One of my coworkers brought a large container of gummy worms to work. I had one, but I didn't like it, so I didn't eat anymore. A few others had one or two, but the rest were finished off by two of my coworkers.

I happened to glance at the calorie count on the container (a habit of mine with any food).

170 calories for 4 worms!! I had to read it twice because I could hardly believe my eyes.

So ... assuming there were about 50 of these worms in the container, and assuming that a few of us ate 10 of those... the two coworkers who finished them off had about 20 worms each for a total of 850 calories each!

Those are the sneaky calories!! The worms are small ... who would think a few worms would add up to 850 calories! This is why I say that many people underestimate how much they actually consume. Even little hard candies run about 40 calories each.



But then I got to thinking ... I should have looked at the ingredients of those worms. They might make an inexpensive substitute for the gels we consume on rides!