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<\/p>\nBooooooooo! Who…has gluten-free Halloween Candy? My family loves a Halloween party, Halloween costume, costume in general, party in general, treats in particular and fun…always!
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As the holiday approaches, it just so happens that I’ve been digitizing some of my old photos. If you look through a stack, you’d think every day was Halloween at our house. On regular days, Ben and James spent most of their time as cowboys, often in real leather chaps & vests, but sometimes they posed as army men, kings, and alien creatures in cardboard spaceships.
\nOn Halloween the costume parade expanded to feature rodeo clowns, Native Americans, and Rambo.
\n![\"beard\"](\"http:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/c2tblog-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IllShoot-309x225.jpg\")
\n![\"Rambo\"](\"http:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/c2tblog-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Rambo-159x225.jpg\")
\nLike the kids in my current neighborhood, the boys loved going door to door extorting candy from our friends. We would start early, stay out late, and then gleefully sort through the candy haul. Of course, way back then none of us worried about gluten in the candy; all we had to fear was the mythical razor blade.<\/p>\n
Now we’re very gluten conscious. Every year, I review the information available from the Hershey’s, Jelly Belly, Just Born, Mars, NECCO, Nestle, Sweets and Tootsie Roll websites to make sure that items on the following list are still gluten-free. The past two years, all of the sites have been helpful. This year, there’s a change at Mars where the consumer is encouraged to read labels, and Nestle which vaguely talks about being responsive to the public’s request for gluten-free options.<\/p>\n
I agree with Mars that reading labels is important, but in the dark, in a mask, on someone else’s porch may not be the best time to expect a child to read. And once the kids come home with a plastic pumpkin full of candy, you’re not going to want to take the time to read labels either. Besides that, the special Halloween candy bars may not contain all the information on each individual package. To prepare your children in advance so they can selectively grab from a candy tray, use the following list which contains candy identified as gluten-free by its manufacturer.<\/p>\n
(While there may still be gluten-free options available from Mars and Nestle, I’ve removed those listings just to be safe and included only the items that should definitely be avoided. If you want to read the labels on their other products, make sure there’s no wheat, wheat starch, rye, barley, malt, malted milk, oats unless specified as GF, flour (unless made from a GF grain), graham flour, cookie chis, or cookie dough included. Avoid candy containing edible starch, edible coatings, edible film, maltose, stabilizers, flavors, natural flavoring, malt flavoring, glucose syrup, and brown rice syrup unless the specific components are listed and are all GF.)<\/p>\n
Booooooooo! Who…has gluten-free Halloween Candy? They do:<\/strong><\/p>\n From Hershey’s<\/strong> Avoid: <\/strong><\/em> From Jelly Belly<\/strong> Avoid: <\/strong><\/em> From Just Born<\/strong> Avoid: <\/strong><\/em> From Mars Chocolate<\/strong> From NECCO<\/strong> Avoid: <\/strong> From Nestle<\/strong> From Sweets<\/strong> Avoid:<\/strong><\/em> From Tootsie Roll Industries<\/strong> Avoid:<\/strong><\/em> From Mars Wrigley<\/strong> If you require additional information, you can contact these candy companies at the following numbers:<\/em> Disclosure of Material Connection: I have not received any compensation for writing this post. I have no material connection to the brands, products, or services that I have mentioned. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”<\/em><\/p>\n Additional resources:<\/em> Booooooooo! Who…has gluten-free Halloween Candy? My family loves a Halloween party, Halloween costume, costume in general, party in general, treats in particular and fun…always! As the holiday approaches, it just so happens that I’ve been digitizing some of my old photos. If you look through a stack, you’d think every day was Halloween at our … Continue reading “Booooooooo! Who…Has Gluten-Free Halloween Candy?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[792,9],"tags":[106,1083,1086,534,1085,1082,1087,1080,1081,1079,1084],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1904"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1904"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1913,"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1904\/revisions\/1913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nEnjoy:<\/strong>
\nAlmond Joy (except Almond Joy Pieces)
\nHERSHEY’s Milk Duds (all)
\nHERSHEY’s Nuggets
\nHERSHEY’s Nuggets Milk Chocolate with Almonds
\nHERSHEY’s SPECIAL DARK Dark Chocolate with Almonds
\nHERSHEY’s Nuggets Extras Creamy Milk Chocolate with Toffee and Almonds
\nHERSHEY’s Milk Chocolate Bar
\nHERSHEY’s Milk Chocolate Bar with Almonds
\nHERSHEY’s Air Delight
\nHeath Bar
\nMilk Chocolate Kisses
\nMint Dark Chocolate Truffles Candy Kisses
\nSPECIAL DARK Mildly Sweet Chocolate Kisses
\nPumpkin Spice Flavored Candy Kisses
\nCaramel Filled Chocolate Kisses
\nCherry Cordial Creme Kisses
\nVanilla Creme Chocolate Kisses
\nMOUNDS (all)
\nPAYDAY (all)
\nREESE’s Peanut Butter Cups (except for Unwrapped Minis and Seasonal Shapes)
\nREESE’s PIECES (all except REESE’s PIECES Eggs)
\nROLO Caramels (all except ROLO Minis)
\nScharffen Berger
\nSkor Toffee Bars (all)
\nYORK Peppermint Pattie (all except YORK PIECES, YORK Minis and YORK Shapes)<\/p>\n
\nAlmond Joy Pieces
\nHERSHEY’s Extra Dark Chocolate
\nHERSHEY’s Cookies ‘N’ Creme Bar
\nHERSHEY’s Milk Chocolate Drops
\nHERSHEY’s Miniatures
\nHERSHEY’s Special Dark Bar
\nMr. Goodbar
\nREESE’s Peanut Butter Cups unwrapped Minis and seasonal shapes,
\nREESE’s PIECES eggs
\nROLO Minis
\nSymphony Bar
\nKit Kat
\nYORK PIECES
\nYORK Minis and YORK Shapes<\/p>\n
\nEnjoy: <\/strong>
\nAll jelly beans are gluten-free and dairy free
\nJelly Belly Candy Corn<\/p>\n
\nAny mix containing malt balls
\nChocolate Bridge Mix
\nLicorice Bridge Mix
\nChocolate Malt Balls
\nLicorice Buttons
\nLicorice Pastels<\/p>\n
\nEnjoy: <\/strong>
\nSeasonal Peeps as noted on package
\nMike and Ike’s \u2013 Berry Blast
\n Italian Ice
\n Jolly Joes
\n Lemonade Blends
\n Original Fruits
\n Redrageous
\n Tangy Twister
\n Tropical Typhoon
\n Zours
\nHot Tamales
\nGoldenberg’s Vintage Peanut Chews<\/p>\n
\nAny Peep not labeled GF<\/p>\n
\nAvoid: <\/strong>
\nM&M pretzel flavor
\nSome packages of M&M White Chocolate, Mint, and M&M Coconut flavor
\nMaltesers
\nMars Bar
\nMars Combos
\nMilky Way Bar
\nTwix<\/p>\n
\nEnjoy: <\/strong><\/em>
\nCandy Buttons
\nCANADA Mints
\nCANADA Wintergreen
\nBanana Splits Chews
\nMint Julep Chews
\nHaviland Thin Mints
\nHaviland Wintergreen Patty
\nMary Jane
\nMary Jane Peanut Butter Kisses
\nNECCO Wafers
\nNECCO Chocolate Wafers
\nSky Bar
\nSweethearts<\/p>\n
\nClark Bars
\nHaviland Bridge Mix
\nHaviland Real Chocolate Covered Raisins
\nHaviland Real Chocolate Double Dipped Peanuts
\nMighty Malts
\nPeach Blossoms
\nRed Hot Cinnamon Bat-Wing Wafers
\nSlap Stix
\nSquirrel Nut Zippers
\nSweethearts Mummy Hearts
\nZombie Hearts<\/p>\n
\nAvoid<\/strong><\/em> (some are processed in a facility that processes gluten containing items, read label):
\n100 Grand Bar
\nButterfinger Crisp Bar
\nButterfinger Giant Bar
\nButterfinger Snackerz
\nButterfinger Medallions
\nButterfinger Jingles
\nButterfinger Hearts
\nButterfinger Pumpkins
\nChewy Spree
\nEverlasting Gobstopper
\nNestle Crunch Bar
\nSweetarts
\nAll flavors of Wonka Bars
\nWonka Nerds
\nWonka Gummies
\nWonka Kazoozles<\/p>\n
\nEnjoy:<\/strong>
\nChocolate Jelly Sticks
\nGummy Bears are all certified GF
\nJelly Beans
\nSalt Water Taffy<\/p>\n
\nCandies packaged by Sweets, but not made by Sweets. Read labels.<\/p>\n
\nEnjoy:<\/strong>
\nAll Tootsie Rolls and Charms products with the exception of Andes cookies.
\nThe following Tootsie Roll products are also peanut and nut product free:
\nAndes mints
\nCrows
\nCelia’s Milk or Dark Chocolate Covered Cherries
\nCharleston Chew
\nCharms Squares
\nCharms Sour Balls
\nCharms Candy Carnival
\nFrooties, Dots
\nTropical Dots
\nFluffy Stuff Cotton Candy
\nJunior Mints
\nJunior Caramels
\nCaramel Apple Pops
\nFruit Smoothie Pops
\nPops Galore
\nTootsie Pops
\nTootsie Peppermint Pops
\nTropical Stormz Pops
\nZip-A-Dee-Mini Pops
\nChild’s Play Tootsie Roll Assortment
\nFruit Rolls
\nTootsie Rolls
\nSugar Babies
\nSugar Daddy
\nSugar Mama<\/p>\n
\nAndes Cookies<\/p>\n
\nAvoid:<\/strong>
\nAltoids Smalls Peppermint Mints
\nAltoids Chocolate Dipped Covered Mints<\/p>\n![\"clown\"](\"http:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/c2tblog-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Rodeo-Clown-170x225.jpg\")
\nThere are enough choices to ensure your gluten-free kid can get a sugar high before the night is over so put the finishing touches on your costume and head out for some fun!
\n<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Stewart can’t decide if he wants to be a bidnessman or Elvis. Which do you think he should be?<\/em>
\n![\"Bman\"](\"http:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/c2tblog-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BMan-167x225.jpg\")
![\"Elvis\"](\"http:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/c2tblog-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Elvis-168x225.jpg\")
\nHappy Halloween!<\/p>\n
\nHershey’s 800-468-1714
\nJelly Belly 800-522-3267
\nJust Born 888-645-3453
\nMars Chocolate 800-627-7852
\nNecco 800-225-5508
\nNestle USA 800-225-2270
\nSweet’s 855-772-7720
\nTootsie Roll Industries 773-838-3400
\nMars Wrigley 800-974-4539<\/p>\n
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\n<\/a>http:\/\/www.necco.com\/FAQs.aspx<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.tootsie.com\/search\/?q=gluten%20free<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.specialtyfood.com\/organization\/company\/8077\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"