Peanut-Free Chocolate

[Tifferz]

Okay, this may sound silly, but it has been my quest the last week to make Em' some chocolate chip cookies, they've been around a lot lately, but -of course - we face the age old risk of baked goods made elsewhere. So if I could just find some chocolate chips that weren't made around peanut stuff, that would make it happen, all the other ingredients seem okay to use, but it's been total chaos trying to find some chips.

A) I went to Safeway where I looked at the back of the bags of 3 chip makers: Nestle, Ghiradelli, and the good ole Safeway Select. The first two mentioned the familiar "made on equipment..." line, but the Safeway one didn't (which tells me either they miraculously have a chocolate-only facility, or they are insufficiently labelling their products, my gut is saying the latter...)

B) Online "Allergy" stores seem to only carry the Chocolate chips that have quotation marks. You know what I mean if you've looked, the soy-free, dairy-free, nut-free, chocolate flavored tofu chips or whatever the heck they're made of. We don't have a chocolate allergy, we have a PEANUT allergy! Why is it so hard to find un-tainted chocolate?!

So if any of you know of a place where we could find chocolate minus the quotation marks, you would be a HUGE help!

[Tara Zinna]

Vermont Nut Free Chocolates! REAL chocolate chips-- super fresh! I prefer them to Nestle now! And they have "safe" M&M's & jelly beans too... a must with my 2.5 year old DD!

[Tifferz]

Thanks! I'll have to check it out. I've gone to their site before, but it seemed like they only had truffles and prepared candy, not plain chocolate, I'll have to look harder, thank you so much!

[Tara Zinna]

Here's the link to the chocolate chips!

http://vnf.secure-mall.com/shop/?shop=1&cat=3&cart=286051

They are so tasty-- very fresh!!! I prefer the milk choc... my husband prefers the semi sweet... ands Ava loves them BOTH!!!

[Chupieandjsmama]

Enjoy Life makes safe chocolate chips.

http://www.enjoylifefoods.com/our_foods/chocolate_chips/semisweet_c...

They have candy bars too:

http://www.enjoylifefoods.com/our_foods/chocolate_bars/rice_milk_ba...

And they are really good!

[Tara Zinna]

Stacy-- Did you ask VT Nutfree if any local stores carry their product? A candy store near my husband's office sells their products... thats how I get mine!

[AndISawHerFace-Twice]

http://www.peanutfreeplanet.com/Enjoy_Life_Chocolate_Chips_p/enjoyl...

[Brandy Brown]

I am new to thie blog and you may have found something but we use Hershey's chips. Actually we use lots of hersheys, kisses, syrup, they are excellent for baking and just eating! Let me know what else you found if anything!

[Brandy Brown]

Tara Zinna said:

Vermont Nut Free Chocolates! REAL chocolate chips-- super fresh! I prefer them to Nestle now! And they have "safe" M&M's & jelly beans too... a must with my 2.5 year old DD!

[Brandy Brown]

I just saw the link for Vermont chocolates! How exciting!!!!! Halloween candy and everything, I am going to go "nuts" with this:-) Having our kids eat yummy chocolates and be safe.

[Steve Leffer]

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[Jana Stewart]

Wow do I really know how you feel. Our Family loves chocolate chip cookies and when my daughter was born we left no stone unturned finding what was safe for her. For chocolate chips the way to go is GUITTARD, their factory is in SF, Ca they are totally nut free. they are in a silver foil colored package. we live in the Bay Area, CA and have no problem finding them. let me know if you do and maybe we can get you some info. Also See's candy chocolate chips. you can google them both I am sure.

[Teri Hale]

hello all,
I find that I prefer to just buy some good dark chocolate and chop or grind it to make chips for cookies. That way you can get some very good quality chocolate and no worries about the peanuts. That is when you get the good name brands that specialize in chocolate making, maybe Ghirardelli and so on.

Plus the dark chocolate has good antioxidant properties and more flavor too.

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