Halloween Food, Candy, & Fun Dairy-Free

Typically, we stay close to home and have a crock pot soup and light dinner set for the night.

Grandparents and neighbors stop in with safe treats.

Neighbor kids come hang out.

We trick-or-treat for maybe an hour,

but the rest of the night is just chilling with friends around the house.

The kids love the chance to run outside in the dark with glow sticks,

and we have a fire pit going for neighbors and guests to enjoy.

In general, a safe laid back night with family and friends is our favorite.

After we go through all the trick-or-treat candy,

the kids trade milk-free snacks to my allergy kiddo.

And then we offer our own kids money or a new toy for the bulk of their candy.

Oh, and the kids enjoy staying up unusually late.

Maybe it's all the sugar?!!

 

 

Here are some ideas for less stress and more fun at Halloween and this fall. You can do this! 

HALLOWEEN DINNER DAIRY FREE

Here are some of our favorite dinner foods for Halloween night, to combat all the candy and sugar:

• Dairy-Free Vegetable Soup 
• Hot Dogs
• Chips (affiliate)
• Easy Apple Cider 
• Smores

HALLOWEEN ACTIVITIES ALLERGY FRIENDLY

Here are some fun allergy-friendly Halloween activities in addition to trick-or-treating:

• Watch a Halloween show
• Carve or paint pumpkins
• Roast pumpkin seeds
• Drink apple cider 
• Sit around a bonfire 
• Roast marshmallows
• Snack on scarecrow crunch
• Make smores together
• Eat popcorn balls
• Dip apples in caramel
• Whip up some pumpkin spice cookies

 

 

HALLOWEEN TREATS DAIRY FREE

PLEASE NOTE: Here at Milk Allergy Mom, we simply share products that work for our family. Please consult your own doctor before trying food, supplements, or other products. Also read all labels and call companies for the latest, most accurate product information.

• Teddy Grahams
• Gummy Snacks
• Dum Dum Suckers 
• Smarties 
• Twizzlers 
• Skittles 
• Starbursts
• Mike & Ikes 
• Laffy Taffy (some contain egg)
• Coins & money
• Enjoy Life Chocolate Candy Bars (affiliate link)
• Hey Boo Caramel (affilite)
• Non-Food Trinkets (affiliate link)
• Glow Sticks (affiliate link)

SPECIALTY ALLERGY-FRIENDLY CANDY

If you'd like to shop allergy-friendly candy companies in one easy place and have them shipped right to your door...

here's a favorite online candy store.

 

 

FALL ACTIVITIES KIDS LOVE

In addition to Halloween itself, remember that October and November are full of fun fall events.

It's always a good idea to research your options ahead of time and decide what will be the most enjoyable for your food allergy family.

Then mark your calendars!

When my kids were toddlers, we made a bigger deal of these festivities than of Halloween night.

FUN FALL ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS

• color drives
• costume parties
• library events
• nature walks
• weenie roasts
• pumpkin patches
• hayrack rides

All this family-friendly fun kept us busy all autumn long.

TEAL PUMPKIN PROJECT

Now that the Teal Pumpkin Project has taken Halloween by storm,

there's even greater public awareness of food allergies at Halloween and more opportunity to have non-food fun.

Be sure to learn more about this wonderful initiative!  

HALLOWEEN IN MEMBERSHIP

Milk Allergy Mom Members, we have a special mom-compiled Halloween Safety Check List inside our member library.

Plus, we talk Halloween all October long inside the membership group! Come ask questions and share your tips and recipes.

Join us for our very best help inside MAM Membership!

Have a safe and happy fall!

This was originally posted in October 2014.