When my son was first diagnosed with multiple food allergies, I have to admit that it felt like the end of the world. How in the heck were we supposed to feed him healthy and tasty food without accidentally poisoning him? It may seem kind of dramatic when I talk about it, but it was and still remains an extremely difficult thing to manage. I can remember walking the aisles of the grocery store, reading label and after label, wondering what half of the stuff listed really was. Did you know that there are literally dozens of words that mean a food item contains egg in some form? For example, livetin, ovalbumin, simplesse and vitelin, to name a few. For a parent dealing with an egg allergy, these words are enough to make you run screaming through the dairy section, crying for help.
When I first learned about a company called Enjoy Life Foods, I rushed to the store to search the shelves. What I saw there did make me cry. Tears of relief, tears of happiness and tears of gratitude. Finally, food that I could feed my child, my baby and not fear that each bite could take his life. Why? Because Enjoy Life Foods makes products that are free from the eight most common food allergens in the United States, which are: wheat, dairy, peanuts, tree nuts, egg, soy, fish and shellfish. This is taken one step further here in Canada where Enjoy Life products are free from the top twelve priority food allergens, which includes the big eight listed above plus sulfites, crustaceans, sesame and mustard. This is music to the ears of a food allergy parent.
Enjoy Life Foods is constantly looking at ways to make life even better for their customers, so they keep introducing new and exciting products. At last count there were over 50 different allergy-friendly products, including cookies, snack bars, seed and fruit mixes, baking chocolate, snack chips and even chocolate bars. This makes every day great for food allergy sufferers, but even better than that, it allows the holidays, like Halloween, Christmas and Easter, to be looked forward to and not feared. A simple thing like a chocolate bar that is safe can mean a world of difference to a child who just wants to fit in.
Earlier this fall Enjoy Life sent my family and I some lovely products to try out, along with a cute new teal pumpkin, in support of the #TealPumpkinProject. My son was head over heels with excitement to receive treats just for him.♥ This was our third year supporting the #TealPumpkinProject, but knowing that Enjoy Life had other goodies for him to try out and be able to bring to school, made my week! It’s hard to tell in this photo, but William was so in love with the Enjoy Life Boom Choco Boom candy bar, he was in a trance.
One of the things I was thrilled to find when William was younger were the Enjoy Life Soft Baked cookies. These moist and delicious cookies could be tucked into a snack container for trips to the mall or just for a treat while out for a stroll. Snickerdoodles were a favourite and now they come in a mini, single serve pack! These handy little prepackaged goodies are safe to pack in school lunches and they will stay fresh. The Soft Baked come in Chocolate Chip, Double Chocolate Brownie and Snickerdoodle. Their Crunchy mini counterparts come in Chocolate Chip, Double Chocolate, Vanilla Honey Graham and Sugar Crisp (my fave!)
The Giveaway
One lucky MapleMouseMama reader is going to win a prize pack containing a selection of Enjoy Life Foods products, like the one pictured above. To be eligible to win just complete the Rafflecopter below with your qualifying answers. This giveaway is open to Canadian residents, ages 18 and older. Please read our giveaway rules before entering. This giveaway ends on December 10th, 2016 at 11:59pm. Good luck!
Which Enjoy Life Foods products do you think you would most like to try? You can have a look at all of their products here.
FT&PD
Suz
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**Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Enjoy Life Foods. In exchange for this review, I have received special perks in the form of products and/or compensation. All opinions on this blog are my own.
I’d love to try the Plentils. An interesting name and a terrific snack.
I think I would enjoy the S’mores Dessert Bars.
I want to try the Crunchy Sugar Mini Cookies. Awesome for lunches.
would love to try the Cherry Cobbler Flavour Dessert Bars
I would like to try the Double Chocolate Brownie Soft Baked Cookies and the S’mores Dessert Bars.
I would like to try the dark chocolate bars…yummy
I would like to try their vegan spread margerine replacement)
Mmmmmmm. I love their trail mix
I would try the chocolate bars
I would enjoy the mini cookies.
id like to try the molasses cookies
I would love to try the mini cookies!
I would like to try their Ricemilk Chocolate bar.
Snickerdoodles please but I’d try any of these treats!
If I won I’d beg that there be a variety of Plentils – so want to try them
I would most like to try the dessert bars
I would love to try the soft baked cookies
I would like to try the “Caramel Apple” baked chewy bars!
I would love to try their Double Chocolate Brownie Soft Baked Cookies
I have never tried any before. I think I mught like to start with the Double Chocolate Brownie Soft Baked Cookies.
Would love to try their Dark Chocolate Bar! They have a nice selection of products.
I would love to try the soft baked chocolate chip cookies!
I want to try the Cherry Cobbler Flavour Dessert Bars
I’d like to try their Mixed Berries chewy bars.
Would like to try the soft baked chocolate chip cookies
I would like to try their baking chocolate.
I think I would enjoy the baking chocolate the most!
I think it’s got to be Choco S’mores. Who could resist those?
I’d love to try the Crunchy Double Chocolate Mini Cookies
I would like to try the SunSeedMD Chocolate Crunch Dessert Bars
I would love to try the Semi-Sweet Chocolate
Mega Chunks
I would love to try the Plentils Lenitl Chips.
The #EnjoyLife product that we would most like to try is the Gingerbread Spice
Soft Baked Cookies.
They look and sound delicious.
I would like to try the Double Chocolate Brownie Soft Baked Cookies
The soft baked cookies sound amazing!
I would love to try the BoomChocoBoom candy bar.
I would love to try the mini cookies! Thanks for the chance.
the ricemilk chocolate bar looks yummy!
I use the enjoy life chocolate chips often! They’re all I can eat, I’m allergic to so much, thank God for these. I would love to try the mini cookies
I’d like to try the Crunchy Sugar Mini Cookies
As a vegan, I am ridiculously excited about the rice milk chocolate bar! http://enjoylifefoods.ca/our-food/chocolate-bar/boom-choco-boom-ricemilk/
I have tried most of their products and really
like them.I haven’t tried the baking mixes so would like to try the pizza mix
I would like to try the Plentils.
The crunchy chocolate chip cookies sound delicious!
I would love to try the S’mores Dessert Bars and the Cherry Cobbler Flavour Dessert Bars!
I’d love to try the S’mores dessert bars!
I would love to try the Dark Chocolate Morsels
Rice ilk chocolate bar is a favourite
would like to try them all
The Smores bars sound good
chocolate bars
the double chocolate brownie cookies
I would love to try the Double Chocolate Brownie Soft Baked Cookies
I’d love to try the mini-chips
I would like the mini cookies.
I’d love to win these for a friend – her son would love the boomchocoboom bar!
I would love to try the molasses cookies.
Cherry Cobbler Flavoured Dessert Bars sound so yummy.
Crunchy Cookies sounds like something I’d like to try.
I have had the pleasure of trying some of Enjoy Life Foods’ products, specifically the Trail Mix and the Crunchy Cookies. But I would love to try the Brownie Mix and the All-Purpose Flour Mix. Thanks!
I would most like to try the Plentil Lentil chips. I am always looking for a yummy cruncy snack….and I love lentils!
I would like to try mini cookies. Seems like a nice treat for stress free enjoyment
I would like to try the chewy bars
Would love to try the caramel apple chewy bars.
We would like to try the baking chocolate!
I would love to try the Double Chocolate Brownie Soft Baked Cookies.
I would love to try the Chocolate Chip
Soft Baked Cookies
I like the sunseed chocolate crunch dessert bars.
I’d love to try the Dark Chocolate Morsels for my baking and the Double Chocolate Crunchy Cookies when I don’t have time to bake.
Which ones wouldn’t I like (it’s a shorter list
). The crunchy cookies are right up my alley and they have SHORTBREAD!!!
Besos Sarah
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I would love to try the S’Mores Dessert Bars
I want to try the Crunchy Sugar Mini Cookies, first
I’d really like to try the chocolate riz cookies
Oh boy, the Double Chocolate Brownie Soft Baked Cookies sound awesome!
I would like to try the Double Chocolate Brownie
Soft Baked Cookies –hmm sounds so yummy.
would like to try the Double Chocolate Brownie Soft Baked Cookies
I would like to try the Cherry Cobbler flavored dessert bars. They sound to be a favorite.
Anything. Everything I’ve tried so far has been delicious.
We love Enjoy Life products but some flavours I’ve seen on the website that I haven’t seen in store but would love to try include the Beach Bash Fruit & Seed Mix, the Snickerdoodles, the Cherry Cobbler Bars and the Dill & Sour Cream Plentils…
I’d like to try the single-serve mini cookies, perfect for my daughter’s lunches!
I’d love to try the Cherry Cobbler Flavour Dessert Bars.
I would love to try their mini cookies.
I would like to try the chocolate chips!
Love all Enjoy Life products! My kids think their products are the best gluten free goodies.
The chewy bars look yummy
I would love to try their Chocolate Chip Crunchy Cookie
I would most like to try their Chocolate Chip Crunchy Cookies.
I would most like to try the Mountain Mambo Seed & Fruit Mix.
love to try the Cherry Cobbler Flavour Dessert Bars
The Mountain Mambo Seed & Fruit Mix is my pick
Apart from already loving and buying enjoy life, I have yet to actually try a chocolate bar and salty snacks so I would love to try those ones . Thank you
the cookies look delicious
I would love to try the Soft Baked Snickerdoodle Mini Cookies.
The chewy bar to grab on busy morning on go.
I would like to try the BOOMCHOCOBOOM Chocolate bar
I think the Enjoy Life Foods product I would like to try are the soft baked chocolate chip cookies
I like the chewy caramel apple chewy bar!
The s’mores bars look really good.
I’d like to try the s’mores bars
Grab & Go Packs great for travel.
This seems like a really good brand! I will be using these products in the future thanks for the post
Looks like great products to buy for people with allergies! And they can be taken to school for lunches.
I discovered Enjoy Life because of all my food allergies. They have some really great food!