Website Organization Starts Allergy Friendly Halloween Campaign

Hang this symbol on your door on Halloween to notify trick or treaters that you are an allergy friendly house.

I just received an email alert from one of my allergy subscriptions. Boy was I excited to read this! A new organization has formed to help assist families dealing with multiple food allergies.

Co-founder Erin states, “We started AllergyFreeHalloween.org because we want a world where children with food allergies can trick-or-treat without worry. Please join us in giving out Halloween treats that are fun and allergy-safe.”

All you have to do is purchase the following candies that do not contain nuts, milk, eggs, wheat or soy:

• Smarties
• Skittles
• Starburst
• Nerds
• Runts (original - not chewy)
• Gobstoppers
• Pixy Stix
• Sweettarts (original)
• Bottle Caps
• Fun Dip
• Life Savers (original - not gummy)
• Dum Dums
• Gummy Bears
• Swedish Fish
• Disney Princess Snacks

Then Download their black cat PDF symbol or their Jack-o-lantern PDF symbol and hang it on your door.

While I am happy to support this venture, my son’s corn allergy adds an additional dilemma, as most all candies contain corn sweeteners or thickeners. Additionally, many kids avoiding gluten and casein for cerebral allergies are also avoiding artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives. For us this Halloween is going to be about offering non-edible treats. I recently purchased some bargain treats at Oriental Trading Company and plan to pass them out to my kids’ classmates and to trick-or-treaters who come to the door.

You better believe I will be hanging my Jack-O-Lantern on the door of our house! I really want to thank to the folks at AllergyFreeHalloween.org for getting the ball rolling on this one. Let’s try to get the word out and get as many non-allergic families on board as possible! If every house just bought a few of the above candies, or a handful of non-edibles and hung a sign on their door, then allergic children across the country will be able to politely identify themselves when they trick or treat at that ’special house’.

Tags: Allergies, Candy, Children, Halloween, Kids

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