DISQUS

Rachel @ Surviving The Stores · 2 months ago

I found this post from a Twitter link (via @kingdomfirstmom) and I am so excited!! We were planning on going to a fall festival this year with our kids, but I always hate all the candy they bring home.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the idea of trading the candy they get for organic or natural candy!

Thanks!

amandag · 2 months ago

When I buy my kids candy, I buy it from the German market we have here or the international aisle at the grocery store. The stuff imported from Germany and Japan just don't have the dyes like American candy does - especially red dye. They use a lot of beet root to color the red stuff.

Heather · 2 months ago

Wow, you seriously just gave me a wake up call. This is the first year Hannah will go trick or treating (to like 3 houses! she is only 2) but I didn't think about all the gross chemicals in candy now. she doesn't ever get candy so it might be quite the shock to her system even if she only has one or two pieces. Thanks for the kick in the butt!!

ChaosIsUs · 2 months ago

Growing up as a kid i was allergic to red dye #40 and could not have anything containing it. That pretty much eliminated all red, orange, or purple candies, sodas, or drinks. It was hard as a kid but the stuff made me hyper and break out in hives. It was horrible!

For all holidays in which the kids get candy we have what we call the candy box. Specifically on Halloween we allow then to have one piece when trick or treat is over and then the rest goes in the candy box and they are allowed to have a piece on occassion (except for reeses and kitkats which usually get eaten by me and daddy lol). When the next holida rolls around we throw all the old candy out and fill itup again (unless we recycle it into a christmas stocking or something lol)

momstheword · 2 months ago

What a great idea!!!! It really does make you think when you think about all the junk in that candy.

Jenna · 2 months ago

OOO, Those mint patties look good to me! I haven't taken the girls out to get candy trick or treating yet but I definitely do not want the Halloween sugar coma for them!

Jessica · 2 months ago

I never knew how much organic candy there is out there.

brandy07 · 2 months ago

Oh that is really interesting. My sister in law found out 2 months ago she can only have gluten free products and it's really refreshing and a relief that she can get them at a price that fits her budget since most of the 'Wal-Mart brand' products are gluten free. it's really helped her adjust her diet to this without loosing a little bit of the things she loves (like cheese lol)

Steve · 2 months ago

We used to always get the apples when a house ran out of candy. Today that is probably considered unsafe.

charityart · 2 months ago

https://www.createspace.com/3397655;jsessionid=...

Check out this book, it helps to give you an alternative to having your kids eat loads of junk!

The Switch Witch
By Charity A. O'Neill-O'Kane

Mrs. Switch is no ordinary witch. She has the power to create a healthier Halloween that boys and girls look forward to each year. Come and read how a little boy named Gavin learned about this special magic--the magic of the Switch Witch.

Read the legend/myth and create a Halloween tradition in your home. Your kids will love to see it in print and read the story over and over. The Switch Witch fosters creativity and healthier living.