safe candy list for halloween

TrickorTreatWhen I first moved to San Francisco, I got to live with a really great group women for a short few months.  Fast forward 10 years and I was at the Food Allergy Walk in San Francisco and ran into one of those women. Her name is Alison St. Sure and she was walking because she too has a child with food allergies and she had been diagnosed with Celiac disease.

Alison is the author one one of my favorite blogs, surefoodsliving.com. I consider her an expert in the food allergy world and I love reading her articles. Every year Alison publishes a  comprehensive list of allergy-safe Halloween candy that she spends endless amounts of time compiling.  I have referred to her list for the past several years and every time feel grateful for the countless hours she puts into calling food companies.

Check out the Safe Candy List  and take time to read some of Alison’s articles.

When buying candy to hand out on Halloween, you can make a child with food allergies really happy by filling their trick-or-treat bags with safe candy. It’s that easy.

what does steve carell have to do with food allergies?

Apparently quite a bit as his daughter has a severe allergy to milk.
If you haven’t yet seen the Discovery Channel’s recent documentary, “An Emerging Epidemic: Food Allergies in America,” please take the time to watch this film. We love how it illustrates how strong support from friends and family can help a child, teenager or adult with food allergies live without being limited or defined by the allergies. Please watch the whole film to get a better idea of the challenges so many kids and their parents face and surmount daily.