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Allergy-free treats for school (birthday)

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SakuraM · 16/09/2019 16:38

Hello,
Could anyone please give me some ideas about allergy-free treats to take to DD's class on her birthday, just to mark the day, as we were advised against cakes. Ideally everybody will be able to partake regardless of allergies, religion, etc. Nothing home-made I'm afraid.
Thanks!

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Xitt · 16/09/2019 16:41

It’ll be difficult to find something that’s suitable for every possible allergy or requirement. Are you able to find out what requirements the children in that specific class have and proceed on that basis? E.g. if there are no vegans or Muslims in the class then you don’t need to think about animal products or halal.

TheAlternativeTentacle · 16/09/2019 16:42

That will be bottles of water then.

Enjoy!

noblegiraffe · 16/09/2019 16:44

Mini packs of skittles? Vegan and nut free I think.

SakuraM · 17/09/2019 19:04

Hello and thanks so much for all your help. Great ideas! Lots to choose from :) I might follow the AlternativeTentacle's suggestion ;)

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iklboo · 17/09/2019 19:07

Do you know what allergies the children may have or are you just wanting to cover all eventualities?

walkintheparc · 17/09/2019 19:07

Vegan carrot cake is probably a good shout. Can you get a list of actually dietary requirements?

Littlehouseinthebigcity · 17/09/2019 19:12

I used to be an infant teacher and kept mini bags of rainbow drops in my cupboard in case anyone couldn't have any of the other treats kids brought in. Starburst were my other go to option.

JeansNTees · 17/09/2019 19:21

My DD (nut allergy) loves Made Good packs of snacks (granola balls with either chocolate chips or dried fruits, bit sugary) but they are hard to get in the UK. Some ASDAs have them then just Amazon that I've found. But, they are pretty much guaranteed not to have peanuts, tree nuts, gluten, dairy, egg, soy, sesame, and fish so they cover a large number of kids!!

ukel · 17/09/2019 21:12

Lots of kids at the school that I work at are very diverse, so Enjoy Life is used a lots. Muslim kids, vegan kids, allergic kids, very tricky! Grin

SakuraM · 19/09/2019 17:34

Thanks so much for your very useful suggestions! I'm glad I asked smile :)

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