Protein & Nutrition Blog – Marmels
Protein & Nutrition Blog – Marmels
Healthy Halloween Candy Alternatives That Hold Up in a Bowl
by Mo Mandegar, PhD
on Sep 24 2026
Halloween candy is the only food most adults buy six weeks before they intend to eat it, in a quantity meant for strangers, and then leave on a counter. Three fun-size bars come to roughly 27 grams of sugar and 3 grams of protein, which clears a full day's added-sugar ceiling in one handful. Here is why a candy bowl has no stopping point, and what holds up in it instead.
