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.
Pearl Saban says
I’d love to try the Plentils. An interesting name and a terrific snack.
Glogirl says
I think I would enjoy the S’mores Dessert Bars.
Tara Betterley says
I want to try the Crunchy Sugar Mini Cookies. Awesome for lunches.
Silvia D says
would love to try the Cherry Cobbler Flavour Dessert Bars
Amy C says
I would like to try the Double Chocolate Brownie Soft Baked Cookies and the S’mores Dessert Bars.
Tanya bell says
I would like to try the dark chocolate bars…yummy
Ellyn S. says
I would like to try their vegan spread margerine replacement)
Jennifer says
Mmmmmmm. I love their trail mix
Carol Denny says
I would try the chocolate bars
joanne darrell says
I would enjoy the mini cookies.
lori butler says
id like to try the molasses cookies
Carly Williams says
I would love to try the mini cookies!
Elizabeth Robinson says
I would like to try their Ricemilk Chocolate bar.
Rhonda W G. says
Snickerdoodles please but I’d try any of these treats!
jan says
If I won I’d beg that there be a variety of Plentils – so want to try them
Cheryl says
I would most like to try the dessert bars 🙂
Andrea Amy says
I would love to try the soft baked cookies
krysta d says
I would like to try the “Caramel Apple” baked chewy bars!
Jody D says
I would love to try their Double Chocolate Brownie Soft Baked Cookies
tammy ta says
I have never tried any before. I think I mught like to start with the Double Chocolate Brownie Soft Baked Cookies.
Judy Cowan says
Would love to try their Dark Chocolate Bar! They have a nice selection of products.
Nicole B says
I would love to try the soft baked chocolate chip cookies!
Brenda Penton says
I want to try the Cherry Cobbler Flavour Dessert Bars
DebP says
I’d like to try their Mixed Berries chewy bars.
Mary Boudreau says
Would like to try the soft baked chocolate chip cookies
Janet M says
I would like to try their baking chocolate.
mousecat says
I think I would enjoy the baking chocolate the most!
Alison Braidwood says
I think it’s got to be Choco S’mores. Who could resist those?
Stephanie LaPlante says
I’d love to try the Crunchy Double Chocolate Mini Cookies
Pam says
I would like to try the SunSeedMD Chocolate Crunch Dessert Bars
angela m says
I would love to try the Semi-Sweet Chocolate
Mega Chunks
Florence Cochrane says
I would love to try the Plentils Lenitl Chips.
Amie Gaudet says
The #EnjoyLife product that we would most like to try is the Gingerbread Spice
Soft Baked Cookies.
They look and sound delicious.
Wendy hutton says
I would like to try the Double Chocolate Brownie Soft Baked Cookies
dani@lifeovereasy says
The soft baked cookies sound amazing!
Brenda Lacourciere says
I would love to try the BoomChocoBoom candy bar.
melissa fowers says
I would love to try the mini cookies! Thanks for the chance.
janine a says
the ricemilk chocolate bar looks yummy!
Courtney A says
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 🙂
kim says
I’d like to try the Crunchy Sugar Mini Cookies
Kaitlyn F says
As a vegan, I am ridiculously excited about the rice milk chocolate bar! http://enjoylifefoods.ca/our-food/chocolate-bar/boom-choco-boom-ricemilk/
kathy downey says
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
Nancy says
I would like to try the Plentils.
Natalie says
The crunchy chocolate chip cookies sound delicious!
Vanessa L. says
I would love to try the S’mores Dessert Bars and the Cherry Cobbler Flavour Dessert Bars!
KellyPC says
I’d love to try the S’mores dessert bars!
Won says
I would love to try the Dark Chocolate Morsels
Linda Svarovsky says
Rice ilk chocolate bar is a favourite
alexa says
would like to try them all
maria says
The Smores bars sound good
Heather Swanson says
chocolate bars
Aarone Mawdsley says
the double chocolate brownie cookies
Tainan Lu says
I would love to try the Double Chocolate Brownie Soft Baked Cookies
Francine says
I’d love to try the mini-chips
ivy pluchinsky says
I would like the mini cookies.
LisaM says
I’d love to win these for a friend – her son would love the boomchocoboom bar!
Robyn Bellefleur says
I would love to try the molasses cookies.
Juliee Fitze says
Cherry Cobbler Flavoured Dessert Bars sound so yummy.
Calvin f. says
Crunchy Cookies sounds like something I’d like to try.
AD says
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!
Sandra Mcg says
I would most like to try the Plentil Lentil chips. I am always looking for a yummy cruncy snack….and I love lentils!
Melanie Borhi says
I would like to try mini cookies. Seems like a nice treat for stress free enjoyment
crystal porter says
I would like to try the chewy bars
Denae Boucher says
Would love to try the caramel apple chewy bars.
Joshua Spiers says
We would like to try the baking chocolate!
Shirley S says
I would love to try the Double Chocolate Brownie Soft Baked Cookies.
Marlene V says
I would love to try the Chocolate Chip
Soft Baked Cookies
Jeannie says
I like the sunseed chocolate crunch dessert bars.
Nicole S says
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.
Sarah De Diego says
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
Journeys of The Zoo
Holly MacRitchie says
I would love to try the S’Mores Dessert Bars
LILLIAN BROWN says
I want to try the Crunchy Sugar Mini Cookies, first
Karine says
I’d really like to try the chocolate riz cookies
Rosanne Robinson says
Oh boy, the Double Chocolate Brownie Soft Baked Cookies sound awesome!
Karla Sceviour says
I would like to try the Double Chocolate Brownie
Soft Baked Cookies –hmm sounds so yummy.
Brenda Witherspoon-Bedard says
would like to try the Double Chocolate Brownie Soft Baked Cookies
Linda Markell says
I would like to try the Cherry Cobbler flavored dessert bars. They sound to be a favorite.
Damian says
Anything. Everything I’ve tried so far has been delicious.
Tava says
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…
Tabby72 says
I’d like to try the single-serve mini cookies, perfect for my daughter’s lunches!
missbobloblaw says
I’d love to try the Cherry Cobbler Flavour Dessert Bars.
Doris humber says
I would love to try their mini cookies.
Lucy says
I would like to try the chocolate chips!
Mindy says
Love all Enjoy Life products! My kids think their products are the best gluten free goodies.
Julie bolduc says
The chewy bars look yummy
Caryn Coates says
I would love to try their Chocolate Chip Crunchy Cookie
Wanda Bee says
I would most like to try their Chocolate Chip Crunchy Cookies.
Linda says
I would most like to try the Mountain Mambo Seed & Fruit Mix.
dave says
love to try the Cherry Cobbler Flavour Dessert Bars
Mike Gismondi says
The Mountain Mambo Seed & Fruit Mix is my pick
Carey Hurst says
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
Marcie says
the cookies look delicious
Laurie W. says
I would love to try the Soft Baked Snickerdoodle Mini Cookies.
Julie Kiwi says
The chewy bar to grab on busy morning on go.
Betty S says
I would like to try the BOOMCHOCOBOOM Chocolate bar
Cory Fillion says
I think the Enjoy Life Foods product I would like to try are the soft baked chocolate chip cookies
Elizabeth Companion says
I like the chewy caramel apple chewy bar!
Aimee says
The s’mores bars look really good.
suzi says
I’d like to try the s’mores bars
Anne Clemmer says
Grab & Go Packs great for travel.
Melissa L. says
This seems like a really good brand! I will be using these products in the future thanks for the post
Fan R says
Looks like great products to buy for people with allergies! And they can be taken to school for lunches.
Mary says
I discovered Enjoy Life because of all my food allergies. They have some really great food!