Anti-junk food campaigner Michelle Obama gave out Halloween candy

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last updated 8 January 2015

Trick-or-treaters visiting 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue this Halloween didn't have to worry about the First Lady Michelle Obama's anti-obesity campaign cutting into their collection of treats. While the White House's Halloween offerings did include an apple, they also featured Hershey Kisses, black licorice, jelly beans, a White House Sweet Dough Butter Cookie, kettle corn, and other assorted candy.

The first lady has come under fire for hypocrisy in regards to her healthy eating campaign in the past. But the real takeaway here is those delicious sounding butter cookies, which you can make using this recipe.

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Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.