How Many Pieces of Halloween Candy Did You Eat Yesterday?


Updated 11/10/07 1:53 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 73 comments

How Many Pieces of Halloween Candy Did You Eat Yesterday?

Those fun sized candy bars can be so hard to resist. After counting your total intake of them, you might just realize that you gobbled up more than you intended. Well I am here to tell you that today is another day, and you can get right back on the health train. So tell me... Source How Many Pieces of Halloween Candy Did You Eat Yesterday? I was not tempted and I didn't eat a Read more

Trick or Treat: Price Breakdown of 10 Popular Halloween Candies


Updated 10/18/11 2:47 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

How Much Halloween Candy Costs

These days, it seems like you have to break the bank to buy a few bags of Halloween candy for your neighborhood trick-or-treaters. From least to most expensive, we've gathered the most common Halloween candy bags and broken down the price per candy. Do you plan on passing out kid favorites or going for the generic bags? The Assorted Twizzlers Bag ($5/120 pieces) is a straightforward price of Read more

How Much Halloween Candy Did You Let Your Kids Eat?


Updated 11/01/11 6:25 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

How Much Halloween Candy Should Kids Eat

Did you let your kids splurge or did you set limits on how many pieces they were allowed to eat? While every family has different rules for what to do with leftover Halloween candy, we want to hear what your rule was last night. Source: Flickr User respres How Much Halloween Candy Did You Let Your Kids Eat? One piece of candy last night Five or fewer pieces on Halloween As Read more

6 Tasks to Complete For a Productive Sunday


Updated 03/19/12 10:06 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Sunday Tasks to Complete

Sunday is the perfect day to get chores done. Friday is reserved from detaching yourself mentally from the work week, Saturday is for mindless fun and catching up with friends, and Sunday is the designated day to complete tasks and prep for Monday. Check out this list of tasks to bump up your productivity today: Prepare meals: Do your grocery shopping today to prepare your meals for next week. Read more

Halloween Sugar Overload? Get Back on Track With These Tips


Updated 11/01/11 3:10 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Combat Halloween Overindulging

Even the healthiest among us can't help but get into the Halloween fun, and while everything's good in moderation, sometimes a night of temptation means we allow ourselves to go overboard. Whether you've snacked on trick-or-treating leftovers too much or are still recovering from the weekend, here are some ideas to get back on track for the rest of the week. Break the sugar addiction: Spent the Read more

What Do You Know About Tricks and Treats?


Updated 10/18/11 10:49 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Trick-or-Treating Candy Statistics

For me, trick-or-treating is basically synonymous with Halloween night. It's the one night kids all over the nation run around their neighborhoods dressed up in crazy costumes and are actually encouraged to take candy from strangers! We've tested you on classic Halloween candies, but how much do you know about the trick-or-treating tradition and the Halloween candy craze? Take this quiz to test Read more

How Much Are Americans Spending on Halloween?


Updated 09/30/11 12:30 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

How Much Americans Spend on Halloween

Although we love celebrating holidays, they often come with a hefty price tag. Take Halloween, for instance; people spend a boatload of money on costumes, candy, and parties. Although people are still feeling the bite of the economy, it seems like Americans are still planning on splashing money on Halloween celebrations this year, according to a recent National Retail Foundation survey. Consumers Read more

Giada De Laurentiis Offers Meatball Tips and Food Predictions


Updated 10/11/11 6:23 PM · Posted by YumSugar · 1 comment

Giada De Laurentiis at the 2011 NYC Wine & Food Festival

We've hit the ground running at the New York City Wine and Food Festival, and last night we kept busy (and full) stuffing our faces at Meatball Madness (our favorite: a brilliant duck and porcini creation). While our mouths were pretty much full the entire time, we'd have been remiss not to catch a word with the evening's host, Giada De Laurentiis, who had the weighty task of evaluating all 25 Read more

Have a Healthy(ish) Halloween


Updated 10/14/11 11:49 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 14 comments

Halloween Diet Tips

I love Halloween, but it can be hard to stick to a healthy diet when there are chocolate bars, caramel apples, and candy corn everywhere. Here are a few tips I'll be following to not go overboard during the festivities. Buy candy at the last minute. There's no temptation to dig into the candy if there isn't any in the house. Stores are open on Halloween, so buy what you need that day. Don't buy Read more