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# This Chart Helps You Find the Healthiest Halloween Treat

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## Kimberly Holland / Cooking Light


Oct 16, 2015 4:00 PM UTC

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## Kimberly Holland / Cooking Light


Oct 16, 2015 4:00 PM UTC

Eating a boatload of candy is a given for me on Halloween, as I’m sure it is for most of you. I usually trick or treat with my friends’ children, and kind neighbors have been known to offer a candy bar or two to the lone adult shuffling around herds of tiny ghosts and goblins.

_Cooking Light_’s RD, Sidney Fry, compared the nutrition facts of 40 trick-or-treat options and plotted the most popular on this handy Treat Picker map for you. (See all 40 in our [Halloween Candy Nutrition Comparison](http://www.cookinglight.com/eating-smart/smart-choices/candy-nutrition-comparison).) This way, when you’re raiding the kids’ stash at midnight, you know you can indulge in an extra mini Mr. Goodbar but fewer Reese’s Cups. (_Dang!_ That’s my favorite!)

![Halloween infographic](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c1ed1aacbaf70e3/698868923c1639804a45a40e/halloween-treat-picker-infographic.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

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_This_ [_article_](http://simmerandboil.cookinglight.com/2015/10/14/most-popular-halloween-candy/?xid-cross-promo-TIME) _originally appeared on_ [_Cooking Light_](http://www.cookinglight.com/?xid-cross-promo-TIME)_._

_More from Cooking Light:_

* [DIY Halloween Costumes That Will Make You Hungry](http://www.cookinglight.com/entertaining/holidays-occasions/diy-food-halloween-costumes?xid=time-ck)
* [Halloween Appetizers](http://www.cookinglight.com/entertaining/holidays-occasions/halloween-appetizers?xid=time-ck)
* [Healthy Halloween and Fall Favorites](http://www.cookinglight.com/entertaining/holidays-occasions/healthy-halloween?xid=time-ck)

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