Show Notes
On this episode of The Middle School Mind, we review Halloween candies that are safe for kids with peanut and tree nut food allergies. Halloween is a fun time for kids, and since we have family members with severe food allergies, we hand out peanut and tree nut free candies on Halloween.
On this episode, we pull random allergy-safe candy from a hat and we taste test each candy and tell you if we would Keep this candy, Trade this candy or Chuck this candy.
Here are the candies we review on this episode:
Trolli Sour Brite Crawlers Mini
Son thinks Trolli Sour Brite Crawlers all taste the same
Father notes these have a little sugar and look like the letter S with half the crawler one flavor and the other half another flavor
Son would TRADE Trolli Sour Brite Crawlers
Laffy Taffy
Each Laffy Taffy comes with a handful of groan-worthy dad jokes
Son thinks this has a weird texture with smooth and hard spots and didn’t finish his piece
Both Son and Father would CHUCK Laffy Taffy since there’s not a lot of street value to these candies
Jolly Rancher Stix
Son didn’t enjoy his but it wasn’t the worst candy
Father does not like Jolly Rancher since it stuck to his teeth and he can’t immediately chew this Jolly Rancher Stix
Son would TRADE this candy since we think enough people like Jolly Rancher candy
Nerds
Nerds are a classic candy!
We both agree that Nerds are a KEEPER.
Milk Duds
Son tries Milk Duds for the first time
Father thinks Milk Duds are duds
The caramel is chewy and the chocolate is meh
We agree that Milk Duds are a TRADE if you can find a willing partner (sucker)
Rolo
Son talks about his memories of Rolos that he finds in his stockings every Christmas at his grandparents house
Father thinks Rolos are what the Milk Duds creators wanted Milk Duds to turn into
We both agree that Rolos are a KEEP in every Halloween bag
We have a lot more candy to go and we don’t want to ruin our dinner. So we need to break this up into a follow up episode!
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