The Easter basket is definitely a kids’ favorite, but with the rate of childhood obesity on the rise, you may want to rethink want you stock in that basket as most of the treats are very high in calories.
The calorie counts in some of the most popular Easter basket treats should require sign-up in a spin class immediately following that last tasty bite. A Cadbury Cream Egg has 170 calories, in one egg! A four-pack of marshmallow peeps have 130 calories. And the Easter basket staple, a seven ounce hollow chocolate bunny has half a day’s worth of calories at 1,050!
Instead, try these lower calorie candy alternatives, because we all know an Easter basket wouldn’t be the same without them from shine.com:
* 10 Jelly Beans – around 50 calories
* 1 Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup – around 90 calories
* 4 Hershey’s Kisses – 90 calories
* 3 Butterscotch hard candies – 70 calories
* Sugar-free Dubble Bubble gum – 7 calories each
Fill just a few eggs with these treats to keep the calorie and sugar crash to a minimum for everyone. Then stock the baskets with these healthier, and even more fun, alternatives that get them ready for spring!
1. Bubbles
2. Sidewalk chalk and paint
3. New flip-flops
4. Jump ropes
5. Hula Hoops