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This Is What Happens To Your Body After A Halloween Candy Binge
This Halloween, Americans will spend a whopping $2.3 billion on candy. That’s $7.36 per person, on average, which may not sound like a lot, but when you consider that this will get you at least two jumbo bags of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, that can add up to a lot of sugar–not that we will eat it all in one night, but chances are, we indulge in more than we should. (But those bite-size candies don’t count, do they?)
Not to be a buzzkill, but all of this sugar is bad news. More »
I Was Horrified To Learn That Our Halloween Candy Is Made By Child Slaves
In two weeks, millions of kids (and adults–because let’s be honest, we love our treats too) will make their way through local neighborhoods racking up handfuls of Milky Ways, Snickers, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Baby Ruths and dozens of other chocolate pieces. All of which is pure fun, or so I thought, until I learned recently that this very candy is often made possible by child slaves in Africa. More »
Inappropriate Marijuana-Shaped Halloween Candy Hits The Streets
Halloween continues on its downward trend. On Friday, it was the inappropriate sexy anorexic costume; today it’s the inappropriate candy shaped like marijuana leaves.
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What Does 100 Calories Of Halloween Candy Look Like?
Halloween is the semi-official kick-off for what is lovingly known by many as the most fattening time of the year. “Fun Size” treats make their way into every home and office–making it anything but fun to keep track of how many extra calories you’ve consumed over the course of a day. The idea of pre-portioned candy sounds all well and good, but when each serving is a tiny finger of chocolate, or six Junior Mints, reaching for two (or five) becomes a little too tempting. Unless you know exactly what you’re getting into. More »
1970s Halloween Safety: Flashback Friday
Yearning for the Halloweens of your childhood? Relive the endless (albeit, wise) warnings from your teachers and parents about Halloween safety with this film from 1977. Ah, to be young and have to check your pears for razorblades again.
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Gallery: Our 6 Favorite Halloween Movies That Aren’t Terrifying (on Purpose)
Watching horror movies around Halloween is like lighting fireworks around the Fourth of July — it’s just what you do. But we’re suffering from co-eds-get-slashed-fatigue, so we found six non-horror flicks that take place around Halloween. Like the classic E.T., these movies use Halloween as the backdrop for their narrative arc. You’ll still get into the Halloween spirit, but, as a bonus, you’ll be able to sleep without the lights on. Tell us your favorite non-scary Halloween films in the comments section. Oh, and boo (Radley). More »
The Wilton Cupcake Stand, Perfect for Halloween
You slaved over a hot oven for hours, and have a sore back from individually decorating two dozen pumpkin cupcakes. Now they’re sitting in a not-so-festive cardboard box on your counter, and you’re wondering why you never invested in an elegant stand to give your handiwork a little more oomph. We’ve got a solution for you: The Wilton cupcake stand. While it’s perfect for showing off your pumpkin-cakes, it’s not Halloween specific, so you can use it on any (or no) occasion.
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Re-Sell Leftover Halloween Candy for a Cause
Halloween candy is lurking around every corner of every office, apartment, store, and nail salon we’ve been in lately, and there’s only one way to make sure we don’t overdose on mini Reese’s and M&Ms between now and Thanksgiving: Get rid of it. Before you toss any perfectly good treats, check out Halloween Candy Buy Back‘s cool new program that lets you sell your unwanted candy at a local dentist’s office to be sent out in care packages for U.S. troops this Holiday season. More »
Dieting Gallery: 10 Halloween Candies We Hate
It’s virtually impossible to have a giant bowl of candy sitting around your house for days without dipping your hand into it every now and then. But that makes dieting during Halloween a real challenge. Yesterday, FitSugar posted some advice on how to resist the urge to dip into the trick-or-treaters’ candy coffers: Only buy candy you hate. That way, the temptation will be nonexistent. Check out our gallery of ten Halloween candies we just don’t have a taste for. You may become the most hated house on the block, but at least you’ll look good. And who knows — maybe all the little ghouls and goblins who knock on your front door will specifically ask for black licorice and candy corn. But we kind of doubt it. Let us know your least favorite Halloween candy in the comments section. More »
Use a Gel for Birth Control and Eat Candy for Your Brain: Morning News Round-Up
You Could Replace the Pill — With a gel. (via The Guardian)
Just In Time for Halloween — Get over your fear of spiders. (via The Globe and Mail)
Shockingly, Alcohol and Caffeine — Just don’t mix. (via SlashFood)
Eating Candy — Actually has some benefits. (via Psychology Today) More »
Follow Blisstree on Twitter for All Your Halloween Needs
We know this week you’ll be busy carving pumpkins and perfecting your ghost-shaped quiches, so we have a suggestion: Follow Blisstree on Twitter and let us do your Halloween legwork for you. We’ll be tweeting all of our Halloween coverage, including recipes, costume ideas, and cocktail suggestions. And all you have to do is check your Twitter every so often and benefit from our obsession with October 31. More »
Halloween Costumes, Candy, Cookies, Cupcakes, and Cocktails: 19 Blisstree Posts for Last-Minute Party Planning
There’s less than a week to go until Halloween, and whether you’ve been dreading or dreaming about the ghoulish holiday, we have a feeling you’ll be scouring the Web for last-minute ideas about costumes, cookies, cupcakes, candy, and cocktails. To help, we’ve compiled 19 of our best and most recent Halloween-y posts: Recipe roundups, costume galleries, baking ideas, candy facts, and cocktail suggestions for your big October 31 bash. (Some funny, some just plain scary.) You may want to rethink that Snooki costume, though. Just saying.
1. Hungry and Haunted: 10 Seriously Spooky Halloween Cookie Recipes
2. Green Halloween: 10 Eco-Friendly (and Hilarious) Halloween Costumes You Already Own
3. 10 Creepy Halloween Cocktails: 5 Under 200 Calories, 5 Not So Much
4. Trick or Eat: 10 Scarily Disgusting Halloween Recipes More »
Junk Food for Frankenstein: Flashback Friday
It’s hard to resist indulging around Halloween. Cupcakes, candy, cocktails — having one or two every now and then is unavoidable. But Doritos and Pepsi? That’s a match made in obesity heaven. Eat that combination too often, and you’ll be about as healthy as Frankenstein: More »
10 Things We Want to Do This Weekend
It’s the weekend — and damn, we’re glad. Here are 10 things we’re doing over the next 48 hours. And you?
Not wear pink.
As much as we support breast cancer awareness, we’re pretty tired of the color pink. So we’re going to support the cause without being quite so girly.
Put the finishing touches on our Halloween plans.
We’ve got preliminary costume ideas — now we’ve just got to make them a reality.
Make something sweet.
Our sweet tooth has been out of control this week, so we might as well indulge it. A little.
Candy Corruption: 10 Foreign Halloween Treats That Trick Us (By Not Being Sold In the U.S.)
There are more than enough varieties of Halloween candy in the U.S. to make our mouths water and our jeans bulge all month long. But we couldn’t resist looking into what our foreign friends beyond our borders might indulge in on October 31. Here are 10 kinds of candy you’d be slumming with on Halloween if you traveled or lived abroad. You may want to book your dentist appointment before you go. More »
10 Creepy Halloween Cocktails: 5 Under 200 Calories, 5 Not So Much
Halloween isn’t just about Milk Duds, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, candy corn, and caramel apples. Actually, it is about those things, but later on in the evening (after we’ve raided everyone’s plastic jack-o-lanterns), we like to mix things up…into a cocktail or two, that is. While we’re not usually fans of gimmicky alcoholic drinks with cutesy names, October 31 is one night when we don’t mind looking (or acting) stupid. However, we did just polish off a king-size Milky Way, so we really should watch how much we’re eating. To help, we found five creepily colorful Halloween cocktails under 200 calories, and five more with frightening calorie counts. (Which you can drink, as long as you lay off the Laffy Taffy.) More »
Dressing Up For Halloween: Cool or Lame? Take Our Poll
Witch, ghost, French maid, vampire, paroled NFL player. Or, Halloween costumes for the somewhat less creatively challenged: A nostalgic board game from childhood; partly cloudy with a chance of showers (glue cotton balls to your shirt and carry around a spray bottle of water); or dress up as yourself 20 years ago. But, as adults, should we really get in on all this autumnal trickery, or just hand the whole damn holiday over to a bunch of ungrateful kids who wail about not getting enough candy and then complain of stomachaches later on anyway? To be in costume or not to be costume, that is the question (on October 31st). So what’s your answer? This Halloween, it’s either time for us to grow up – or dress up as a Shakespeare character.
Trick or Treat: 10 Halloween Candies With Scary Nutrition Facts
We loved Halloween when we had eight-year-old metabolisms and enough charm to get elicit free gifts, but now that we’re older, it just seems like a cruel holiday meant to spur binge-eating and sugar crashes. Tiny candies in your doctor’s office or sitting in your office kitchen might seem like a small indulgence, but we looked up the nutrition facts for some of the post popular culprits: They’re not all so harmless. Just one serving of some of these “fun size” treats is actually worse than eating a normal-sized candy bar. (And if you’re telling yourself that you’ll only eat one, we call bullshit.) More »
21 Ghoulishly Fun Halloween Cookie Ideas
Boo, Blisstree Reader. Check out these 6 new Halloween posts we just published:
Doggone It: 10 Weirdest Halloween Costumes for Pet Owners and Their Pets
Hungry and Haunted: 10 Seriously Spooky Halloween Cookie Recipes
The Horror, The Horror: 10 Worst Halloween Costumes for Couples
Halloween Horrors: 10 Natural Face Paints That Won’t Kill You
Trick or Eat: 10 Scarily Disgusting Halloween Recipes and
Trick or Treat: 10 Halloween Candies With Scary Nutrition Facts
They’re kinda spooky. More »
Last Minute Cheap and Easy Halloween Costume Ideas
Boo, Blisstree Reader. Check out these 7 new Halloween posts we just published:
10 Creepy Halloween Cocktails: 5 Under 200 Calories, 5 Not So Much
Doggone It: 10 Weirdest Halloween Costumes for Pet Owners and Their Pets
Hungry and Haunted: 10 Seriously Spooky Halloween Cookie Recipes
The Horror, The Horror: 10 Worst Halloween Costumes for Couples
Halloween Horrors: 10 Natural Face Paints That Won’t Kill You
Trick or Eat: 10 Scarily Disgusting Halloween Recipes and
Trick or Treat: 10 Halloween Candies With Scary Nutrition Facts
They’re kinda spooky.
