candy your kids will bring home? Put it in a ziplock bag and throw it in the freezer. (Oh, I am such a mean mom!) I let them go a little hogwild on Halloween night but the day after, I control the flow. I just take a couple pieces out for the kids around lunch (or whenever) and it's usually thawed, (ok, maybe a LITTLE hard) when they've finished eating. It's great for me because when I'm craving candy, I have to sit there and wait for it to get soft enough to even take a bite. By the time it has, the craving has passed (and if it hasn't, then at least it's only 1 piece right?)

Are you ready for Halloween? Want to go look up the caloric value (or grams of fat and or sugar) of your favorite candy and post it in the comments? No? That's ok, leave us a comment anyway...about anything! We like you.

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