The "Healthiest" Halloween Candy for Your Kids

Fall

Now, we know that no candy is actually healthy for you, but we want our moms to be armed with some of the better candies to hand out on Halloween. You can also keep this list in mind when you see what kind of candy your kids come back with from trick-or-treating.

1. Jolly Ranchers
Three of these hard candies have 70 calories, no fat and 11 grams of sugar

2.Tootsie Pop
This lollipop only has 60 calories

3. Almond M&Ms
No trans-fats, plus almonds are filled with antioxidants and omega fatty acids

4. Junior Mints or Peppermint Patties
Lower in fat; only 25 percent of their calories is of fat

5. Musketeer Minis
Three of these has 24 calories and about 1 gram of fat

6. Lemonheads
10 pieces has 50 calories and 0 grams of fat!

7. Peeps
Who doesn't like these seasonal marshmallows, and a pack of 6 is under 100 calories and 0 grams of fat

8. Candy Corn
22 pieces has about 140 calories, no fat, and 32 grams of sugar

9. Tootsie Rolls
One tootsie roll has about 26 calories

10. Hershey's Assorted Miniatures
1 miniature has 42 calories, 1.4 g sat fat, 4.4g sugar

11. Kit Kat Mini
2 Starburst candies: 40 calories, 0.8g sat fat, 6g sugar

12. Laffy Taffy Mini
1 mini taffy (8.6g): 30 calories, 0.3g sat fat, 4.2g sugar

*source: redbookmag.com, womenshealthmag.com