Opposite to the Canadian candy/chocolate thread, we're visiting America and would like to try some of America's finest allergy-free offerings and bring our favourites back home with us. Any and all recommendations are welcome!
We have the ability to order things to an address ahead of time. I will be calling Divvies on Monday to place a very large order of sweet treats.
Allergen list: tree nuts, peanuts, sesame; dairy intolerance
No shared lines or facilities (except dairy - that one has a much higher threshold)
Dove has a peanut / tree nut free plant. You just have to read the label.
http://www.dovechocolate.com/aboutDove/AllergenFreeFacilities (http://www.dovechocolate.com/aboutDove/AllergenFreeFacilities)
Do we have any candy here that you can't get there? I could be wrong, but I think most of our PN/TN free stuff has a Canadian version already.
Vermont nut free is more of a true chocalatier. The bars I used to be able to buy in store but DH ordered a box for me once before DS's milk allergy surfaced big 'n mean. The only other one I would recommend are the makers of Suncups last I checked they sold other chocolates.
Both should have products without direct milk ingredient you'd have to order carefully. American candy makers tend to use milk proteins in nearly all chocolate even in their version of dark. The Belgian style ones I find have at least darks usually without direct milk.
The other one would be Guittard's wide variety of premium dark bars. All are shared equipment for dairy. In one part of the plant they use almond but they will label for that. Otherwise you should be able to use dark bars, chips, tinned cocoa, melting chocolate.
Is Sugar Daddy still safe? I can only find it here at expensive import stores.
Hmmmmm...the only think I can think of is ordering/delivering to the US address some Vermont Nut Free. Well I mean, not "some" but like one of everything :P
Seriously - their truffles are really really good and it's the only ones I have ever found safe!
I also like the crispy rice chocolate, b/c I've not found any of that safe either.
BTW - I'm not ashamed to admit I spent $100 in snack size Kit Kats, Coffee Crisp and Mars bars, then some chunky Kit Kats and Coffee Crisps and regular Kit Kats. This probably more than a year's worth for me...but soooooo worth it!
nameless is going to sleep on the pile of choco like a dragon on its gold. perched on top with one eye open.
check on dark suncups. not sure about the dairy on those.
Even the dark chocolate sun cups.
Sun Cups would be an excellent find! As would individual serving containers of Sunbutter. There's no Whole Foods where we're going (it's not due to open until later this year), but hopefully another speciality food store exists in the area.
I also saw that Earth Balance makes crackers - may be worth trying as well, or no? According to someone I trust, they called and found out they are made in a peanut and nut-free facility.
Any other snack foods, not necessarily candy or chocolate?
I think sunflower shops carry suncups.
Quote from: Jessica on May 06, 2014, 12:10:58 PM
I think sunflower shops carry suncups.
Sunflower shops? I've never heard of such a thing. Is that a chain name or a store that specifically sells sunflowers? Will a place like Target or Publix or regular grocery stores have these?
It's like a health food store. My sister has 2 in Vegas so she bought some suncups there for my daughter.
Some regular stores might have them. I've bought them at Meijer in the past but they don't have them anymore.
eta: i guess there are no sunflower shops anymore. There are places called Sprouts in Vegas that have sun cups so maybe they changed owners or name or something.
eta again: apparently Sprouts bought out Sunflower.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_Farmers_Market (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_Farmers_Market)
Enjoy Life also makes "chocolate" bars and chocolate chips. They make a crisped rice bar that's like a Nestle Crunch. You can find them at Whole Foods. I haven't seen them in other stores (I'm on the East Coast).
Quote from: maeve on May 07, 2014, 06:59:27 AM
Enjoy Life also makes "chocolate" bars and chocolate chips. They make a crisped rice bar that's like a Nestle Crunch. You can find them at Whole Foods. I haven't seen them in other stores (I'm on the East Coast).
In Toronto, you can pick up Enjoy Life chocolate bars at Noah's ay Yonge & Bloor and Ambrosia at Yonge & Steeles (and possibly Whole Foods too, not sure)
Thank you for all the suggestions, everyone. I missed the deadline for ordering Enjoy Life products for this trip, but I'll be sure to seek them out at the stores. We've had a few of their chocolates at Walt Disney World and liked the crunchy one. We ordered crunchy chocolate bars from Divvies for this trip.
I've seen some Enjoy Life products at Kroger and Meijer stores.
Quote from: spacecanada on May 13, 2014, 09:58:09 AM
Thank you for all the suggestions, everyone. I missed the deadline for ordering Enjoy Life products for this trip, but I'll be sure to seek them out at the stores. We've had a few of their chocolates at Walt Disney World and liked the crunchy one. We ordered crunchy chocolate bars from Divvies for this trip.
Hi SpaceCanada,
You can find Enjoy Life products in Canada. Loblaws sells the chocolate chips, cookies etc
Quote from: candyguru on May 13, 2014, 09:29:10 PM
You can find Enjoy Life products in Canada. Loblaws sells the chocolate chips, cookies etc
Yes, we have a small selection of Enjoy Life products at home. Just looking to try something new... sometimes America has a different or wider variety than we can get at home. We don't have their Plentils, chocolate bars, decadent bars, grab and go sizes, or dark chocolate chips. We don't have access to all of the cookie or trail mix flavours either. At least not at my local stores.
Don't get me started on how excited my husband is to buy Cocoa Pebbles cereal when we get to America... I have no idea if they are safe for me (I won't eat them anyway), but he has a fascination with them and we cannot get them at home. Or Special K cereal from the UK. Oddly, all of his favourite cereals are from out of country.
We don't have access to the wide variety of Enjoy Life products here in the US either. A lot depends on how a store allots its shelf space. I live near Washington, DC, and even my local Wegman's carries just a few Enjoy Life items and seems to be carrying fewer of their items than they did in the past. This also seems to be the case at the nearest Whole Foods.
Quote from: spacecanada on May 14, 2014, 10:15:59 AM
Quote from: candyguru on May 13, 2014, 09:29:10 PM
You can find Enjoy Life products in Canada. Loblaws sells the chocolate chips, cookies etc
Yes, we have a small selection of Enjoy Life products at home. Just looking to try something new... sometimes America has a different or wider variety than we can get at home. We don't have their Plentils, chocolate bars, decadent bars, grab and go sizes, or dark chocolate chips. We don't have access to all of the cookie or trail mix flavours either. At least not at my local stores.
Don't get me started on how excited my husband is to buy Cocoa Pebbles cereal when we get to America... I have no idea if they are safe for me (I won't eat them anyway), but he has a fascination with them and we cannot get them at home. Or Special K cereal from the UK. Oddly, all of his favourite cereals are from out of country.
Hi SpaceCanada,
Are you in southern Ontario? Loblaws carries both Cocoa Pebbles and Fruity Pebbles (I have seen them at two different Loblaws stores in Toronto this week). They are both gluten-free as well. If you are near a Loblaws you can pick up a box for your husband as a surprise :)
There are also a lot of Enjoy Life products in Toronto. I have seen 3 different flavours of the Enjoy Life chocolate bars at Ambrosia, Noahs, and several other stores. I also saw Plentils but can't remember where.. I think it was Loblaws. Loblaws also carries the chewy bars and the soft cookies & crunchy cookies along with Ambrosia & Noah's. I think Ambrosia is the only place I have seen that carry all of the cookie varieties.
One thing I have never seen is the Enjoy Life decadent bars.. I think they are only available in the USA, so that would be a good choice to try! We'll have to pick up some next time we cross the border :)
We're in Central Alberta... no-man's land, essentially (or so it seems, some days). Our nearest Planet Organic is an hour drive away, in Edmonton.
Our best (close) selection of Enjoy Life products is at London Drugs, oddly enough. Save on Foods has chocolate chips, Sobeys has a few cookies, and London Drugs has a few other things. A local health food store has chocolate chips and cereals. Sobeys has safe desiccated coconut too. It's kind of like a scavenger hunt - I keep a list in my phone of which stores have which products. :)
The PeaButter factory is, however, just down the road. While that's hard or impossible to find in other places, it's readily available here. If anyone wants some, you now know who to call. 8-)
PeaButter I find easy enough, but spitz not in the shell is not available anywhere. Whenever my husband goes out to Alberta he tries to find it and bring me some home.
Quote from: SilverLining on May 15, 2014, 10:42:28 AM
PeaButter I find easy enough, but spitz not in the shell is not available anywhere. Whenever my husband goes out to Alberta he tries to find it and bring me some home.
Have you tried ordering shelled sunflower seeds (in small packages or bulk) from Libre Naturals and seasoning them yourself? That's what we do. We make our own roasted sunflower seed butter too and it is significantly less expensive than Sunbutter. :)
Sorry... getting off topic. We leave in a few hours. Thanks for all the suggestions. I have a few things to hunt for when we get there. After we stop at Chipotle for lunch... Surf Sweets, Gimbals jellybeans, Sun Cups, Plentils, individual packets of Sunbutter, and some standard groceries. And the Divvies order should have arrived at the resort today.