Allergen Free Snacks At Costco

CrabNebula

My daughter has a birthday coming up and she wants to have snacks for the class to celebrate. Lots of the kids in the class have some allergy or food intolerance or whatever, so I guess I have to buy something GF, peanut free, dairy free and I have no frickin clue what to buy because we don't have any allergies. I don't know how it will go over if half the class gets to eat tasty Costco bakery cookies and the rest get apples because I don't know what else these people can eat. Does Costco sell good allergen free snacks that kids (9-10 year old) will like? I really don't want to have to go to six different stores for this crap and anything homemade is completely banned, so forget that.

JenHuedy

Been there, done that. Costco has lots of fruit snacks, fruit pouches & various dried fruits. They also have cases of individual bags of things like snappea crisps and veggie crisps. Jello cups are also good for that crowd.

tryin2die2self

What about Bamboo Lane Crunchy Rice Rollers @ Costco? They are like a modified rice cake, taste similar to Sugar Smacks (the cereal with the frog on the front). My eldest daughter takes one roller to school every day as a snack and she loves them. You get 6 rolls in a pack and 4 packs in a package (@ about $6 a package).

elphie754

Honestly? I'd hold off on serving any food to her class. If you don't know which kids have allergies and to what, it can be very easy to accidentally make something that contains an allergen. There is also the chance of cross contamination (as someone with allergies I have had numerous issues with cross contamination with Costco products to the point I no longer shop there).

Some schools even have rules that you can't bring in food for birthdays. My soon to be step daughters school doesn't allow students to bring in treats or share ANY food with other students.

CrabNebula

elphie754 wrote: »

Honestly? I'd hold off on serving any food to her class. If you don't know which kids have allergies and to what, it can be very easy to accidentally make something that contains an allergen. There is also the chance of cross contamination (as someone with allergies I have had numerous issues with cross contamination with Costco products to the point I no longer shop there).

Some schools even have rules that you can't bring in food for birthdays. My soon to be step daughters school doesn't allow students to bring in treats or share ANY food with other students.

Her's isn't that restrictive and other kids bring in stuff for their birthdays, so the expectation is kind of there. I would like to bring something, but I'm lazy and only want to stop at Costco on the way home tonight. Maybe they all get socks. I'm glad she is aging out of this.

ASKyle

Maybe bring a non-edible item to share so that you don't have to deal with it at all? Bouncy balls, cheap frisbees??

I am only 27- But I don't recall this being an issue when I was young. Do you feel like this is a recent development with the volume of allergies?

elphie754

ASKyle wrote: »

Maybe bring a non-edible item to share so that you don't have to deal with it at all? Bouncy balls, cheap frisbees??

I am only 27- But I don't recall this being an issue when I was young. Do you feel like this is a recent development with the volume of allergies?

I am 28. This was still and issue when I was in school. I had several classmates with allergies. Basically the schools take on it was "not our problem just tell your kids not to eat it". Now it seems the schools have shifted to "please don't bring in food for your kids to share" attitude.

Linzon

elphie754 wrote: »

ASKyle wrote: »

Maybe bring a non-edible item to share so that you don't have to deal with it at all? Bouncy balls, cheap frisbees??

I am only 27- But I don't recall this being an issue when I was young. Do you feel like this is a recent development with the volume of allergies?

I am 28. This was still and issue when I was in school. I had several classmates with allergies. Basically the schools take on it was "not our problem just tell your kids not to eat it". Now it seems the schools have shifted to "please don't bring in food for your kids to share" attitude.

I'm 31 with a kid of my own in school and it seems they are more aware of allergies, but how they deal with it is definitely varies. For example other schools in the district have a blanket peanut ban regardless of whether an allergy is present or not, while my son's school does it on a room-by-room basis. In preschool, peanuts and tree nuts were banned outright even though nobody had an allergy to them, but there was a kid with an anaphylactic reaction to egg whites and those were still allowed, his mom just provided alternative treats for him on treat days.

OP, what about one of Costco's fruit trays? That or beef jerky is probably the only thing that's going to accommodate everyone.