Your Handy-Dandy Halloween Candy Guide (2024)

FAQs

How to pass out Halloween candy? ›

You can say something like “Happy Halloween!” or “Wow, look at your costumes!”, or simply smile and hold out your candy bowl. Tip: Use a themed bowl to add an extra spooky element. Try: A prank bowl with a zombie hand that moves when they reach for a piece of candy.

I gave out candy depending on the size of the trick-or-treaters. Little kids: 2-3 small pieces; grade school and middle school: 3-4 pieces; high school: 2-3 pieces; adults and older kids accompanying little kids: 4-5 pieces; adults carrying babies: 1-2 pieces.

Reese's Cups

It's simple yet mouthwatering for adults and children alike. Reese's is so beloved that it's the top-selling candy brand in America, with more than $2 billion in annual sales.

Most popular Halloween candy in the U.S.

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups were voted the number one most popular Halloween candy in the nation, followed by M&M's and Hot Tamales. These are the candies that are most likely to make it into your bag.

AAP guidelines say children 2 and up should eat no more than six teaspoons (or 25 grams) of added sugar each day. Considering those guidelines, around two pieces of fun-sized Halloween candy will meet the recommended daily limit—which would mean no added sugar from other food sources that day.

U.S. children's most preferred trick-or-treating treats in 2019, by type. In 2019, 45 percent of children in the United States stated that they would like to receive chocolate candy when trick-or-treating for Halloween. Conversely, 4 percent of them stated that they would like to receive non-mint, hard candy.

Yes, eating too much candy will give kids cavities, but that does not mean that the candy that they walked around for hours for should be thrown away without another thought. Candy is still food. It is still something that was bought with money. Throwing it away would be throwing out everyone's money and time.

Should you let your kids eat all their Halloween candy? ›

Older children should get less than 10% of their calories from added sugar. By that logic, it would make sense to spread out a bagful of candy over several weeks. But on Halloween, it's OK for older children to eat a lot all at once—if they want, said Barnes, an assistant professor of nutrition at La Salle.

The safest candy for a toddler is soft and one that melts quickly and easily. For example, a Hershey chocolate bar or Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. Avoid common choking hazards such as whole nuts, chewy candy, and hard candy.

On Halloween, the first thing to do is wait until your children are home to sort through them and check their treats. Tell them not to eat any of their candy until they get home. I know this is not an easy thing to do, but it's essential, so please emphasize the fact and stress it with your kids.

Choose Candy Packaged in Paper or Aluminum Foil

There are plenty of candies that come in paper boxes, which can be recycled much more easily than plastic wrappers—or even composted, if they aren't coated.

“Most of the commercial candy products you'll see handed out this year are safe to consume and store for several months after trick-or-treating, but homemade candies and treats require a little extra scrutiny.

What is the best time to go trick-or-treating? Most trick-or-treaters start their trek at sunset after dinnertime, around 5:30 or 6 p.m., and end their collecting by 9 p.m.