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!