Friday, April 10, 2009

Eatser is upon us!

For those of you that will be busy filling baskets, hiding eggs or just merely strolling down the Easter aisle in the grocery store, here are a few things to keep in mind and out of your cart...

Easter treats to avoid!!!!

Worst Calorie Offenders:
Cadbury Cream Eggs – 140 calories
Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs – 180 calories

Worst Sugar Offenders:
Jelly Belly Assorted jelly beans (35) – 28 g sugar
(Small) Cadbury Chocolate Eggs (12) – 26 g sugar

Worst Fat Offenders:
Nestle's Crunch Solid Chocolate Easter Bunny – 36.2 g of fat
Reese's Reester Bunny – 42 g of fat

The Worst Easter Candy:
Hershey's Hollow Milk Chocolate Egg
This hollow egg is a tricky one--just the shell hides a shocking 570 calories. Eat the four Hershey’s kisses inside and you’ll hit a whoping 660 calories and 41 grams of fat!
(List courtesy of Women's Health.)

If you must have candy, stick to DARK chocolate (at least 60% cacao) and licorice. Real licorice. Check to make sure licorice extract is high in the ingredient list.

Happy Easter!

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