You don’t have to go trick-or-treating to be haunted by Halloween candy. Bite-sized chocolate bars and chewy sweet treats tempt us from overflowing bowls in offices, lobbies, and front halls every year.

You see those tiny packages and shrug, “Oh well, one won’t hurt me.” But then one can quickly turn to three, especially if the candy sits in the office kitchen or on the table near your front door.

If you’re like many people this year - trying to stretch your dollar a bit farther - you’ll buy big bulk bags of candies to hand out to the parade of trick-or-treating tots who ring your doorbell. Though the mega-bag may list the nutritional info of each type of candy inside, those teensy individual portions do not.

Here’s the bittersweet nutritional rundown of some of our bite-sized favourites: [Read more →]

Ask MedBroadcast’s nutrition expert, Brennan Robertson, your nutrition questions and get all the latest in nutrition news.

Q: Are bananas fattening?

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