Smart Trick-or-Treat Choices for Halloween
By: Donna Quirk, MBA, RD, LD
LMC Clinical Nutrition Manager
Halloween is a fun and festive day for kids of all ages. If you and your family have been making healthier food choices – don’t stop now! Halloween can still be lots of fun without lots of sugar and fat. Fill your Trick-or-Treat basket with:
- Individual cereal bars
- Trail mix with dried fruit and nuts
- Dark Chocolate kisses
- Sugar-free gum or herd candy
- Goldfish Crackers
- Pretzels
- Snack packs of raisins
- Animal crackers
- Fig cookies
- Graham crackers
- Snack pack pudding or fruit
- Individual packets of low-fat microwave popcorn
Or, go the non-food route with:
- Stickers
- Pencils
- Markers
- Rub-on tattoos
- Small toys
- Costume jewelry
- Nickels, dimes, or quarters
- Anything that Glows!
Even though it’s Halloween, you can continue to build and encourage healthy eating habits and have a fun fall holiday!
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