The Dish: Calories add up fast with Halloween candy

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How all 10 treats add up

TOTAL CALORIES: 605

TOTAL FAT: 22.2 grams

TOTAL SATURATED FAT: 9.1 grams

TOTAL SODIUM: 222 mg

TOTAL CARBOHYDRATES: 91 grams

TOTAL SUGARS: 72 grams

TOTAL PROTEIN: 6.6 grams

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There are a few things certain to happen in October: leaves will fall, frost will settle and candies, from Kit Kats to caramels, will get miniaturized.

This week, The Dish looks at treats made tiny for Halloween trick-or-treaters.

We didn’t have to resort to science to figure out the candies’ calorie load. Nutrition information is easily found on the back of the bags that hold the mini packets.

But few of us look at those numbers. And fewer still sit down with a pencil, pad of paper and calculator to tally up the calories skulking in a pile of Halloween loot.

So here are nutrition numbers for 10 Halloween favourites. This isn’t meant to scold you into giving out sugar-free sweets on Oct. 31, or to guilt you into making your little princesses and super heroes “eat just one.”

It’s more of a friendly FYI.

Eat all 10 treats and you have consumed 602 calories — the equivalent of a typical home-cooked dinner (without any of its nutrition) or of about three chocolate-dip doughnuts.

This assortment will also net you 22 grams of fat — 5 grams more than what is found in a medium-size order of McDonald’s French fries. And while it’s no surprise that the 10 candies contain a lot of sugar, the 72 grams (about 18 teaspoons) is more than what is found in two cans of cola or three full-size Kit Kat bars.

Nutrition experts counsel eating just your favourite mini candies and ignoring the rest. But it’s hard to be judicious when you can buy a box of 85 chocolate bars for $10.

Here’s wishing you luck.

Smarties

1 box, 10g

Calories: 45

Fat: 1.5 grams (1 gram saturated)

Sodium: 5 mg

Carbohydrates: 8 grams (7 grams sugars)

Protein: 0.5 grams

Kit Kat

1 bar, 12 grams

Calories: 60

Fat: 3 grams (2 grams saturated)

Sodium: 10 mg

Carbohydrates: 8 grams (6 grams sugars)

Protein: 1 gram

Skittles

1 pack, 15 grams

Calories: 60

Fat: 0.5 grams (0.5 grams saturated)

Sodium: 2 mg

Carbohydrates: 14 grams (11 grams sugars)

Protein: 0 grams

Caramilk

1 bar, 11 grams

Calories: 50

Fat: 2 grams (1.5 grams saturated)

Sodium: 10 mg

Carbohydrates: 7 grams (5 grams sugars)

Protein: 1 gram

Oh Henry!

1 bar, 15 grams

Calories: 70

Fat: 4 grams (1.5 grams saturated)

Sodium: 15 mg

Carbohydrates: 9 grams (8 grams sugars)

Protein: 1 gram

Reese Peanut Butter Cups Candy

1 cup, 15 grams

Calories: 80

Fat: 5 grams (2 grams saturated)

Sodium: 55 mg

Carbohydrates: 9 grams (8 grams sugars)

Protein: 2 grams

Old Dutch Potato Chips Regular

1 package, 16 grams

Calories: 90

Fat: 6 grams (0.5 grams saturated)

Sodium: 100 mg

Carbohydrates: 8 grams (0 grams sugars)

Protein: 1 gram

Rockets

1 roll, 7.5 grams

Calories: 30

Fat: 0 grams

Sodium: 0 mg

Carbohydrates: 7 grams (6 grams sugars)

Protein: 0 grams

Tootsie Roll Pops

1 pop, 17 grams

Calories: 60

Fat: 0.2 grams (0.1 grams saturated)

Sodium: 5 mg

Carbohydrates: 15 grams (10 grams sugars)

Protein: 0.1 grams

Candy Corn

8 pieces, 15 grams

Calories: 60

Fat: 0 grams

Sodium: 20 mg

Carbohydrates: 14 grams (11 grams sugars)

Protein: 0 grams

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