10/25/2026
🎃🍬 25 HIDDEN SPOOKY ALLERGENS IN HALLOWEEN TREATS! 👻
Halloween candy can hide more than a trick or two! 🕸️ Here are 25 ingredients and potential allergen sources to watch for when checking your treats.
🍭 THE 25 SPOOKY SUSPECTS:
1. 🥛 Milk — chocolate, caramel, nougat
2. 🥚 Eggs — nougat, meringue, some candy corn
3. 🥜 Peanuts — candy fillings and shared equipment
4. 🌰 Almonds — chocolate and praline
5. 🌰 Hazelnuts — chocolate spreads and pralines
6. 🌰 Cashews — nut clusters and chocolate
7. 🌾 Wheat — wafers, cookies, licorice
8. 🫘 Soy — lecithin in many chocolates
9. 🐟 Fish — uncommon in candy; check specialty products
10. 🦐 Crustacean shellfish — uncommon in candy; check specialty products
11. 🦪 Sesame — seed ingredients or cross-contact
12. 🌽 Corn — corn syrup and corn-derived ingredients
13. 🍬 Gelatin — gummy candies and marshmallows
14. 🎨 Food dyes — Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6
15. ✨ Shellac — glaze on some jelly beans and hard candies
16. 🌿 Carnauba wax — coating on some candies
17. 🍇 Sulfites — some dried-fruit sweets
18. 🌾 Barley malt — malted milk balls and crispy treats
19. 🌾 Modified food starch — source varies; may be wheat-derived
20. 🥥 Coconut — some chocolate and confectionery products
21. 🌴 Palm oil — chocolate coatings and fillings
22. 🌿 Peppermint oil — mint candies
23. 🍋 Citric acid — sour candies and gummies
24. 🌼 Vanillin — artificial vanilla flavoring
25. ⚠️ Cross-contact — shared equipment or production lines can introduce traces of other allergens
🕷️ One important Halloween rule: Always check the exact package, including fun-size wrappers. Ingredients and allergen warnings can differ between products and varieties.
🎃 For children who need an alternative to food treats, look for homes participating in the Teal Pumpkin Project!
🧡 Want to learn more about food allergies and sensitivities? Visit InfiniteAllergyLabs.com