Are Candy Canes Slimming World Friendly? Can I Have Them On The SW Plan?

With the holidays and celebrations, sweets and choccies are everywhere, and the good news about the slimming world plan is that you can indulge in whatever you want as long as your tracking the syns in what you eat.

Candy canes on average have 2.5 syns per one, making them quite low in syns, but we suggest consuming these sweets in moderation due to their high sugar content.

To find out more about the syns in candy canes, we've put together a syn guide which will take you through how many candy canes you can eat on the SW plan, some syn values and low syn alternative sweets to satisfy your sweet tooth.

How Many Candy Canes Can I Eat On Slimming World?

At 2.5 syns per candy cane, you can have up to six candy canes before using all your 15 syn daily allowance on the plan. Candy canes are relatively low in syns thanks to their basic ingredients, they are however high in sugar, having on average 8g of sugar in just one candy cane!

We suggest having these sweets in moderation because of their high sugar content or switching to sugar-free sweets (we have some good options here).

Candy Cane Syn List

Candy canes have a similar syn value despite the varying brands, to help you compare syns, we've listed some popular brands below with their syns.

• Asda 12 Dazzling Peppermint Candy Canes 144g - 2.5 syns.
•  Home Bargains Peppermint Mini Candy Canes 100g - 5 syns.
•  B&M Sweet Shop 12 Assorted Candy Canes 120g - 2 syns.
•  Co-op 12 Peppermint Candy Canes 144g - 2.5 syns.
•  Lidl Favorina Strawberry Candy Canes 144g - 2.5 syns.
•  Disney Princess Fruit Flavoured Candy Canes 48g - 2 syns.
•  Turner's Confectionery 30 Mini Peppermint Candy Canes 120g - 1 syn.
•  Asda 12 Rainbow Candy Canes 144g - 2.5 syns.
•  Morrisons 12 Peppermint Candy Canes 144g - 2.5 syns.
•  Asda Christmas 12 Peppermint Candy Canes 150g - 2.5 syns.
•  Aldi Dominion 12 Peppermint Candy Canes 144g - 2.5 syns.
•  Keep-it Candy Festive Treats Mint Candy Canes 144g - 10 syns.
•  Fizzy Mega Candy Canes 100 x 28g (2.8kg) - 5.5 syns.
•  Tesco 8 Peppermint Candy Canes 96g - 2.5 syns.

Low Syn Alternatives To Candy Canes

If you find candy canes to be too high in syns or sugar, we've got a list of low-syn alternatives for you to snack on below, from mint imperials to sugar-free sweets.

• Polo Original Mint Sweet Paper Wrap Multipack - 1 syns per mint.
•  M&S Mint Imperials - 0.5 syns per mint.
•  M&S Curiously Strong Mint - 0.5 syns per mint.
•  Tesco Mint Imperials 200G - 1 syns for two mints.
•  Sainsbury's Mint Humbugs 200g - 1.5 syns per mint.
•  Sula Sugar Free Mint Humbugs Boiled Sweets 42g - 0.5 syns.
•  Sula Sugar Free Butterscotch Boiled Sweets 42g - 0.5 syns.
•  Mentos mints - 0.5 syns.
•  Mento's spearmints 0.5 syns.
•  Fruit mentos - 0.5 syns.
•  Free From Fellows Sugar-Free Midget Gems 70g - 0.5 syns.
•  Free from Fellows Rhubarb & Custard 70g - 0.5 syns.
•  Free from Fellows Pear Drops 70g - 0.5 syns.
•  Werther's sugar free chocolate candies - 0.5 syns.

Last Words

Overall, candy canes are low in syns on the slimming world, having around 2.5 syns per candy cane, this means you could have up to six before using all your 15 syns. We suggest consuming candy canes in moderation because of their high sugar content.

If you are curious about the syns in other kinds of sweets and chocolates, we have an ultimate sweet syn guide with popular sweets and syns values.

If you have a sweet tooth, check out our article on how many syns in Chewits?