Monday, October 25, 2010

Have a Happy, Safe & Dairy Free Halloween!

Dairy Free Halloween Time!
We love Halloween. We love dressing up, getting together with friends and we LOVE the candy.

We plan Halloween for weeks – the costumes, the friends we will have over, and which houses to go visit for trick or treating…

Emma can eat all types of candy and chocolate - but with Alexa it gets more tricky.

We thought this blog post could help other families with children with MILK allergies – because every kid should have fun trick or treating and get lots of candy!

Here is a blast from the past: A Photo of Alexa and Emma (the princess years) as kids (wait! - we are still kids!) on Halloween!




Enjoy!

Emma & Alexa
The Dairy Free Girls


No Candy

Chocolate – it is safer to not trick or treat for chocolate candy. Some chocolate is possible for Alexa – but the majority of “Halloween” chocolate handed out it MILK chocolate.

Tootsie Rolls – are a no go

Lollipops – Check ingredients! Not all lollipops are OK – we buy DUM DUM Lollipops

Yes Candy

These are our favorites for a Dairy Free Halloween:

 Skittles!
Starbursts!

 Dum Dum Lollipops!
 Gummy Anything! These are worms! Yucky and Yummy!
 Traditional Gummy Bears!
Candy Corn!
 Jelly Beans!
Smarties & Candy Necklaces!


Non candy items are always great: Stickers, rings, tattoos, etc…

Resource: Our Mom buys special things for Alexa at www.veganstore.com on holidays. She likes to keep a stash and pull the pieces out to help add to her trick or treat bag…

If you have additional ideas and resources to help other families – please share and leave us a comment!

Don't forget -  buy non-chocolate/dairy & peanut candy to hand out too in case kids with allergies come by!

Have a Happy Halloween!


1 comment:

  1. Hi! I'm the Director of Digital Media at Smarties, and I wanted to thank you for this great post. I'm so glad you listed Smarties and candy necklaces as safe for people with dairy sensitivity. They are dairy free and free of most of the other known allergens (such as egg, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts and wheat) as well! You can find more information at www.Smarties.com
    Thanks again!
    -Liz

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