Good Things #16

Halloween Good Things:

Look for these alternatives to the usual synthetic loot:

1. Yummy-gummy goodness: Try Surf Sweets Gummy Worms or Organic Classic Gummi Bears from Surf Sweets or Let’s Do Organic, both made with organic natural sweeteners and without artificial colors and flavors.
2. The new chew: Look for Glee Gum, a natural gum (no synthetic plastics) in cinnamon, peppermint and tangerine flavours, made with sustainably harvested natural chicle from Central American rainforests.
3. A smarter kind of Smarties®: Sun Drops by Sunspire- candy-coated chocolate or peanut bites with no artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives.
4. Fruit Lollipops by Pure Fun or Yummy Earth: organic lollipops in both old and new flavours- lemon, green apple, watermelon, goji berry, tangerine, and pomegranate. No synthetic colors; their colorings come from red beet, red cabbage, annatto extract, turmeric extract, purple carrots, and alfalfa extract!
5. Fair trade eco-chocolate: Try organic dark/milk/white chocolate squares from Green & Black’s, organic and fair trade dark chocolate bites from Equal Exchange, or ethically-traded milk-chocolate squares by Endangered Species.
6. Crystal Cuts: Colorful old-fashioned hard candies from Hammond’s in Grape, Orange, Lemon, and Cherry.
7. Maple hard candies: Leaf-shaped candies flavored and colored with real maple syrup.
8. Spicy Cinnamon Candy by Pure Fun: This certified organic, vegan, gluten-free, kosher candy actually contains red cabbage to get its color!
9. Organic dark-chocolate covered raisins by Sunspire: a much healthier version of Raisinettes®.
10. Organic Jelly Beans by Surf Sweets
11. More pep in your step: Honey Mint Patties by Honey Acres are an incredibly pure version of Pep® mint and chocolate patties- their ingredients are only honey, unsweetened chocolate, and peppermint.

The kids in our neighborhood won't be getting Capri-Suns (with recyclable packaging) this year, so I hope they aren't expecting it. (Jamie says they won't be.) We will be handing out All-Natural Fruit Leathers instead of candy.