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Gluten Free/diary Free/corn Free Halloween?


shaleen

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shaleen Rookie

Is there such a thing?? My little one is gluten/corn and dairy free...does anyone know if he can have ANY candy at all at halloween?? THanks:)


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jeanne- Rookie

That's a tough one.

When my kids were little, we let them trick or treat. Once we got home, they "traded" me their offensive candies for some homemade treats. I made fudge, brownies, mini cup cakes, ect. and cut and wrapped them up into bite sized pieces. The trading process extended the thrill of trick or treating. The kids didn't mind giving up their Snickers. Good luck.

climbmtwhitney Apprentice

Hi.

Whole Foods and naturalcandystore.com have gluten-free, dairy-free treats made without high fructose corn syrup, so they're corn free too. The Surf Sweets gummy bears, sour gummy bears and jellybeans are yummy.

Also, I second what Jeanne mentioned.....providing a trade-bag filled with small toys, Halloween pencils, glow sticks, etc. and a few candy treats that your little one can have. My son can't have artificial food dye, preservatives or flavor either so we swap his Halloween loot. We just tell him that the people his dad works with love it when he brings in candy, so daddy's taking his candy to work. Then, I have a super cool trade bag for him. About a week ago he told me he couldn't wait for his Halloween bag. Guess I did a good job last year. B)

BTW Target has lots of good Halloween favors.

Have fun!

Jillian

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The corn allergy is a tough one. The boy I knew who had it also had an allergy to some kind of yellow dye. I bought some candy he could eat at the health food store. I can't remember what it was called. They were little fruit flavored pellets.

Talia Newbie

Its definitely tough to get around the candy problem....especially with kids : ( But Sun Rype makes a 100% real fruit candy....thet're in little tiny pieces so they actually seem like candy. On the back they even say gluten-free which made me feel WAY better giving them to her. Sometimes its so overwhelming trying to remember what is what. So, try these out they might just do the trick : )

Good luck!!!

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