Would you be OK with other kids eating...

I can answer this wonderfully at this moment. NO. NO. NO.

I won't get into how many 504 violations I've got going right now, but part of today's violations are those chocolate gold coins.

My son didn't get his bag like the other students today because they had nuts. Nuts, in a nut free classroom.

Definitely not okay with it. Not okay with it on many levels.

Wait, have to clarify, this kid brought the gold coins for his OWN snack...not for the class.

Still NO??

[b]the snack is supposed to be peanut/treenut free.[/b]

Your kid's classroom criteria, right? Still a "no" from me.

Just fyi, there is a brand of the chocolate gold coins that is safe, nut-free; Pasquez. As far as the candy issue, yup, it sure is candy.

[url="http://www.chocolategelt.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/23/products_id/252Pasquez"]http://www.chocolategelt.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/23/products_id/252Pasquez[/url]

Those chocolate coins are not going to hurt my son as long as he knows he cannot eat them so it's OK with me. Although I don't think they should be bringing candy to school. And is K old enough to be that responsible should the kid decide to share?
Peg

i'm not sure how i feel about it from the standpoint of whether or not it's safe or should be allowed (because at the worst, it's probably only a "may contain", right??). however, i don't think that's a very good snack for a child in general. chocolate candy for a pick-me-up snack during the day?? i think of chocolate as "junk" (very yummy junk, but junk nonetheless). doesn't sound like a very nutritious snack to me. i can't think of a single time when i've ever put candy in my girls' lunch box or sent candy for a snack for them or their classmates. i probably wouldn't worry about the chocolate coins if they are "may contain" at the worst - but i sure wouldn't want my kids eating them for a snack. one or two for christmas or a holiday party maybe (if they were "safe") but not for a regular snack during a regular day.

If it's a peanut-free classroom, then it's a peanut-free classroom, no exceptions. A lot of times, those gold coins say "may contain" on the label.

It isn't Hanukkah yet (starts Friday night) so the gold coins aren't technically part of a holiday celebration.

I get my kids their gold coins from Vermont Nut Free. I don't trust any of the other companies that make them.

Yonit...a concerned parent at our synagogue called last month on the Pasquez coins from the very same link you posted. She was told that while they are nut-free, they are NOT peanut-free. This was the same response I received when I called them about 2 years ago.

I don't want to take this topic in another directions, just wanted to share differing information. "If 100 people call 1 company, 100 different responses will be received!"

I would be okay with it, but my son's classroom allow's "may contains." (He always has his own snack). If you do focus in on this child's snack, make sure you're consistent - do other kids bring in "may contains", like an unlabled baked good, too?

I wouldn't think I'd be comfortable being the one to enforce a "no candy" policy if it doesn't endanger my child.

I would be OK with it in DS's class, but his class is not nut-free. If "nut-free" means no nuts/peanuts as ingredients, but "may contain" is ok, then that should be fine. But if "may contain" is supposed to be off-limits, then you really need to bring it to the teacher's attention (you want to avoid the slippery slope). I know you also wrote that the snacks are supposed to be healthy. But I concern myself less about that (when it is a personal, not shared, snack) since I figure if the parent gives the child an unhealthy snack, that is their decision, whether I agree or not.

Yes. We don't ask people to refrain from sending may-contains. But if there's a no candy for snacks rule... Our primary school's policy is "please send a healthy snack", without specifics, and the teachers don't enforce it. My DS's 3rd grade class has a specific "no candy for snacks" rule in his classroom.

Is it peanut/nut free? or traces of peanut/nut free?

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chocolate daily at school and he's always in trouble. no clues as to why [img]http://uumor.pair.com/nutalle2/peanutallergy/rolleyes.gif[/img] (Not at you, but at the teacher and mom who allow this.)

As long as it does NOT contain peanuts or nuts in it, I would be fine with the other kids eating it.

If the label said, MAY CONTAIN, but it didn't contain, it shouldn't be allowed in a nut-safe school or classroom.

The problem? A lot of confectionaries have the MAY CONTAIN on the big package, but not on the individal candy,cookie etc.

A kid could bring in a treat with MAY CONTAIN on the label, and have it sent home, - or the kid may take the item out of the wrapper and who would know it said MAY CONTAIN?

Personally, I'm ok with others eating anything as long as there are no actual nuts or peanut butter etc. in it.

Thanks everyone.

I didn't say anything to the teacher about this. It was par for the course with this particular mom (major fiasco earlier in the year with a halloween cookie issue). And her son is the worst behaved kid in the class.

I'd be interested to observe snack time a few days to see what the kids are bringing. The school (and state) has a "no candy or soda in school" rule.

I don't think there was a direct threat to my kid -- I guess I'm ok with the other kids eating may contains -- but I do wonder what else this particular mom sends in.