Corn Syrup Free Candy

[isabelladangelo]

I've had the corn allergy for about a year and I've been serious about "no corn" for almost a year. It's been...interesting. Not only can I not have *anything* that has corn syrup in it, but also no corn starch. Oh, and the food companies think it's funny to rename something either dextrose or "modified food starch" because some how if you rename it, it no longer has the corn DNA. 0_o?

I have to be careful of everything from potato chips (fried in corn oil) to ice cream, to bubble gum, to breads, and even medications (Tums). Really, the only "snack" food I've been able to eat lately are Hersey bars (even my favorite Reese Cups have dextrose in them) and dove chocolates. Yet, in summer, I'm use to fun stuff like lollipops, gobstoppers, and cinnamon red hots -none of which I can have anymore. Well, Trader Joe's carries the organic lollipops which are awesome but still, most regular sweets have corn.

Given that, I looked up any corn syrup free candies and found this:
http://www.naturalcandystore.com/category/corn-syrup-free-candy

They have a good about of candy (cinnamons? Yay!) and also specialize in a lot of other restrictive diets. I'm going to order some candy from them tonight (MARSHMELLOWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and see how they are.

Comments

[madamekat.livejournal.com]

So I imagine you'll be bringing a "corn syrup free" food item to the party on Saturday. Can't wait!

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking some sort of cake for now. :-) Although there are a couple of good cake mixes out there that are corn free, I really like the ones from scratch.

[kaypendragon.livejournal.com]

I've recently had the Surf Sweets Natural Gummy Bears - they're pretty tasty and have real fruit juice, so you can pretend they're good for you!