 It’s that time of the year where you get to dress up as whoever or whatever you want to be, Halloween! Also, let’s not forget, the rewarding and good-humored side of this celebration, trick-or-treating. So how do you go about deciding on the size of a trick-or-treat loot bag? As a grown up, hopefully, this concern does not resonate with you personally but perhaps at a parental/curiousity level or maybe it personally does (who am I to judge!); however, ever wonder the direct correlation the size of the loot bag may have with raw oh-so-good sugary calories? Here are some interesting facts: Thanks to some of the leg work done by the guys at My Science Project, I was able to gain some incredibly interesting information on the king of all Halloween loot bags, the pillowcase - a popular choice among older trick-or-treaters. So what was the verdict? Apparently, the pillowcase could stuff a whopping 47.5lbs (21.8Kg) or 1,690 pieces of assorted candy! Let me remind you, those tiny, harmless looking pieces of candy and chocolate bars are actually not so innocent. Take a look at some of the nutritional content of your favorite Halloween candies and chocolates: Hershey Kisses: 50 calories, 6g Sugar per kiss M&M plain: 34 calories, 5g Sugar Twix, fun size: 80 calories, 8g sugar Mars, fun size: 72 calories, 7g sugar Snickers, Fun size: 80 calories, 10g sugar Reeses Butter Cup, snack size: 100 calories, 12g sugar Kit Kat, fun size: 100 calories, 9g sugar Milky Bar, fun size: 75 calories, 12g sugar Milk Duds, snack size: 54 calories, 9g sugar Jr Mints, fun size: 50 calories, 12g sugar Jolly Rancher, lollipop: 60 calories,16g sugar Jolly Rancher, Hard Candy Sticks: 43 calories, 10g sugar Wonka Nerds, small box: 50 calories, 12g sugar Skittles, fun size: 80 calories, 18g sugar Twizzlers, mini bars: 40 calories, 9g sugar Keep in mind, most of the calories derived from these delicious little treats are from saturated fat and sugar. On average, each of these treats lend way to 5 calories per 1g of candy serving approximately. At this rate our pillowcase of 47.5 pounds of candy surmounts to 110,000 calories! To bring a little perspective to this number, the average man consumes between 2000-2200 calories a day. You would need to walk 1,300 kms to expend 110,000 calories. That is the equivalent of walking from Toronto to Montreal and then back. Still contemplating keeping behind for yourself, some of those Halloween candy packs that you bought to give out to your neighborhood trick-or-treaters? Picture courtesy of My Science Project  CommentsTue, 20 Oct 2009 20:15:08 Very Scary!!! Had no idea how many calories were in a loot bag.. I can't believe it! I better warn parents who are taking their children to trick or treating. Thanks again for all of the informative news :) Dollys friend Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:17:37 yeaah that is kinda scaryyyy!we should hand out apples and orange. or maybe putting candy and fruits together something cool like caramel dipped apples covered with nuts! yumm =) Leave a Reply |
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