It’s time to go green for Halloween! Blythe Copeland from Great Neck, NY has a blog on planet green ‘s website that offers organic and ecofriendly Halloween candy for sale online, plus links to ecofriendly Halloween decorating ideas like using cotton balls as cobwebs, and using soy candles.
The blog has links to a lot of other good ideas for making our own Halloween costumes. Masks sold in stores can be made with very unhealthful polyvinylchorides (PVC’s).
One company that stands out is Endangered Species Chocolate. They have Halloween wrapped chocolate treats that sound really high quality for about $7 for 24 squares; and 10% of the proceeds goes to saving endangered species!
YummyEarth lollipops ($3.50 for a pack of 12) are made from natural fruit and veggie flavors and dyes and evaporated cane sugar.
Other organically made candies for sale online at this site are Betty Lou’s Organic Golden Smackers–chocolate and peanut butter–yum! A bit expensive, though–$31 for a box of 24.
Jelly Belly jelly beans has a Natural Flavor and Colors line, which I personally have been waiting for. The beans are made with things like banana puree, coconut flakes, and concentrated juices.
There’s also Glee Gum made from chicle from the Sapodilla tree that grows in rainforests in Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala, which helps those economies in an ecofriendly way.
Some of these products could be considered healthy alternatives. As a lover of sweets, this is what I’ve been waiting impatiently for. I think we need to make organic candy a really big trend.
Copeland, Blythe. (October 16, 2008). How To Go Green: Halloween. Retrieved October 23, 2008, from http://planetgreen.discovery.com/go-green/halloween/index.html
Image from www.organicauthority.com. (2008).
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