Safer Halloween Treats Strategy
Remember that candy isn't the only treat: my wife and I give away toothbrushes, and that's actually surprisingly popular around the neighborhood -But maybe you've got to be a dentist to get away with that one. Stickers are another popular non-food Halloween Handout.

Safer Alternatives include:
o      fruit
o      packaged apple slices
o      single servings of low-fat microwave popcorn;
o      Low-calorie, low-fat snack packs

Minimal Damaging Sweets
o      Plain chocolate is a good way to go,
Avoid kind laced with gooey extras, like caramel, though.
o      Avoid sticky candy, which is hard to remove from teeth,
o      Skip the candy corn
o      miniatures or bite-sized candies
o      and long-lasting suckers,
The idea is to MINIMIZE the time the candy is in contact with the teeth
Ration it: Set limits on how often and how long candy is in your kid’s mouths.
Combine it with a meal:
You give candy as a desert after a meal rather than between meals as a snack
when sugars are part of a meal with other foods like proteins, they tend to not be as disruptive a child’s blood sugar level.

Emphasize brushing especially important to brush before bed.