Fun without the sugar overload on Halloween

Children love to scare themselves silly at Halloween. But what’s even scarier is the amount of sweets they get on the night, says Áilín Quinlan.

IT’S a night of ghosties and ghoulies and all things ghastly — among them the food colourings and preservatives in the avalanche of brightly-coloured sweets which are the hallmark of a successful Halloween.

But what can a parent do about the massive sugar-and-chemical overload, which is such a part of Halloween and can send little sweet-gobblers into a hyper-active spin?