Peanut allergy friendly school snacks

[Belle1962]

Someone in my DGS school must have a serious peanut allergy--signs are posted at all doors, in the cafeteria and notes have been coming home like crazy. Our turn to provide class snacks is within the next few weeks--any suggestions on absolutely peanut free/never even touched peanut dust snacks--they must come packaged in individual servings also.

TIA.

 

[MSSANDRA]

READ EVERYTHING... You will be surprised what does have at least traces of peanuts. Some that we use in our school are gold fish and teddy grahams in mini packs. Cheese sticks are good and individualy wraped and sometimes you can find cheese cubes as well. Individual packs of apple slices and carrots are a good healthy choice.

Good luck and thanks for being concerned.

 

[syko]

We do are allergy shopping at www.allergygrocery.com They have cookies that are individualy wraped, are egg, dairy, wheat, gluten and peanut free, but taste amazing!!!!!!!!!

 

[allergymoms]

Divvies, Gakssnacks, Enjoy Life, NoNuttin all make safe cookies.

*Some* potato chips are safe. Make sure to check the label as some are cooked in peanut oil. Also studies have shown that when there is a "may contain" warning about 10% of the time, the product *does contain* that ingredient.

Take care,
Gina
AllergyMoms.com

 

[mjantz]

Chiquita makes individual packets of apple slices and apple slices & grapes. I think they make carrot packets with ranch dressing cups as well but I'm not positive.

 

[momof2n2]

individual packs of oreos

hershey's kissables

if you want "healthier" go with goldfish

BUT READ THE PACKAGES TO BE SURE... they can change them anytime.

As mom of a kid with allergies, thank you for making such an effort!!

 

[jcc0621]

We have the same issue at DS's daycare. So we are always looking for ideas too. How many kids? There are 10 in DS's class and one of the things I will do for his class is to slice down some apples and take a pint size container of plain vanilla yogurt to dip the apples into (you could really use whatever fruit you want).

 

[dawnball]

You might try checking these lists out
http://www.walledlake.k12.mi.us/llake/peanut_free_snack_suggestions.htm
http://www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/RO/parent/peanut-freesnacks.pdf
http://www.holytrinitycatholicschool.org/NewWeb/schoolinformation/snacks.pdf

Obviously, you'll need to check the packages to make sure any of these products are still peanut free, but it would give you a place to start.

You might suggest to your school that it would be helpful if the parents of the peanut-allergic child provided a list of locally-available snacks that would be safe for their child. It's a lot of work to generate, but it makes everyone's life easier.

 

[jcc0621]

You might try checking these lists out
http://www.walledlake.k12.mi.us/llake/peanut_free_snack_suggestions.htm
http://www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/RO/parent/peanut-freesnacks.pdf
http://www.holytrinitycatholicschool.org/NewWeb/schoolinformation/snacks.pdf

Obviously, you'll need to check the packages to make sure any of these products are still peanut free, but it would give you a place to start.

You might suggest to your school that it would be helpful if the parents of the peanut-allergic child provided a list of locally-available snacks that would be safe for their child. It's a lot of work to generate, but it makes everyone's life easier.

These lists are awesome. Thanks for sharing

 

[memobrien]

something interesting that didn't ocurr to me is that the SIZE of the product can make a difference. there is a girl in my daughter's dance class that has a peanut aleregy. her mom wass telling me that there is a product that is OK for her daughter if she buys the small size bag (single serve i think) but NOT OK if she buys the big family size bag.

She even called the company when she read the labels and saw the difference. Apparently they are packaged in totally different plants but with difference processes. So one is safe and the other is not.

That would have NEVER occurred to me! Aanyway...something to think about...

maura

 

[GoinToDisney]

At shoprite, I found Halloween packaged Utz pretzels. They say on the label that they are processed in a nut free factory on dedicated equipment.

 

[mikymouse]

Raisins, Apple Slices or fruit, Gold fish, Saltines, cheese cubes, Graham crackers. Always READ labels because they do change procedures all the times at the plants.

I have severe nut allergies so I avoid ALL baked goods except Krispy Kreme Dounuts they do not have any nut products in the bakeries so I am VERY happy about that... last year they had snow men dounuts we brought in for a special class treat.

 

[maciec]

A safe bet for me was getting the Betty Crocker sugar cookie mix that comes in the bag. I would roll them out if I had the time and make all diferent kinds of fun shapes. The kids got a big kick out of the "stinky feet" I sent in. I used a cookie cutter in the shape of a foot and put green crystal sprinkles on them.

Just an idea

 

[5 blind mice]

You might try checking these lists out
http://www.walledlake.k12.mi.us/llake/peanut_free_snack_suggestions.htm
http://www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/RO/parent/peanut-freesnacks.pdf
http://www.holytrinitycatholicschool.org/NewWeb/schoolinformation/snacks.pdf

Obviously, you'll need to check the packages to make sure any of these products are still peanut free, but it would give you a place to start.

You might suggest to your school that it would be helpful if the parents of the peanut-allergic child provided a list of locally-available snacks that would be safe for their child. It's a lot of work to generate, but it makes everyone's life easier.

How cool is that??? My kids' school district is in your post. I never even knew they had such a list.

 

[PaulaSue]

The ONLY thing we could bring in last 2 years was pretzels, original goldfish and a certain kind of animal crackers (Not Stouffer's, a local company) since a little boy has peanut and dairy allergies.

 

[MamaOfTwoPrincesses]

You might try checking these lists out
http://www.walledlake.k12.mi.us/llake/peanut_free_snack_suggestions.htm
http://www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/RO/parent/peanut-freesnacks.pdf
http://www.holytrinitycatholicschool.org/NewWeb/schoolinformation/snacks.pdf

Obviously, you'll need to check the packages to make sure any of these products are still peanut free, but it would give you a place to start.

You might suggest to your school that it would be helpful if the parents of the peanut-allergic child provided a list of locally-available snacks that would be safe for their child. It's a lot of work to generate, but it makes everyone's life easier.

These are awesome lists! My dd is allergic to peanuts, and I have not seen theses sites before. I'm printing them out right now. Thanks!