Skelly · Candy & Sugar CounterHow much sugar is in Halloween candy?
A fun-size Halloween candy has about 1 to 11 grams of sugar per piece, and most fun-size chocolate bars have 7 to 10 grams, about 2 teaspoons. Because kids ages 2–18 should have less than 25 grams of added sugar a day (American Heart Association), just three fun-size bars can use up a whole day's limit.
Halloween candy sugar chart (per fun-size piece)
Sugar per fun-size or snack-size piece from US nutrition labels. "% of a kid's day" compares one piece with the 25 g daily added-sugar limit for children 2–18. 1 teaspoon = 4 g of sugar.
| Candy | Piece | Sugar | tsp | % of a kid's day | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 💎 Nerds | 12 g | 11 g | 2.8 | 44% | Open Food Facts US labels |
| 📏 Airheads | 15.6 g | 10.9 g | 2.7 | 44% | Open Food Facts US labels |
| 👾 Sour Patch Kids | 14 g | 10.6 g | 2.6 | 42% | Open Food Facts US labels |
| 🌌 Milky Way | 17 g | 10.5 g | 2.6 | 42% | USDA FoodData Central #2564536 (Milky Way Fun Size, 61.8 g sugars/100 g) |
| ⚔️ 3 Musketeers | 15 g | 10 g | 2.5 | 40% | Open Food Facts US labels |
| 🥜 Snickers | 17 g | 9 g | 2.2 | 36% | USDA FoodData Central #2087733 (Snickers Minis, 52.8 g/100 g) |
| ⚫ Whoppers | 14 g | 9 g | 2.2 | 36% | Open Food Facts US labels |
| 🔴 M&M's | 13.3 g | 8.6 g | 2.1 | 34% | Open Food Facts US labels |
| 🍪 Twix | 17 g | 8.2 g | 2.0 | 33% | USDA FoodData Central #578108 (Twix cookie bars, 48.0 g/100 g) |
| 🥥 Almond Joy | 17 g | 8 g | 2.0 | 32% | Open Food Facts US labels |
| 🍬 Mike and Ike | 13 g | 7.8 g | 1.9 | 31% | Open Food Facts US labels |
| 🍫 Kit Kat | 14 g | 7.3 g | 1.8 | 29% | Open Food Facts US labels |
| 💵 PayDay | 17 g | 7.1 g | 1.8 | 28% | Open Food Facts US labels |
| 🥥 Mounds | 17 g | 7 g | 1.8 | 28% | Open Food Facts US labels |
| 🟥 Starburst | 10 g | 6.2 g | 1.6 | 25% | Open Food Facts US labels |
| 🐥 Peeps | 8.5 g | 6.2 g | 1.6 | 25% | Open Food Facts US labels |
| ⚪ Smarties | 7 g | 6 g | 1.5 | 24% | Open Food Facts US labels |
| 🍫 Nestlé Crunch | 10 g | 5.8 g | 1.4 | 23% | Open Food Facts US labels |
| 🍌 Laffy Taffy | 9.5 g | 5 g | 1.2 | 20% | Open Food Facts US labels |
| 💠 Jolly Rancher | 6 g | 3.7 g | 0.9 | 15% | Open Food Facts US labels |
| 🍭 Dum Dums | 5 g | 3.5 g | 0.9 | 14% | Open Food Facts US labels |
| 🟫 Tootsie Roll | 6.6 g | 3.4 g | 0.8 | 14% | Open Food Facts US labels |
| 🍇 Hi-Chew | 5 g | 3.1 g | 0.8 | 12% | Open Food Facts US labels |
| 🟤 Rolo | 5 g | 3.1 g | 0.8 | 12% | Open Food Facts US labels |
| 💋 Hershey's Kisses | 4.5 g | 2.5 g | 0.6 | 10% | Open Food Facts US labels |
| 🛟 Life Savers | 2.5 g | 2 g | 0.5 | 8% | Open Food Facts US labels |
| 🌽 Candy Corn | 1.4 g | 1 g | 0.2 | 4% | Open Food Facts US labels |
| 🐻 Haribo Goldbears | 2 g | 0.9 g | 0.2 | 4% | Open Food Facts US labels |
Only label-sourced rows are shown (28 candies). 21 more candies Skelly recognises use typical-label estimates and are marked "est." inside the app. Formulas and piece sizes change, always check the wrapper.
What is the daily sugar limit for kids?
The American Heart Association recommends that children ages 2 to 18 eat less than 25 grams (6 teaspoons) of added sugar per day, and that children under 2 have no added sugar. For adults, the AHA advises no more than 25 g a day for women and 36 g for men. Nearly all the sugar in candy is added sugar. Source: American Heart Association scientific statement, "Added Sugars and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Children" (Vos et al., Circulation 2017); AHA, Added Sugars.
How many days of sugar is in a typical Halloween haul?
Add up the sugar and divide by 25 g. A worked example: 40 fun-size pieces averaging 7 g of sugar each is about 280 g of sugar, or 70 teaspoons, which is about 11 days of a child's daily added-sugar limit in one bag. A bigger haul of 80 pieces is closer to 22 days. Skelly does this math for your actual bag from one photo.