Picks and Passes at the movies!

Being a young adult and all I love to go to the movies all the time! I go out to a movie almost every weekend in fact, and of course getting food from the concession stand is

 a must. So I decided to look into what you should eat at the movie theaters and what you shouldn't, and with a lot of help from shine.com here is what I found out.

Candy:

In general the sweet and/or sour candy items are a lot better than the chocolate choices but keep in mind that they are still a dessert food meaning they are not very healthy to start off with. 

Pass: Skittles (7.2 oz bag) They have 826 calories and 9.7 grams of fat you definitely want to stay away from!

Possibility: Twizzlers (6 oz bag) They have 606 calories and 3.8 grams of fat... still not something you want to choose.

Pick: Sour Patch Kids (3.5 oz bag) These have 375 calories and 0 grams of fat. Thats more than half the calories a bag of skittles has!!

Popcorn:

Many people have the illusion that because popcorn is whole grain and doesn't really have much in it that it can't be that bad for you or that it is actually nutritious. They are definitely wrong! In fact, a large popcorn almost has as many calories as women are supposed to eat in a day, and contain almost 2 days worth of fat!!!

Pass: Large buttered popcorn. 1,640 calories and 126 grams of fat... it is so NOT worth it!

Possibility: Small no butter popcorn. 400 calories and 27 grams of fat.. that is much better but not the best option

Pick: Kids popcorn with no butter. 300 calories and 20 grams of fat. 

Ice Cream Treats:

Whenever there is the option to choose frozen fruit always do it. Any type of fruit is almost always a winner!

Pass: Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich. 490 calories and 23 grams of fat

Possibility: Butterfinger Ice Cream Bar. 290 calories and 19 grams of fat. 

Pick: Edy's Strawberry Iced-Fruit Bar. 120 calories and 0 grams of fat! Low in calories and has no fat! It's definitely a pick!

Chocolate:

Sadly, most movie theater concession stands only have once size in this department, and of course during a movie you will eat a whole box. So go for something in a smaller box to keep the portions in check so you are not eating more than you need to be. 

Pass: Peanut M&M's (5.3 oz bag). These have 786 calories and 39.3 grams of fat. I was extremely sad to find this out seeing as these are one of my favorite candies in the whole world ): oh well, they are not worth that many calories and grams of fat.

Possibility: Junior Mints (4.7 oz box) 595 calories and 10.5 grams of fat.

Pick: Milk Duds (3 oz box) 371 calories and 13.1 grams of fat

Hot Foods:

First of all you should always be weary of anything that contains glow-in-the-dark cheese *cough* nachos *cough* hahaha

Pass: Nachos with nacho cheese. These "treats" have 894 calories and a whopping 52.5 grams of fat. Definitely stay away from the nachos with the glow-in-the-dark cheese!

Possibility: Hot dog with ketchup. 315 calories and 19 grams of fat. These aren't too bad but I would suggest staying away from movie theater hot dogs in general anyways. 

Pick: Soft pretzel. 310 calories and 4 grams of fat. 

So the winners are: