Talking Allergies

Does anyone know of any Canadian candy makers who make dairy-free and egg-free chocolate bunnies or such? I can find lots of American companies but no Canadian.

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Carrie

I've never found any.

We make chocolates at home. We find safe candies and trinkets and stuff plastic Easter eggs. Our daughter likes to stuff the eggs and leave them out for the Easter bunny to hide.

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Moderator
Daughter: asthma, allergies to egg, milk, peanuts, tree nuts, most legumes (not soy) & penicillin. Developing hayfever type allergies.
Husband: no allergies
Me: allergies to some tree that flowers in May
Cat: allergic to beef, pork and lamb

I found dairy, egg and nut free jelly beans recently. They are Mike and Ike's label made by Just Born - the same makers of the marshmallow chicks - I forget their names now. Anyways, the jelly beans taste really great. I found them at Walmart in their candy aisle.

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11 year old daughter -- lives with life-threatening allergies to milk, eggs and peanuts; seasonal allergies (birch, maple, ragweed); pet allergies; asthma; and eczema
9 year old son - no allergies

I heard at a meeting last night that Dare often puts a "may contain..." caution on their jelly beans or gummy candies "just in case they're run on machines that also produce dairy, egg containing product. The mom told us the she regularily calls prior to buying and they haven't produced the dairy egg product in years! I've always by-passed any products with a may contain label like this...hmm.

I'm off to Walmart with my cell phone to inquire.

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Moderator
Daughter: asthma, allergies to egg, milk, peanuts, tree nuts, most legumes (not soy) & penicillin. Developing hayfever type allergies.
Husband: no allergies
Me: allergies to some tree that flowers in May
Cat: allergic to beef, pork and lamb

Gimbals Gourmet jelly beans are now being carried in Rexal PharmaPlus stores for the Easter season. I just bought some today (although she'll probably hate the flavours!)
http://www.gimbalscandy.com/allergen/

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Moderator
Daughter: asthma, allergies to egg, milk, peanuts, tree nuts, most legumes (not soy) & penicillin. Developing hayfever type allergies.
Husband: no allergies
Me: allergies to some tree that flowers in May
Cat: allergic to beef, pork and lamb

The Mike and Ike's "jelly beans" are not labelled jelly beans but they taste and look like them. Very yummy. Here is the link for the company:
http://www.justborn.com/our-brands

Under the Get to Know Us link they have a clear response about allergens.The company also makes Peeps which were a big hit with my daughter last year.

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11 year old daughter -- lives with life-threatening allergies to milk, eggs and peanuts; seasonal allergies (birch, maple, ragweed); pet allergies; asthma; and eczema
9 year old son - no allergies

Guardian Angel is just introducing some bunnies (df and ef) this year.

We've giving them a writeup in the forthcoming magazine. Very cute.

http://www.guardianangelfoods.com/eng/home.htm

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Allergic to soy, peanut, shellfish, penicillin

Wow!

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Moderator
Daughter: asthma, allergies to egg, milk, peanuts, tree nuts, most legumes (not soy) & penicillin. Developing hayfever type allergies.
Husband: no allergies
Me: allergies to some tree that flowers in May
Cat: allergic to beef, pork and lamb

I just picked up a chocolate mold for an Easter bunny at Artisic Cake Design in Ottawa! http://www.artisticcakedesign.ca/
It's about 8-9" tall and I think if I make a solid Easter Bunny it will be almost 1lb. (just like I had when I was a kid!)

I'm so excited...

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Moderator
Daughter: asthma, allergies to egg, milk, peanuts, tree nuts, most legumes (not soy) & penicillin. Developing hayfever type allergies.
Husband: no allergies
Me: allergies to some tree that flowers in May
Cat: allergic to beef, pork and lamb

bump

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Moderator
Daughter: asthma, allergies to egg, milk, peanuts, tree nuts, most legumes (not soy) & penicillin. Developing hayfever type allergies.
Husband: no allergies
Me: allergies to some tree that flowers in May
Cat: allergic to beef, pork and lamb

Gimbal's Gourmet Jelly Beans (41 flavours) are now being sold at Rexall drug stores!
-peanut free, tree nut free, soy free, dairy free, egg free, gluten free, trans fat free and gelatin free.

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Moderator
Daughter: asthma, allergies to egg, milk, peanuts, tree nuts, most legumes (not soy) & penicillin. Developing hayfever type allergies.
Husband: no allergies
Me: allergies to some tree that flowers in May
Cat: allergic to beef, pork and lamb

The Guardian Angel chocolate bunnies are amazing! My son was SOOOOO excited last year. I used to make my own, but they never looked "real", you know? Just ordered my bunny online

Thank you for this. I will order some guardian bunnies right away.

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DSs 7,7,9 all PA

I used plastic eggs and filled each with a different treat such as stickers,
hair clips, small toys and some safe candies. We usually hosted a friend party which included decorating eggs. The plastic ones again are more durable than real eggs and more allergy friendly. Paste,water and small squares of bright tissue paper of pretty napkins make a lovely decoration.
We also had hunts confined to one large room of the house. Each child got one of each colour of egg (six).Each colour contained a different treat so everyone ended up with the same safe treats and the same amounts.

That's a great idea!

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Moderator
Daughter: asthma, allergies to egg, milk, peanuts, tree nuts, most legumes (not soy) & penicillin. Developing hayfever type allergies.
Husband: no allergies
Me: allergies to some tree that flowers in May
Cat: allergic to beef, pork and lamb