Safe Allergy Friendly Sweets & Treats

Excerpted from Allergy Moms

There is no such thing as a completely “safe” candy or snack. What is safe for one child could be harmful to another.

However, we all need a place to start. The US treats listed below are free of many (but not all) of the major allergens.  Check the labels and the websites, and call US manufacturers to find out if they are safe for your child.

Keep in mind: Ingredients change without notice; different sizes of the “same” candy can have different ingredients, and different versions of the same candy always have different ingredients. Precautionary labels (ie. “may contain”) are voluntary. Read the label every time. When in doubt, call the US manufacturer or do without.

• Airheads - Multi-colored and flavored taffy strips
• Bottlecaps – Soda flavored candy (Root beer, orange etc.)
• Divvies - Chocolate ghosts, jelly beans, caramel and kettle corn, all made to share!
• Dots - Candy corn dots are safe for many too!
• Dum Dums - These, along with Smarties, are food allergy family favorites as they are safe for a variety of allergies.
• Enjoy Life Chocolate Bars - Three varieties. My kids love the crispy rice milk chocolate
• Frito Lay - Regular Lay’s potato chips, Ruffles, Tostitos, and Fritos are safe for many allergies
• Fun Dip - Candy stick + candy dip = Fun!
• Gimbals Jelly Beans - Very allergy aware company
• Hot Tamales - Similar to Mike & Ikes with cinnamon flavor
• Hubba Bubba Bubble Gum - My kids love the bubble tape version
• Jolly Ranchers - Sticks and hard candy
• Jujubes (and Jujyfruits) - Great for decorating cakes and cookies too
• Lemonheads - Small size and jaw breaker size
• Life Savers (hard candies & gummies) - My kids love the gummy variety
• Mike & Ike - Popular movie candy
• Necco Wafers - Oldie but goodie shows up a lot at Halloween
• Nerds - My son and his friends love these sugary nuggets
• Nik-L-Lip - Those cute little wax bottles with colored sugar water inside
• Pez - Fun, convenient and safe for most allergies. A clever Pez dispenser is good for trading unsafe candy.
• Pixy Stix - Messy but fun. Teens like the larger size
• Pure Fun - Tasty way to avoid dyes and gmo’s
• Razzles - First it’s a candy, then it’s a gum!
• Skittles - A “safe” candy that is a favorite
• Smarties (US version) - These are a favorite for many allergy moms. Safe for many allergies.  Smarties pops are good too!
• Sour Patch Kids – Tangy, sweet-sour gummy candy
• Spree (regular only) - Chewy variety contains egg
• Starburst - Another allergy mom favorite
• Surf Sweets - Organic gummy bears, worms and jelly beans free of dyes and all common allergens
• Swedish fish - These little red fish are another favorite
• SweeTarts - Regular only as chewy sweetarts contain egg
• Wack-o-wax (wax lips) – Red lips or the vampire teeth anyone?
• Warheads - Super sour candy not for the faint of heart
• Yummy Earth - Organic lollipops, drops and other dye-free candy

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