Low Sugar Treats for Trick-or-Treaters

Low Sugar Treats for Trick-or-Treaters
By Treva Bedinghaus

Are you looking for something other than sugar to hand out this Halloween? A treat doesn't have to be sweet...some kids actually prefer healthy snacks. This Halloween night, treat the parents of those little ghosts and goblins - drop something healthy into their pumpkins!

While candy is fun to receive and easy to hand out, too much sugar is never a good thing for a child. Pick out a few of the healthy treats below. Trick-or-treaters will be glad to see something different, and will most likely enjoy eating it. If you are afraid the kids will turn up their noses, try stuffing purchased treat bags with the healthy treats. The kids won't know what's inside until they open them, probably at home. By then they'll probably be hungry and reach for something nutritious before diving into the candy.

Healthy treats:

boxes of raisins
bags of peanuts
cheese sticks
pretzels
popcorn
granola bars
oranges
apples
bananas
small boxes of cereal
sugarless gum
fresh fuit cups
100% juice boxes
baked chips
beef jerky sticks
trail mix

If you really want to hand out candy but would rather not give the sugar-laden varieties, look around for healthy candy alternatives. There are several types of candy available today without sugar, including chocolate bars as well as hard candy.

Treva Bedinghaus is a freelance writer and webmaster of http://www.partiescometrue.com She is a mother of three small children and enjoys throwing spectacular parties for them.

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