Plain chocolate has a carb factor of approximately 0.55. That is, if you weigh the item on a scale, there will be 0.55g carbs for every one gram of weight; just over half of that Chocolate Bunny’s weight will be carbohydrates. For example, a bunny weighing 50g will have (50 x 0.55, or) about 28g of carbs; a handful of pastel-wrapped Hershey’s kisses weighing 30g will have about 16g of carbs.

Cupcakes have 15g of carbs for a plain, medium cupcake (1/24^th of a Betty Crocker cake mix), plus 10g of carbs for every tablespoon of icing. For a typical cupcake with about 1 tbsp of icing, that totals 25g of carbohydrates. For one piled high with icing (think: boutique bakery cupcakes) this may mean 35g of carbs or more. A mini cupcake may run closer to 15g of carbs with icing.

Straight Sugar Candies (hard candy, gummies, suckers and jawbreakers) have a carb factor of 1.0. That is, when you weigh the item on a scale, for every gram of weight the candy will have about one gram of carbs. For example, an Easter egg sucker that weighs 5g will have about 5g of carbs; a gummy ducky that weighs 16g will have about 16g of carbs. (Just remember to subtract the weight of the stick and any uneaten candy after your child has finished.)

 (Note: If you can access them, better carb counting tools include the food label, the company website, or a nutritional app.)