I have to say that Halloween is one of the easier holidays to celebrate gluten free - mostly due to the fact that there is an abundance of gluten free candy.
Marie Antoinette may have declared let them eat cake, for our gluten free kid it is "let her eat candy."
We actually have a very healthy diet, but this is one holiday when it is easy to let your gluten free kid just be a kid.
Our Halloween tradition includes some of our closest friends - we gather for a big pot of White Bean Chicken Chili and gluten free Pumpkin bars for dessert. I have to admit, the ladies generally stay behind by the fire while the "dads" take the kids trick or treating.
The houses in our neighborhood are very far apart, so the kids end up putting in several miles before they return home with frosty fingers and pillow cases full of candy.
We greet the returning crew with hot buttered rum for the dads and hot chocolate for the kids, and then the trading begins.
All of the kids dump all of there candy into stacks, sort it and then start the negotiating. We started the trading the first year when our gluten free kids could not eat all of the different kinds of candy - now it is a tradition with some hard bargaining amongst the kids involved. They all enjoy it, and without anyone really noticing the gluten free kid ends up with a heap of candy that is all safe for her.
The night of, I arm her with a list of the "safe" candy to keep handy during the negotiation, and, inevitably, we end up on line checking out a few last minutes things.
GLUTEN FREE CANDY
There is honestly so much safe candy out there, that it is hard to list it all (what a blessing). But here are a few of our favorites.
THIS IS JUST A STARTING POINT - ALWAYS DOUBLE CHECK ALL INGREDIENTS YOURSELF. I AM ONLY HUMAN AND THEREFORE PRONE TO ERR, SO RELIEVE MY WORRIES BY USING THIS ONLY AS A STARTING POINT AND CONFIRMING EVERYTHING YOURSELF.
OF COURSE, IF YOU FIND ANY ERRORS PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
"Smarties® and our entire line of products are gluten free. If the UPC number on the packaging begins with "0 11206", you can be assured that it is manufactured in a facility that is gluten free and safe to eat if you have Celiac Disease."
Smarties, Smarties Lollies
Jelly Belly 1-800-JB BEANS
"Jelly Belly jelly beans and jelly belly confections pectin, mellocreme and gelatin candies are gluten free . . ."
Follow link above to website for a complete list which includes:
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candy bars
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english toffee
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solid chocolate novelties
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hostess mints
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apricot bon bon and cream
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chocolate and pastel meltaways
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chocolate toffee
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chocolate wafers
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citrus peel
Farley and Sather's Source is SureFoodsLiving.com
Super Bubble blast Rain-blo pops atomic fireball jawbreakers gummi bears sour brite crawlers smarties sweetarts jujufruits brach's candy corn (not caramel) and gummi candy corn (packaged on shared equipment) brach's mellowcream pumpkins (made in a facility that all processes wheat) Hershey Source is Gluten-Free Grocery Shopping Guide 2008-2009 good and plenty heath bar jolly rancher hard candy and lollipops kisses (milk chocolate) milk chocolate bar (original w/ almonds) mr. goodbar payday reese's peanut butter cup (original) skor york peppermint patty "The modified food starch that we use in our candies in corn starch. We are in the process of updating our package labels to reflect products that are gluten free. Our gluten free brands are: MIKE AND IKE® Brand Candies, HOT TAMALES® Brand Candies, PEEPS® Marshmallow Candies, PEANUT CHEW® Brand candies, TEENEE BEANEE® Jelly Beans and JUST BORN® Jelly Bean. This information pertains to all Just Born candies that we make and package at our two manufacturing locations (Bethlethem, PA and Philadelphia, PA) and are in their original packaging. Please be aware that we do sell some of our products in bulk to other manufacturers who may be repackaging them in another facility. We encourage consumers to read the labels carefully for any gluten information on products that might be packaged elsewhere. For further questions, we recommend consumers call our Consumer Relations Team toll-free at 1-888-645-3453." Mars Source is Gluten-Free Grocery Shopping Guide 2008-2009 M &Ms plain (not extra crispy) M&Ms peanut milky way products (but not milky way bar) snickers starburst skittles and skittle sour Nestle USA Products Source is Healthyvilli.com
NESTLÉ® NIPS® (Regular and Sugar Free)
NESTLÉ® BIT-O-HONEY®
NESTLÉ® TREASURES®
(Including Treasures Bars)NESTLÉ® BUTTERFINGER® (NOT including Butterfinger Crisp and Butterfinger Stixx)
NESTLÉ® SPREE®
NESTLÉ® OH HENRY! ®
NESTLÉ® RAISINETS®
NESTLÉ® MILK CHOCOLATE
NESTLÉ® SNO-CAPS®
NESTLÉ® GOOBERS®
WONKA® PIXY STIX®
WONKA® GOBSTOPPERS® (Chewy and Original)
WONKA® RUNTS® (Chewy and Original)
WONKA® LAFFY TAFFY® (Laffy Taffy Rope and Fruitarts Chews)
WONKA® SHOCKERS®
WONKA® LIK-M-AID® FUN DIP™
WONKA® SweeTARTS®
WONKA® MIX-UPS®
WONKA® NERDS® (Nerds Rope and Nerds Gumballs)
Necco 781-485-4500
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necco wafers
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mary janes
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mary jane peanut butter kisses
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canada mint & wintergreen lozenges
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haviland thin mints and candy stix
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clark bar
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skybars
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haviland peppermint & wintergreen patties
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talking pumpkins
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squirrel nut caramels and squirrel nut zippers
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banana split and mint julep chews
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ultarmints
"All Tootsie products are gluten-, peanut-, and nut product-free. Tootsie does not use wheat, barley, rye, oats, triticale, spelt, or any of their components, either as ingredients or as part of the manufacturing process."
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charleston chew
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charms blow pops
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dots
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tootsie pops
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tootsie rolls and fruit rolls
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junior mints
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double bubble bubble gum
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sugar babies
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sugar daddy
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Dum Dum Pops
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Saf-T-Pops
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Swirl Saf-T-Pop
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Marshmallow Treats
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Candy Canes
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Cane Classics
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Dum Dum Canes and Dum Dum Chewy Pops
"do not contain the gluten protein found in wheat, barley, rye, or oats.
We have contacted our suppliers on the ingredients we use, including sugar, corn syrup, citric, malic, lactic acid, ascorbic acid, artificial flavors & colors, starch, release agents, and processing aids. These products do not contain the gluten protein that causes a problem for people with Celiac Sprue."
