Candy

Candy is delightful and delicious. Unfortunately, it lacks nutrition and is loaded with sugar. Candy has empty calories or calories with little to no nutritious value.

The majority of the calories and carbohydrates in a hard candy come from sugar. Hard candies may seem harmless, but they can quickly add a lot of carbohydrates and calories to your diet. You can treat yourself to a hard candy every now and then if you're trying to reduce your intake of carbohydrates, just don't eat the entire bowl. Many of the higher calorie candies include a large amount of sugar, but also more fat (and often a little protein). These include chocolate bars and other candy made with chocolate. Chocolate bars, hard candy, milk chocolate, cotton candy and all others made with sugar should be avoided.