Halloween Candy Guide (What’s Low FODMAP and What’s Not)
This time of year Halloween candy is everywhere you look. At work, at parties, at the checkout counter in your favorite store, even at the bank! And it’s tempting to enjoy snacking on a piece or two every place you go.
And let’s face it, at some point, you’re going to want to eat some Halloween candy!
If you are following a low FODMAP diet and Halloween is here. What do you do?
Instead of diving in and eating all of it with wild abandon, how about you do a little learning and planning so you don’t end up feeling terrible?!
Here are three rules to live by:
Don’t eat the candy at all those places I mentioned. You’ll just be stuffing it in your mouth because it’s there. Save your candy-eating for a time you can eat something you particularly like and you can take time to enjoy it.
Read the list below and stick to the low(er) FODMAP candies in the serving sizes recommended.
When you’re finished handing out candy to all the little neighborhood ghouls and goblins, toss it out or donate it. Don’t keep it around the house to “munch on” for days or weeks to come.
Keep it special. Keep it planned. And keep it to a minimum!
This list is excerpted from this post by FODMAP Every Day
Low(er) and High FODMAP Halloween Candy List
For the purposes of this list we are dealing with sweet candies and we feel fairly confident that no natural flavors were derived from onion or garlic, so a few of the candies listed below in the approved columns do contain natural flavors.
If you go rogue and start eating garlic jelly beans (yes, those are a thing), then all bets are off! Don’t do it.
Any candies that clearly list high FODMAP ingredients are on the high FODMAP list.
If you have a history with a particular ingredient, pay attention to your well-earned self-knowledge and stay away.
Serving Size Recommendations
Serving size recommendations are made by Vanessa Cobarrubia RDN as a guide and are based on the Monash University low FODMAP Diet App recommendations for serving sizes for individual ingredients.
As is always the case – we are not offering medical advice and you should always confer with your medical and healthcare team to ensure that you are following guidelines appropriate for your individual body’s needs.
Candy lists are below for your reference. See each list by clicking on the “+” sign to the right.