Yeah, it’s technically still summer, but we are 2 months away from Halloween. And whether or not you are a party person or a costume person, we can all appreciate some Halloween foods. Which can be tricky if you have some common food sensitivities or allergies! I personally can’t have gluten, dairy, corn, soy, or eggs, so I’ve pulled together a list of Halloween recipes that work for all of those or some combination of them. 

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Cooking for Common Food Sensitivities: Brands To Use 

A lot of these recipes require ingredients that, if you don’t get ones that are allergy-friendly, the finished product won’t be allergy-friendly. So let’s talk about some incredible brands and products that you might want to check out when you make these delicious recipes.

Enjoy Life – This is an incredible brand that you MUST check out if you have food allergies or sensitivities. Their website says, “all Enjoy Life products are free–from gluten and 14 common allergens, including the Top 8 in the US and Canada’s twelve priority allergens” (x). Specifically, all of their products are free of “wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, dairy, soy, egg, sesame, casein, sulfites, lupin, mustard, fish, shellfish & crustaceans” (x). 

While not all Enjoy Life are low-FODMAP friendly, they do have an increasing number of foods that are certified FODMAP-friendly. Check that list here. 

Additionally, their facility is dedicated nut-free (x). Their bakery is dedicated gluten-free (x). As for their non-bakery products, “The Lentil Chips are produced in a facility that contains gluten, and are made using a certified gluten free process” (x). Plus, “Most of our products are made in a dedicated dairy-free facility” (x). 

Now that we’ve covered that, let’s look at their products that you might need for making delicious Halloween recipes. 

• Semi-Sweet Mini Chocolate Chips 
• Baking Dark Chocolate Baking Morsels 
• Ricemilk Chocolate 
• Ricemilk Chocolate

Peanut Butter – There are several recipes in this post that require peanut butter. If you don’t have nut allergies, but you can’t have soy, then regular peanut butter doesn’t work. Natural Jif Creamy and Natural Skippy both work. The ingredients in Natural Jif Creamy are peanuts, sugar, palm oil, salt, and molasses (x). The ingredients in Natural Skippy are peanuts, sugar, palm oil, and sea salt (x). HOWEVER! Natural Jif Crunchy does have soy oil, so you want the creamy one if you can’t have soy. Natural Skippy Crunchy is soy-free, though.

Bob’s Red Mill – If you’re going to make Halloween recipes without common food sensitivities, you have to use Bob’s Red Mill. Bob’s has so many incredible ingredients and products. Not all of them are certified gluten-free, but if you can tolerate cross-contacted food, you can eat lots. 

Additionally, “Products marked with a red GF logo are processed and packaged in our dedicated gluten free facility,” and “also offer some products that are certified gluten free by the Gluten-Free Certification Organization” (x).

If you have allergy-allergies, then Bob’s might not work for you. Their FAQ says, “Our Gluten Free Facility processes almonds, hazelnuts, cashews, coconut, macadamia nuts, pecans, walnuts, soy and sesame seeds” (x).

Here are some products from Bob’s that you’ve got to use if you’re baking for people with food sensitivities (again, not ideal for everyone).

• Old Fashioned Rolled Oats
• Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour
• ​​Gluten Free All Purpose Baking Flour
• Xanthan Gum
• Organic Golden Flaxseed Meal
• Gluten Free Egg Replacer

Before we talk about recipes, let’s look at store-bought options.

Halloween Candy

Vegan Candy Guide (Plant Powered Couple) – This is a guide to store-bought candy that is vegan. Very helpful!

Gluten Free Halloween Candy List (Urban Tastebud) – Similarly, this is a guide to store-bought candy that is gluten-free.

Recipes for Common Food Sensitivities

Gluten Free Mummy Brownies (What the Fork) – not corn-free or egg-free

Halloween Puppy Chow (Three Olives Branch) – If you use candy melts from brands that work for you, then these can be free of anything you want or need! 

Gluten-free Halloween Dirt Cups (Celiac Mama) – These are also free of dairy, soy, and eggs, but they do have corn starch.

Gluten-free Dairy-free Caramel Apples (The Fit Cookie) – These do have corn syrup, but they don’t have eggs and can be made soy-free.

Food Substitutions for Allergies & Sensitivities

Easy Gluten-Free Spider Cookies (The Pennywise Mama) – Since these rely on Reese’s peanut butter cups, I’m pretty sure they are not free of anything other than gluten.

Vegan Gluten-Free Halloween Butterfinger Bites (Chef Bai) – These require corn in multiple forms, FYI. 

Ghost Popcorn Balls (The First Year Blog) – If you use dairy-free and soy-free butter, these are free of gluten, dairy, eggs, and soy.

Paleo Tombstone Pudding Cups (Whole Food for 7) – This relies a lot on coconut and dairy, so it’s not the most allergy-friendly, but it is gluten-free.

Spider Cupcakes for Halloween (Texan Erin) – These are also not super allergy-friendly, but there are gluten-free and vegan options.

36 Delicious Halloween Treats

20 Corn-Free Halloween Recipes 

Like a lot of common allergens, you never realize how much corn is used until you have to cut it out. Especially corn syrup and corn starch! So let’s look at recipes that don’t use corn.

Pumpkin Snickerdoodles (Allergylicious) – These are vegan and also free of gluten, soy, and corn.

Gluten-free Cookie Dough Pumpkin Pops (My Joy Filled Life) – These do not have eggs or corn in them.

Healthy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies (Evolving Table) – These are free of gluten, dairy, corn, and soy!

Gluten-free vegan Halloween Cut Out Cookies (Just What We Eat) – also corn and soy free

Gluten-free vegan Gingerbread Skeleton Cookies (G-Free Foodie) – also corn and soy free

The Best Food Substitutions for Common Intolerances

Mummy Rice Krispies Treats (Pink Fortitude) – These are gluten-free and vegan. As long as you get marshmallows that work for your food sensitivities, these are free of tons of things, such as gluten, dairy, corn, soy, and eggs.

Vegan Hocus Pocus Spellbook Cookies (The Banana Diaries) – This is more about the decorating process than anything else, but Britt from The Banana Diaries has a fudgy vegan brownie recipe, which also has a gluten-free option. Those brownies also are corn-free. 

Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread (Hot Pan Kitchen) – These are not vegan, but they are free of soy and corn.

Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal Cream Pies (Six Vegan Sisters) – These are vegan, as well as free of soy and corn.

Dark Chocolate Pumpkin Truffles (Build Your Bite) – In addition to being gluten-free, these are also vegan and soy and corn free.

“Spooky” Monster Halloween Cake Balls (The Loopy Whisk) – These are vegan, as well as free of soy, corn, and nuts.

Vegan Halloween Pinwheel Cookies (Short Girl Tall Order) – These are not gluten-free, but they are vegan and corn-free.

Vegan Halloween Cupcakes: Ghosts, Monsters, and Bats (Keeping the Peas) – These are not gluten-free, but they are free of dairy, corn, soy, and eggs.

Chocolate-Covered Mummy Sugar Cookies (Nourishing Amy) – These are not gluten-free, but they are free of dairy, corn, soy, and eggs.

Easy Vegan Halloween Cookies (Shivani Loves Food) – Again, not gluten-free, but they are free of dairy, corn, soy, and eggs.

Vegan Meringue Ghosts (Gathering Dreams) – These are free of gluten, dairy, corn, soy, and eggs.

Double Chocolate Halloween “Cheesecake” (Cocoon Cooks) – These are free of gluten, dairy, corn, soy, and eggs.

Pentagram Topped Vegan Apple Pies (Domestic Gothess) – These are not gluten-free, but they are free of dairy, corn, soy, and eggs.

Gluten-Free Ghost Cupcakes (Strength and Sunshine) – These are also vegan and fully allergy-free.

Matcha Monster Cookies (Sweet Rustic Bakes) – These are gluten-free and also free of corn and soy, but they do have dairy and egg. 

What are your favorite Halloween recipes?

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