Birthday Parties For Kids - Any Ideas?

[alison h]

My daughter

[StrongerToday]

My daughter

[RiceGuy]

Jelly beans, gummy candies, M&Ms, and marshmallows are usually gluten-free, and I think gum drops are also.

For homemade desserts for kids, perhaps peanut butter cookies or gluten-free brownies would be good. Tapioca pudding is yummy, but if the kids are having too much fun that might get a bit messy. Homemade "crackerjack" type stuff is easy to make, and kids generally love that. Popcorn and melted chocolate (and maybe peanut butter) formed into squares or balls sounds good to me.

[punker18]

you can make a flourless choclate cake. Its thicker then regular cake but you don't have to worrry about reading ingredients and stuff. Here are some recipes i pulled off the internet..

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Only tip for these recipes is if you add vanilla extract make sure it alcohol-free because the alcohol in vanilla has gluten in it. The gluten free vanilla will be alot thicker but it won't affect the cake.

Also, watch out for some gummies because some companies that make things like swedish fish use flour....so my only advise about the candy is just read the ingredients carefully.

[sarah ruth]

we always make our own "jello". the gelatine packets here each gel 2 cups of liquid, you dissolve it in 1/4 cup water, add 1/4 boiling water until it's all dissolved (stirring), add 1.5 cups pure juice (non-acidic, we primarily use purple grape juice) and put it in the fridge to set up overnight. I usually make closer to 4 packets at a time to about 6 cups of liquid. very good.

[alison h]

we always make our own "jello". the gelatine packets here each gel 2 cups of liquid, you dissolve it in 1/4 cup water, add 1/4 boiling water until it's all dissolved (stirring), add 1.5 cups pure juice (non-acidic, we primarily use purple grape juice) and put it in the fridge to set up overnight. I usually make closer to 4 packets at a time to about 6 cups of liquid. very good.

[alison h]

sarah - when you say gelatine packets, is that some kind of a powder? I have gelatine that looks like see through sheets...do you think that is gluten-free? I am finding that the lables are so incomplete for us...

Can I use the peach juice from canned peaches for the juice?

Thank you!

Alison H

[sarah ruth]

Hi Alison,

I've never made gelatine using the sheets, but I believe that is just another way it is available, and should be pure.

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had some chit chat about leaf gelatine, and suggested 6 sheets to gel 2 cups liquid... this must depend on the size of the sheets.. I've never seen sheets in stores here.

as for juice, if the peaches are stored in pear juice (usual here) then it should be fine. Pineapple and orange juice are too acidic as far as I understand. We have only ever made it with apple cider/juice or purple grape juice, and never with fruity bits in it. Maybe have trial go with your gelatine before the party, people (esp. adults) here can't seem to resist gobbling it up, even if they'd been teasing me for making it the day before..

I imagine Portugal must make up for it's poor labelling with good wine and warm weather - cheers!