# What do diabetic kids do on Halloween?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 1, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-diabetic-kids-do-on-halloween/601554 "2011-11-01T22:39:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-diabetic-kids-do-on-halloween/601554/21 "2011-11-03T17:19:03Z")

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> [@Athena](#):
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> They taste great, but the carb count is pretty much the same (or sometimes higher!) than standard candy. So for me, at least, I go with the sugary stuff, seeing as I’m going to have to take Insulin to cover for it anyway.

Must be one of those YMMV things. As long as we stayed away from maltitol my grandfather never had an issue with a spike from sugar-free candies. According to his doctor we were supposed to subtract half for sugar alcohol carbs. That allowed him to have an occasional serving. They were sold in the diabetic section of Walgreens but I can’t find it online now. Carbolite? Carbrite? I can’t remember. Also Sorbee hard candies with Diabetisweet (it looks like they use Splenda now). He had no problems at all but I guess it’s different for everyone.

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