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Halloween Candy

LOOK: Rationales For Sneaking Halloween Candy

nickmom | Posted 11.01.2012 | Parents

Written by C. McFadden for NickMom You can admit it: You ate some (or all) of your kid's Halloween candy last night. We won't judge (because we snu...

Candy Energetics: What Filling Up Your Tank on Halloween Looks Like

Bill Chameides | Posted 12.31.2012 | Green
Bill Chameides

A gallon of gas weighs about six pounds and contains about 130 million Joules (130,000 kilojoules) or about 30,000 calories. So here are some candy-to-gasoline equivalents.

And The World's Best Selling Candy Is....

Bloomberg BusinessWeek | Esme Deprez | Posted 10.31.2012 | Home

M&M's Are No. 1 Billions of candy bars and sticks of gum. Billions of dollars. Billions of calories. Anyway you look at it, candy is big business. Fr...

How To Handle Halloween Candy Cravings

Posted 10.31.2012 | Healthy Living

By Katherine Tallmadge for U.S. News Health Halloween is all about sweets! So it's no surprise that Halloween can trip up even the most conscientio...

The Trick To Managing The Treats

Michelle May, M.D. | Posted 12.30.2012 | Healthy Living
Michelle May, M.D.

Halloween candy showed up in August (as though we needed to get a jump on our holiday shopping!) and will still be on sale in November. So what is the trick to eating what you love when it is everywhere?

Creepy Ingredients Lurking In Your Halloween Candy

Posted 10.31.2012 | Healthy Living

You might expect to find beetles and animal bones in a haunted house this Halloween. You probably don't expect to find them in your Halloween candy. ...

Halloween Candy Wrappers Designed Exclusively For You

The Huffington Post | Amy Marturana | Posted 10.31.2012 | HuffPost Home

Some last-minute Halloween prep!

5 Ways To Ensure Your Halloween Chocolate Is Conflict Free

Posted 10.31.2012 | Impact

As you stock up on sweets for your local trick-or-treaters, make sure no child was put at risk to produce the chocolates you hand out. According t...

Avoiding Trick-or-Treat Candy Over-Consumption

Brett Blumenthal | Posted 12.30.2012 | Parents
Brett Blumenthal

A lot of stores will sell candy for deep discounts on Nov. 1. Resist the urge to stock up! How do you plan on keeping the sugar-intake to a moderate level for your kids?

How Much Do You Know About Where Your Halloween Candy Comes From?

Kristen Howerton | Posted 12.29.2012 | Parents
Kristen Howerton

My family is breaking up with commercial chocolate, or buying fair trade. I hope you will, too.

7 Halloween Candies With Scary-Long Ingredient Lists

Posted 10.29.2012 | Healthy Living

Let's be honest: There's not a single piece of Halloween candy that's actually good for us. But, in the spirit of everything in moderation, we know yo...

The Great Pumpkin Retires, Tired of Fighting Halloween Bureaucracy

Spencer Green | Posted 12.26.2012 | Comedy
Spencer Green

After decades of appearing in pumpkin patches to the delight of children around the world, the Great Pumpkin has decided to call it quits.

Quiz: What Kind Of Halloween Candy Are You?

Posted 10.26.2012 | Taste

Are you more candy corn or Pop Rocks?

Candy Corn Is Most Buzzed About Halloween Candy, Research Says

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 10.26.2012 | Home

New findings from social media analysis company NetBase, which look at the online buzz created by different types of Halloween candy, surprised us -- ...

Spooktacular Halloween Treats

Jeanette Pavini | Posted 12.25.2012 | Taste
Jeanette Pavini

Throwing a monster bash this Halloween? Here are five quick and easy Halloween treats to get you and your guests into the spirit of things.

Top 5 List of the Best, Good-for-You Halloween Candy (Psst... GMOs Are Not Invited)

Amy Ziff | Posted 12.25.2012 | Healthy Living
Amy Ziff

It's that time of year when autumn leaves are falling, the air turns brisk and biting, and people start thinking about Halloween. I'm never too old to don a costume and hold out a hand for treats, but as a healthy living advocate, the problem I have with Halloween is all the candy.

The12 Best Halloween Candies

Posted 10.24.2012 | Taste

We love this holiday because it's an opportunity to forget about your dentist.

Halloween Goody Guide for the Mindful Mom

Margaret Hyde | Posted 12.17.2012 | Parents
Margaret Hyde

What is a Halloween-loving mom to do on Halloween? Do you say no candy and become the witch who ruined trick-or-treating?

The Worst Halloween Candy: Please Stop Giving These Out

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Orchant | Posted 10.17.2012 | Taste

Don't be the bad candy house.

The Best Cities to Trick Or Treat

Posted 10.17.2012 | Home

Sorry, Baltimore kids. It looks like trick-or-treaters in San Francisco, Calif. have the upper hand this year when it comes to Halloween. For the ...

Happy, Healthy Halloween

David Kirsch | Posted 12.12.2012 | Healthy Living
David Kirsch

Halloween can be fun and relatively healthy. The key is using moderation and making the best choice of the things available.

Celebrate Halloween? You'll Probably Spend About $24 On Candy

Foodbeast | Posted 12.11.2012 | Home
Foodbeast

This year, seven out of 10 Americans will be celebrating Halloween, and they will, on average, spend nearly $80 bucks in honor of the holiday. Of that spending, which includes costumes, decorations and greeting cards, it's estimated that $24.25 of that total will go to candy sales.

Scared Off Candy? Halloween Just Got Sweeter

Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff | Posted 12.09.2012 | Parents
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

An FDA advisory committee determined that the science was too weak to support a ban on artificial food dyes or a warning label on foods that contain them, despite the fact that popular dyes like Blue 1, Red 4 and Yellow 5 have all been linked to allergic reactions and hyperactivity.

5th Grader Attacks Teacher For Confiscating Candy

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 11.14.2011 | Home

After teacher Kelly Sanchez confiscated Halloween candy from a 10-year-old 5th grader at Zellwood Elementary school, the student allegedly attacked an...

Get Rid of Those Post-Halloween Reminders

Milt Bedingfield | Posted 01.08.2012 | Healthy Living
Milt Bedingfield

What do you do with all that candy? Hands down the smartest thing to do: throw it away. Proceed to the nearest trash receptacle and throw it away.