{"id":32924,"date":"2010-10-19T09:44:58","date_gmt":"2010-10-19T14:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=32924"},"modified":"2010-10-19T09:51:20","modified_gmt":"2010-10-19T14:51:20","slug":"the-hunt-for-healthy-halloween-treats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/the-hunt-for-healthy-halloween-treats\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hunt For Healthy Halloween Treats"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I am finally back in a neighborhood where I am likely to receive trick or treaters. I’m pretty excited about the sparkly skull decorating my front door to announce we are a trick-or-treater-friendly household, but I am stumped on what treats to provide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

High fructose corn syrup<\/a> and partially hydrogenated soybean oil<\/a> do not cross my threshold which eliminates a lot of the popular candies. It would be pretty hypocritical of me to provide those to other people’s children if I wouldn’t provide them to my own. Those great big bags of candy would be easy, but I do not want to support the continued use of chemicals in our food products.<\/p>\n

One of the first things I did was look up recipes to make my own Halloween treats at home. Sugar-free gummy worms<\/a> was probably the easiest one I found. Gummy worms, a chocolate ‘bat’ cookie, and a ‘finger’ cookie seemed like a nice treat; unfortunately, there is a lot of distrust in our society and a lot of reason to be distrustful. Even if I printed off a copy of a blog and a note to each parent, my efforts could go to waste. Even worse, I would run the risk of being the ‘food snob’ of the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

I went back to the candy aisle to read more ingredients and find out if there were any acceptable choices. There were some options (more from Hershey’s<\/a> than any other brand, from my unscientific observations) that utilized corn syrup rather than high fructose corn syrup. Even after searching through DietsInReview.com, Wikipedia.com, and Google.com, I knew that corn syrup is not HFCS, but I wasn’t clear if it was entirely ‘safe’, so I downloaded the Don’t Eat That app<\/a> for my iPhone. I won’t eat that. Even Dove Chocolate had alkali and soy lecithin which Don’t Eat That suggests you avoid.<\/p>\n

Below is a list of items I am considering handing out this Halloween (some suggested by others):<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n