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Halloween Can Be Hazardous to People With Braces.

Liz Lewis — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:42:22 +0000

Did you know that more than five million children and adults in North America wear braces ?

For them, Halloween season can be a dangerous time. The hard, chewy, sticky or crunchy candy usually handed out can easily result in damaged or broken braces, a painful and costly experience.

So what’s a brace wearing trick or treater to do?

Well, according to the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO), people with braces should steer clear of these traditional halloween treats…

* All hard candies
* All chewy candies
* Caramel
* Nuts
* Licorice
* Taffy
* Jelly beans
* Hard pretzels
* Bubblegum
* Popcorn (including unpopped kernels)
* Taco chips
* Ice

Instead they should aim for braces-friendly Halloween treats such as soft chocolate candy, peanut butter cups and thinly sliced apples, dipped in yogurt or creamy chocolate sauce.

If that sounds a little on the boring and tame side, then check out these Brace Friendly Halloween Recipes created by celebrity chef Michael Chiarello…

Black and Orange Bon Bons

Pumpkin Cookie Pops

Spider Bites

They’re guaranteed to put the spook back into your Halloween fun.

But make sure you don’t forget to brush and floss after any candy treats. It’s more important than ever during the Halloween season, when teeth may receive more exposure to sweets that can cause cavities.

(Images provided by AAO)

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Win a Harry Potter’s Candy Cauldron Just in Time for Halloween.

Liz Lewis — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:04:28 +0000

There’s still time to enter the Baron Bob’s Grossest Halloween Candy Giveaway.

Enter here….

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Scare Up Some Laughs This Halloween with Baron Bob’s Grossest Candy Giveaway.

Liz Lewis — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:14:39 +0000

Halloween is just around the corner. Time for some good clean funtime, complete with ghosts and goblins, pumpkins and costumes, and of course, the door-to-door trick or treating.

Now, you could go the traditional route and hand out the usual candy corn, snickers, and cadbury chocolates.

Or you could put a little ‘gross’ into Halloween with Baron Bob’s grossest Halloween Candy.

How gross? Well, I’m going let decide for yourself.

Here’s Baron Bob, owner of OffBeatTreats.com, with his ’show and tell’ taste test demo. (Warning: beware prepared to be grossed out)

Now, for any of you that managed to sit through the Baron Bob’s video, we have a special treat in store for you.

It’s the Harry Potter’s Candy Cauldron that Baron Bob’s offered to giveaway to one lucky Healthbolt reader.

The caldron consists of …

Bertie Botts Beans – each box contains approximately 20 jelly beans, each a different flavor from mild: lemon drop and cherry to wild: earwax and sausage!! Comes with flavor guide on the back of the box for taste bud safety.

Droobles Blowing Gum – soft and fluffy candy looks like regular blue, cotton candy, but as you munch on the fluff it becomes a chewy bubble gum…. MAGIC!

Pet Rat Gummi – at 11 inches long the Pet Rat candy is a real mouth full. Imagine your friends and family as they watch in horror as you chow down this tatsy rodent. Your Pet Rat will be choosen at random from one of these flavors: marshmallow, cherry, licorice, or orange.

5 Blood Pops – scary sounding but great tasting, strawberry, flavored lollipops are sure to please.

Jelly Slugs – with 5 flavors Juicy Pear, Very Cherry, Tangerine, Watermelon and Banana who knew eating slugs would be so fruitful?

All you have to do is leave a comment here by 16th October 2008 and one lucky winner will be selected to enjoy Harry Potter’s favorite candies.

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