I Want Candy, GFCF Solutions
Tonight will be a long one, especially since AJ CAN’T EAT any of the candy he gets after trick or treating. Or can he? Just what candy is GFCF? Because our kids need the GFCF candy, right?
Cotton Candy
Fluffy Stuff Cotton Candy tootsie
Pure Fun Confections allergygrocer
Organic Candy Floss-Root Beer
Organic Candy Floss-”Bubble Gum” flavor
Gum
Dubble Bubble Original bubble gum dubblebubble
Nestle 1-800-456-4117
Sweet Tarts
Spree Chewy Candy
Regular Spree Candy
Willy Wonka Candy Factory (Nestle 1-800-452-1971) wonka
Gobstoppers
Bottle Caps
Pixy Stix
Nerds
Runts
NO Oompahs!
NO Wonka Bar!
Charms Company tootsie 1-800-877-7655
Charms Pops
Dumdum lollypops #1-800-653-8638
Ce De Candies 908-964-0660 smarties
Double Lollies
Mega Lolly
Jolly Rancher #1-303-423-2366
Jolly Rancher Jelly Beans
Jolly Rancher Hard Candies
Mars Inc. 1-800-222-0293
Jelly Beans
Gimbal’s
Black And White Licorice Mix: Colorful, chewy confections in black and white licorice flavor
Cream Pups Orange creamsicle flavored chewy delights
Gummy Fish Colorful, chewy confections in a fun fish shape
Jelly Beans
Orange and Cream Chews
Super Sour Stars Colorful, chewy, sour gummy stars in different flavors and colors
Mike & Ike candies (all flavors) #1-800-445-5787
Zours
Jelly beans
Hot Tamales
Necco Wafers Necco www.necco.com
Mary Janes and Mary Jane Peanut Butter Kisses
Necco Wafers
Sweethearts
Conversation Hearts (Valentines only)
Canada Mint and Wintergreen Lozenges
Necco Candy Eggs (Easter)
Candy Stix
Talking Pumpkins (Halloween)
Peach Blossoms (Christmas)
Necco Ultramints
NO Haviland Thin Mints
NO Haviland Peppermint
NO Wintergreen Patties
NO Clark Bar
But there are also some fun activities to do before Mama takes the good stuff for herself.
1. sort the candy by shape, color, size.
2. count the treats or put them in groups of five or ten
3. line up the different treats to see who can make the longest line.
4. Find certain letters.
5. Count them to determine more or less
6. Find the biggest and smallest treats
7. Share one with each member of the family (but not the dog)
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October 31st, 2007 at 1:14 pm
Hey Marcie - great list of GFCF sweets.
I know we only have to do the GF bit, not the CF, so its a bit easier, but we usually swop in and out the not-OK sweets with some OK ones later. My daughter is out with some friends tonight, and I think the idea is to pool the swag, and then share it out so that my daughter has what is GF, and the others eat what isn’t. We’ll see how well that works …
November 1st, 2007 at 4:16 pm
How can you give your kids artificial additives (dyes, flavorings, etc.) while on a GFCF diet? Dr. Ruth Waring has warmed that this is not good; that success is better on a GFCF diet when the additives are eliminated as well.
November 1st, 2007 at 4:50 pm
We do, most of the time. The feingold diet, especially, eliminates additives and dyes and we stick to that. However, I can’t possibly deny my child Halloween. He so rarely gets a treat that I have to allow it.
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April 4th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
We weighed our son’s candy, paid him a fair price per pound and let him use his Halloween “Earnings” to buy a toy at WalMart… then we shipped his candy overseas to troops