If you avoid candy most of the year but find yourself stocking up on it to appease the trick-or-treaters of the neighborhood, here are some healthier and earth-friendlier sweets to consider for this year. Some are a bit more expensive, so you might consider a blend of these options that suits your budget - keeping in mind that natural, more healthful or Fair Trade-certified food does cost more than true "junk":

• Dagoba Fair Trade Tasting Squares


• Divine Fair Trade Milk Chocolate Foil Balls


• Snikiddy Snacks Packs - we love these, and reviewed them here


• FruitaBu Fruit Leathers (We love these too, see our review here.)


• Organic Lollipops


• Sensible Foods Crunch Dried Snacks

To help you out with your trick-or-treating, we have a Snikiddy Cookie Adventure Pack to give away - it contains five small "snack pack" bags of their great cookies. Share them with the neighborhood or just keep them in the family!

This will be a quick giveaway - the deadline for entry is 1 p.m. CT on Oct. 17. To enter, comment on this post with your favorite Fair Trade or healthy alternative to standard Halloween candy. We'll pick a winner at random from all eligible entries.

Official Rules: No purchase necessary. One entry per person per eligible post will be accepted, and comments that do not answer questions posed in posts for entrant response will be invalidated. Entrants must be 18 or older and reside in the United States. Item will be shipped to a U.S. address only. Winner will be contacted via email and winner's name or handle will be posted to PRIZEY Winners; failure to respond within 24 hours from first contact with a valid U.S. mailing address for shipment will result in forfeiture of prize and awarding of prize to an alternate designated by ZRecs. Neither the prize sponsor nor ZRecs is responsible for items lost or damaged in transit. Winner will be selected on or around Oct. 17, 2008.