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Wheat or Treat
October 28th, 2009 | caitlin | Categories: Uncategorized
Tagged: Gluten Free, Gluten Free Calgary, Gluten Free Candy, Gluten Free Halloween, Gluten Free Halloween Candy, My Gluten Facts

Halloween is something I fondly look back on.

As children my mom would make all of our costumes – big enough to fit over a snow suit. My dad would grab his mug of coffee and and take us out to terrorize the neighbourhood until we simply couldn’t carry anymore candy. Once the bags were full and our legs were jelly from the trip, we’d head back to the house to admire our haul.

You see, in our house there was a rule: Mom and Dad got to pick through the candy first. Yes, this was in part to look for any imperfections in the candy, and in part to steal all the KitKats and Coffee Crisps. It was just the way it was, and we obliged because Mom and Dad are boss. (always will be!)

As I sit here and think about what Halloween would be like as a kid with Celiac, I find myself wondering: how long would it take to separate out all the gluten free treats from the rest? And really, at the end of the day, how much would be left for the kids and how much would be left for the parent – I’m thinking it would be a lot more than just a few Coffee Crisps and KitKats missing.

As I contemplate all this, I also wonder – how does any parent know exactly what is in those tiny packages? Not every package is going to be labeled. Isn’t this a little like a game of Russian Roulette – but with wheat instead of bullets?

My Gluten Free Facts may be able to help with this game. Call it your pocket aces. They have a list of gluten free treats, 780 gluten free products to be exact. This list is brilliant. It takes all the guess work out of it. In fact, if I was a parent I would transfer this data into a spreadsheet with graphs and there would be a system of sorting and maybe even some colour codded bins for ease – oh it would be surgical!

(And that right there is why I am a better Aunt than mother – I like order and systems and efficiency and that’s not what children do!)

I digress.

I hope you find it as useful as I think it could be. I would also recommend signing up as a member. The information they provide is endless. As a side note, also make sure that you are checking the Canadian lists. We’re not all created equal and I’d hate for anyone to operate under false information.

Happy Halloween Everyone!

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