Allergen-free Halloween Treats: Chocolate Sunflower Butter Cups, and Old-Fashioned Popcorn Balls

The following recipes are great allergen-free treats for Halloween. Not only are they dairy-free, soy-free, egg-free, peanut-free, tree nut-free, wheat-free, gluten-free (and of course shellfish-free and fish-free!), but they are also made without high fructose corn syrup or artificial flavors or colors, making them healthy whole foods options for this holiday season.

Chocolate Sunflower Butter Cups

These are as easy to make as it gets. I make them with my 5 year old food allergic son Lennon, who likes the process as much as the product.

It's Halloween and you have three choices when the legions of devils, witches, Harry Potters and Darth Vaders ring your doorbell. One: You can shout, "Bah humbug!" out the window and deliver your speech on the evils of refined sugar and capitalist holidays. Two: You can cave in and buy big packages of artificially flavored and colored transfat bombs. Or three: You can find some healthy, pre-packaged alternatives you'll feel great about offering to pint-size ghoulies.