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Hello fellow readers! Happy post HALLOWEEN!  I hope each and every one of you had a simply divine day filled with costumes and candy.  For all you post Trick or Treater's, I have some great news!  In case you were all digging through your bags of candy and worried about the ingredients, fear not from the Tootsie Brand! The Tootsie Brand candies are made and processed with zero gluten !  To be clear there is no gluten in the ingredients or in the manufacturing plant!  (with the exception of Andes Cookies) Amazing news!  In addition the candies are free of nuts and peanuts! Disclaimer:  Corn and soy products are used.  Andes cookies are not gluten free. Tootsie Rolls, Tootsie Fruit Rolls, Fruities and DOTS have been Kosher Certified by the Orthodox Union!  More great news! The Tootsie Brand does not use any wheat, barley, rye, oats, tritacale, spelt or any of their components, ether as ingredients or part of the manufactur...

Halloween is just around the corner!  Being that is is my favorite holiday I shall continue to blog devilish treats till Halloween Day. Recipe can be found on Pamela's Website . Have a spooky day! Enjoy! xoxo Julie goodiegoodiegluten-free.blogspot.com  

**found in InStyle Magazine October 2010 Black Shadow serves 1 1 lemon wedge sanding sugar 1 shot potato vodka mixed with 2 drops of black food coloring 1.  Moisten rim of martini glass with lemon, coat with sugar (sanding sugar) and refrigerate until ready to serve. 2.  In a cocktail shaker filled halfway with ice, shake vodka. 3.  Strain into a chilled glass Kiss Of Dealth serves 1 Prosecco or champagne Maraschino Cherry Fill a champagne flute with cold bubbly.  Garnish with a cherry. Sweeney Todd serves 1 3 oz. concentrated mango juice 5 drops of red food coloring 1 shot of tequila 1 oz. fresh lime juice 1/2 oz. Cointreau 1 oz. cranberry juice 3 drops black food coloring (plus 3-4 additional drops) 1 white rock candy swizzle stick 1.  Pour mango juice into a high ball glass; stir in red food coloring.  2.  In a cocktail shaker filled halfway with ice...

**found in InStyle Magazine October 2010 Serves 12 (makes 36 skewers) 10 oz. semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped 1 1/3 cups sweetened condensed milk 1/2 cup milk Brown raffia for broomsticks (try MJtrimmings ) 1 pint blueberries, raspberries or blackberries Chocolate Sauce: 1.  In a heavy saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate, stirring constantly 2.  Pour in condensed milk, continuing to stir until combined 3.  Add regular milk and mix until smooth 4. Pour into a serving dish **If you do not want to use whole milk, try soy milk, almond milk, buttermilk or low fat milk Broomsticks: 1. Cut a piece of raffia into ten 1 and 1-half-inch lengths. 2.  Bunch cut pieces together; tie one end with another piece of raffia 3.  Knot securely and trim 4.  Insert a long toothpick in middle.  Repeat steps 1 to 3 for each broomstick. 5. Skewer 3 berries per stick **you can also use a mix of all berries comb...

**found in InStyle Magazine October 2010 Serves 12 (24 Brownies) 6 oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped 2 oz. unsweetened chocolate, chopped 6 tbsp. unsalted butter, softened 1 1/2 cups sugar 2 tsp. vanilla extract (try Tahitian Vanilla or Mexican Vanilla-It gives it a sweeter taste) 4 large eggs 1 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. xanthan gum 1 cups GF all purpose flour (try Bob's Red Mill) 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips 1 sheet of vellum for stencil  Powdered Sugar (Confections Sugar) **the original recipe calls for silver sanding sugar, but I am not 100% sure that something like that is gluten-free, so I offer confections sugar which will do the same trick and taste better.  This recipe is covered gluten free. If you don't have vellum, wax paper will do.  And if you don't have a utility knife, then scissors or an exacto knife will do, if you don't have confections sugar, colored sugar will do. 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grea...

**found in InStyle Magazine October 2010 and converted. Serves 12 (24 Smores) 2 cups GF Graham Cracker crumbs (try  The Grainless Baker ,  Enjoy Life ,  Kinnikinnick  or  Jo-sef ) 1/4 tsp salt 4 tbsp sugar 2 sticks unsalted butter softened 4 egg yolks, slightly beaten 3 cups GF white chocolate chips 1 10.5 oz. bag of mini marshmallows 1.  In a food processor or large mixing bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs, salt, sugar, butter and egg yolks.  Mix thoroughly.   2.  Press mixture evenly into a greased 12 x 17 inch baking tray; place in refrigerator to chill for about 30 minutes. 3.  Melt chocolate chips in a saucepan over low heat, stirring continuously. 4.   Pour melted chocolate over graham cracker mixture; spread evenly 5.  Return tray to refrigerator for another 30 minutes, or until chocolate hardens 6.  Cut out rounds using a cookie cutter or an upside-down drinking glass. ...

**Found in InStyle Magazine, October 2010 You don't have to be a gluten feene to eat licorice!  No..out there in the world of gluten free markets and health food stores you can actually find amazing gluten-free licorice!   For some diagnosed with CD or a gluten-intolerance it was the cake, cookies, pie and pasta that made joining the gluten-free world even harder.  For me it was black licorice.  I love licorice!  Passionately.  I do.  And when I went gluten free and was reading ingredients at markets, I saw the first ingredient in licorice: wheat starch.  Ugh bummer!  Eventually I got used to it, and stopped looking for licorice...but every now and again I would find a random brand at the market and hope it would be gluten-free.  Of course after turning the package over and reading the ingredients it wasn't.  And then I'd be disappointed all over again. I kept thinking why is there no gluten-free licorice?  But alas...

There are always going to be candies that you should use caution with.  There is so much that offer gluten-free ingredients which is great, but what about cross-contamination?  You have to be careful.  Below is a list compiled by many of the great bloggers out there.  I found this post while googling and I find that these lists ALWAYS help. Use Caution: Air heads (manufactured in a facility that processes wheat flour) Brach's Autumn Mix (milk, egg, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts and soy are present on the equipment) Brach's Candy Corn (milk, egg, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts and soy are present on the equipment) Brach's Mellowcreme Pumpkins, Branch's Milk Maid Caramel Apple Candy Corn, Brach's Milk Maid Royals Nougats (milk, egg, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts and soy are present on the equipment) Chuckles (packed on equipment that also packages products containing traces of milk, egg, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts and/or soy ingredients) Farley's Harvest Mix a...

Well, well...In one week it will be my FAVORITE holiday of the year!  Halloween!! And what I would want nothing more is to help others celebrate this holiday gluten-free.  Below is a fabulous list of gluten-free candy!! yay! that should help you have a gluten-free spooktacular Halloween.  I have found quite a few great lists and I am combining them and sharing them with you and your children! SAFE AND DELICIOUS GLUTEN-FREE CANDY:   3 Musketeers Mint w/ dark chocolate bar and fun size Act II Popcorn Balls Annie's Organic Bunny Fruit Snacks Applehead, Grapehead, Cherryhead Alberts Iced Halloween Pops Almond Joy fun size bars (manufactured in a facility that also processes peanuts) Baby Ruth fun size and bars Barrels of Candy by Treat Street Bazooka Big Mix (includes bubble gum filled candy, candy chews, and bubble gum filled lollipops) Betty Crocker Fruit By The Foot Wicked Webs Berry Wave Mini Feet Betty Crocker Halloween fruit flavore...

Well, the truth is in the title of this post.  I heart GF Licorice.  But so hard to find.  Another UK brand creates a masterpiece with Orgran's black licorice.  It is soooo good!  Made with Molasses instead of wheat starch, you'll end up eating the whole bag!   If you are a lover of licorice like me, you may have just found your bite of heaven.  I kid you not.  You may not know it, but most licorice brands use some form of wheat in their ingredients.  Sad but true!  Brands like Twizzlers and Panda both use wheat starch.  Brands like Orgran, Candy Tree and Jelly Belly (Licorice jelly beans) either use molasses or corn starch.  These two ingredients are both safe. Enjoy! xoxo Julie http://www.goodiegoodiegluten-free.blogspot.com/

I don't know about you, but I HEART Licorice.  It's too bad that MOST licorice brands contain wheat starch or some form of wheat in their ingredients.  When I went gluten-free I said goodbye Good and Plenty, goodbye Twizzlers and all those other brands like Panda and such.  Total bummer! Even throughout the course of my gluten-free existance I found Austrailian brands that were gluten-free, but then upon receiving them and checking the ingredients I noticed Carmel Coloring.  Carmel coloring is a big no no culprit for me.  Some Celiac's can tolerate carmel coloring, and according to the FDA since it is under 20ppm of gluten it is acceptable.  But it is not 100% gluten-free.  So if you are sensitive like me, then this ingredients needs to be knocked off your "safe" list.  Now don't get confused with Caramel and Caramel Coloring.  They are different.  The first one is ok, the second is not. Oh what to do, what to do....

When it comes to candy being gluten-free I am always skeptic!  It's hard to tell what actually is gluten-free from the imposters that pose as gluten-free and then after digesting you end up feeling sick.  Modified Food Starch is the culprit.  If the starch in MFS is corn based then you are ok, and it is gluten-free, but if it's not, then it's definitely not gluten-free.  In the past this was not always labeled, and therefore for the past 4 1/2 years of being gluten-free, I just steered clear.  Well, now with some products I don't have to.  Good news!  Mike and Ike candies are not only gluten-free but they confirm it on the box!!  Good stuff! Questions or concerns?  http://www.mikeandike.com/ xoxo Julie http://www.goodiegoodiegluten-free.blogspot.com/

Good news gals and guys! Necco Candy Hearts are gluten-free!  One of my favorite past times are those little sugary hearts with terms of endearment on them.  Love me, Love you, Have a Sweet day and so on.  Now you can enjoy those colorful sugary hearts on Valentines day too! xoxo Julie www.goodiegoodiegluten-free.blogspot.com/

Jelly Belly Jelly beans (all flavors) are safe for Celiacs.  All flavors are gluten-free, all types.  Each bag is stamped in bold as gluten-free. xx Julie Like Goodie and wanna Fall In Love?  Follow me on  Instagram,  Facebook,  Twitter , &  Pinterest ! Do you love Nutrition, Health and Wellness? Then check out the  Institute For Integrative Nutrition