A Safe Halloween (TREE NUT FREE)

Halloween safe candy for most allergies

Airheads www.airheads.com  Multi-colored and flavored taffy strips.

Bottlecaps www.wonka.com  Soda flavored candy. (Root beer, orange etc.)  

Divvies  www.divvies.com  Chocolate ghosts, Halloween jelly beans, caramel and kettle corn, all made to share!    

Dots  www.tootsie.com  Candy corn dots are safe for many too!

Dum Dums  www.dumdumpops.com These, (along with Smarties) are food allergy family favorites as they are safe for a variety of allergies.

Enjoy Life Chocolate Bars  www.enjoylifefoods.com  Three varieties. My kids love the crispy rice milk chocolate.

Frito Lay  www.fritolay.com  Regular Lay's potato chips, Ruffles, Tostitos, and Fritos are safe for many allergies.  

Fun Dip www.wonka.com  Candy stick + candy dip = Fun!

Gimbals Jelly Beans www.gimbalscandy.com  Very allergy aware company.

Hot Tamales www.hottamales.com   Similar to Mike & Ikes with cinnamon flavor.

Hubba Bubba Bubble Gum www.wrigley.com  My kids love the bubble tape version.

Jolly Ranchers www.hersheys.com/jolly-rancher  Sticks and hard candy.

Jujubes (and Jujyfruits) http://www.farleysandsathers.com  Great for decorating cakes and cookies too.

Lemonheads www.ferrarapan.com  Small size and jaw breaker size.

Life Savers (hard candies & gummies) www.life-savers.com  My kids love the gummy variety.

Mike & Ike www.mikeandike.com  Popular movie candy.

Necco Wafers www.necco.com  Oldie but goodie shows up a lot at Halloween.

Nerds www.wonka.com  My son and his friends love these sugary nuggets.

Nik-L-Lip  www.tootsie.com  Those cute little wax bottles with colored sugar water inside.

Pez www.pez.com  Fun, convenient and safe for most allergies. A clever Pez dispenser is good for trading unsafe candy.

Pixy Stix www.wonka.com  Messy but fun. Teens like the larger size.

Pure Fun www.organiccandy.com  Tasty way to avoid dyes and gmo's.

Razzles www.tootsie.com  First it's a candy, then it's a gum!

Skittles www.skittles.com  A "safe" candy that is a Halloween favorite.

Smarties (US version)  www.smarties.com  These are a favorite for many allergy moms. Safe for many allergies.  Smarties pops are good too!

 Sour Patch Kids  www.sourpatch.com  Tangy, sweet-sour gummy candy.

Spree (regular only) www.wonka.com Chewy variety contains egg.

Starburst www.starburst.com Another allergy mom favorite.

Surf Sweets  http://www.surfsweets.com   Organic gummy bears, worms and jelly beans free of dyes and all common allergens.

Swedish fish www.swedishfish.com  These little red fish are another Halloween favorite.

SweeTarts www.wonka.com  Regular only as chewy sweetarts contain egg.

Wack-o-wax (wax lips) www.wonka.com Red lips or the vampire teeth anyone

Warheads www.warheads.com  Super sour candy not for the faint of heart.

Yummy Earth www.yummyearth.com Organic lollipops, drops and other dye-free candy.  

And what about my favorite part of the evening: coming home and dumping the candy stash onto the kitchen table? Here’s how to handle it:
0-2 year-olds: Forget the candy. An adorable costume, a juice box and a few safe cookies will do the trick. At this age, it’s a treat just to answer the door and pass out trinkets – as long as the trick-or-treaters aren’t scary monsters.

2-4 year-olds: Most kids this young can be fooled by one of my favorite tactics: the “Bait and Switch.” Give your child a plastic pumpkin for trick-or-treating. When you return home and while your child is busy washing his hands, swap the plastic pumpkin with an identical pumpkin that you filled ahead of time with safe treats.

On a non Halloween note.. I have found a couple new websites that offer great information for moms with kiddos that have allergies. 

http://www.enjoylifefoods.com/?r=allergymomshomepage great recipes and i need to buy the cookbook to have on hand!

http://allergicliving.com/ a lot of great info! and I cannot wait to get my first magazine in the mail!
http://www.nut-freemom.blogspot.com/ a mama that blogs about the nut free allergy
http://www.peanutfreeplanet.com/
http://www.bestallergysites.com/