WIN-It-Wednesday: Surf Sweets
Treat or Treat. It’s that time of year again. Candy is on everyone’s mind. But if you or anyone you know, or love, has 
food allergies or a gluten-intolerance this can be a spooky time of year when it comes to finding allergen and gluten friendly treats.
Thanks to Surf Sweets there’s some fantastic gluten and allergen free candies that are sure to please any allergen-free ghost or gluten-free goblin. Free of artificial sweeteners and flavors, Surf Sweet candies are also free of gluten, made in a nut-free facility, and are also casein free, wheat free, dairy free, soy free, egg free, fish free and shellfish free.
Surf sweets are also different than any other gummy candies and jelly beans because they’re made with natural colors, flavors, organic fruit juice and sweeteners. Another bonus is that they provide your daily allowance of Vitamin C and are one of the only candies made without corn syrup. Surf Sweets also offers some super fun products: Gummy Worms, Sour Bears and Jelly Beans are just a few of the choices. They also offer tons of great Halloween recipes on their website that are fun for the kids to make.
Obviously, this is a Boo-tiful (sorry, I couldn’t resist) sponsor for BeFreeForMe’s Halloween week’s WIN-It-Wednesday. The prize? One BeFreeForme member will win a gift box packed with Surf Sweet products… how sweet is that?
How can you win?
Easy!
Tell us what you, or your kids, will dress-up as for Halloween this year or the best Halloween costume you ever dressed up as or have ever seen. This should be a good one – full of some fun replies – and I can’t wait to read them all! (Me? My best costume ever was a hippy… when I was a little girl for years and years – I loved that navy blue fringed vest!)
All entries must be received by Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 12:00 Midnight (EST). You must be a BeFreeForMe member to win.
Good Luck, love those gluten and allergen free treats, and as always…
Boo Free!
Tags: Win-It-Wednesday
October 28th, 2009 at 2:35 am
I live near a lake in Africa where the world’s largest Nile crocodile, Gustav, lives. This year my husband and I went to a party dressed as Gustav and the real-life Indiana-Jones-type scientist who’s trying to catch him.
October 28th, 2009 at 6:24 am
My favorite costume as a child was when my friend and I each fit into a pantleg and shared a button down shirt and went as siamese twins. I thought we had the best costume!
October 28th, 2009 at 6:38 am
My daughter is going to be Barbie this year. My fave costume she wore was last year – she was Kiki from the animated movie Kiki’s Delivery Service, complete with child-sized broom and stuffed black cat!
October 28th, 2009 at 7:09 am
My favorite costume was Rin Tin Tin, I was about 6 years old and I still remember wearing that costume.
Wendy Knapp
October 28th, 2009 at 7:21 am
The best costumes I made for my children when they were little were a ninja turtle costume for my son, and a butterfly for my daughter.
October 28th, 2009 at 7:33 am
One of my favorite costumes was going in my father’s closet and picking out a wool jacket and tie. I would wear one of his hats and rub ashes from the fireplace on my face and go trick or treating. I could smell his cologne and it always made me feel safe. It was like having him with me. I also enjoyed wearing one piece pajamas with the feet in. I made felt and wire bunny ears and attached them to a head band. I pinned a bunny tail on the back of the pajamas and painted my face and I was ready to go. This year one daughter is Bat Woman and the other is Patty Mayonnaise from Doug cartoon and her boy friend is Quail Man.
October 28th, 2009 at 8:11 am
My daughter is going as a witch and my son is going as a football player!!
October 28th, 2009 at 8:23 am
I guess my best costume was my daughters-she was a pilgrim with hat dress and all. Though that wasn’t so spectacular-what was funny and memorable was that she wanted to wear it for her school picture! I tried to talk her out of it but in the end I let her win-so we have a school picture of a pilgrim from 5th grade! Ha!
October 28th, 2009 at 8:29 am
My daughter is dressing up as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz – The best Halloween customer I say was “Mr. Bill” from Saturday night live – many years ago! It was a great costume!
Happy Halloween!
October 28th, 2009 at 9:03 am
I’m not a big candy eater but what’s halloween without candy corn and jelly beans. Thanks
October 28th, 2009 at 9:20 am
I dressed up as Rainbow Brite for multiple Halloweens when I was in elementary school….homemade costume complete with colored false eyelashes!
October 28th, 2009 at 10:20 am
My two favorite Halloween costumes as a kid were the Easter bunny (complete with fuzzy “bunny bag” pajamas and moon boots) and a Hersey’s kiss.
October 28th, 2009 at 10:41 am
The best costume that I ever had was the year (age 4) I was Olive Oyl. My Mom made my costume and it was awesome. She even used some of that temporary hair dye that is in shampoo form to turn my blonde hair black. My Dad was so upset when it didn’t wash all the way out. It took a few days. I personally loved it.
October 28th, 2009 at 10:52 am
My 5 year old is going to be Minnie Mouse (she saved up her allowance for a LONG time to buy this costume) and my 1 year old is going to be a Bears Cheerleader.
October 28th, 2009 at 10:58 am
My fabulous hubby is bald, so this year we are dressing him in a yellow polo shirt with a black zig-zag at the bottom and drawing a Charlie Brown face on the back of his head! Bald is beautiful. ; )
October 28th, 2009 at 11:00 am
My favorite costume was a princess when I was 4. My parents didn’t do the trick or treat thing but my babysitter got me a costume and took me out while she was babysitting. I didn’t trick or treat again until I was 12. Then I was Pippy Longstockings. This year I will be an Angel and my son will be a Vampire.
October 28th, 2009 at 11:07 am
At age 63, I enjoy seeing my grandchildren (and children!) in their costumes.
My favorite was last year when my daughter dressed as Princess Leila and my 2 young grandsons were the good and the evil of Star Wars, Darth Vader & Anakin Skywalker. My daughter is very talented this way, and her homemade costumes are very creative, put together with items picked up at a Goodwill type store. I can’t wait to see what comes this coming Saturday!
October 28th, 2009 at 11:28 am
We don’t celebrate halloween, but the most creative costume I’ve ever seen was a cute little redhead girl with an obviously home made costume that made her look exactly like Daphne from Scooby Doo. It was uncanny how much she looked the part.
October 28th, 2009 at 11:30 am
My roommate and I are going to dress up as Freudian slips! We are going to wear name tags that say freud and write freduian sayings all over us and have beards and glasses!
October 28th, 2009 at 11:40 am
My girls are 3 and 5 and for the last couple of years they want their costumes to fit a theme last year they were a polar bear and snow princess, this year a mermaid and tropical fish! I love that they want to do it together. As you can tell one is very girly and all about princesses and one loves animals. I hope they keep it up for a few years- we have so much fun coming up with the theme and finding something they each love within it then my mother in law makes the costumes!
October 28th, 2009 at 11:42 am
I finally have a little girl to dress up (13 months), so she will be a ladybug fairy princess (red and black tutu, red wings with black spots, a tiara with antennae, and a glow-in-the-dark fairy wand). My 3 year old boy will be a pirate, and my 7 year old will be a Jedi (I haven’t finished his costume yet). I will be the Halloween fairy, complete with orange wings, a glow-in-the-dark wand, and a black and orange tutu.
October 28th, 2009 at 11:43 am
I’m taking my pug to PugFest this year and they have a costume contest. This year he’s going as Buzz, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets’ mascot. 🙂
When I was a kid my two favorites were a witch with a giant black witch hat and a gypsy.
October 28th, 2009 at 11:57 am
The best costume I have seen is one that a friend of mine in college put together. Being in college we were always broke. He took the rattiest shirt and a pair of jeans that was mostly wholes and waded them up on his floor and set a pile of books on them the night before. That day he left his hair mussed and put corn syrup on his chin and cheeks and dipped them in coffee grounds. Between the face an the grbby looking clothes he looked like he had just crawled off the nearest box car, especially with the bandana stuffed with paper tied to a long twig,
October 28th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
The best costume I ever had was the year I decided to get my sister to do a matching costume and we where Thing 1 and Thing 2 from Dr. Seuss. We got red sweat suits and printed out iron on transfers to put on the tops and got blue clown wigs and clown noses. Painted our faces white and where the perfect duo! I of course was Thing 2 because I’m the youngest and always caused the most trouble! We where too old to go trick or treating, but went around with some younger kids to make sure they where safe. Everyone loved the costumes so much that we ended up with a ton of candy anyway!
October 28th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Favorite costume is a mounted policeman–combined a police officer costume with a horse costume. That was my 3-year old grandson last Halloween.
October 28th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
I generally use my creative techniques to put Halloween costumes together for myself and my two sons aged 6 and 7 with items picked up at the local St. Vincent de Paul or Goodwill stores. My favorite was a couple years ago. My youngest son was Scooby Doo, the other was Shaggy, I was Daphne, my sister-in-law was Velma, and my nephews were Freddie and the Villain. We were so convincing that some of our relatives didn’t even know who I was.
October 28th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
At this point in my life I enjoy seeing my grandchildren (and children!) in their costumes. My favorite was last year when my daughter dressed as Princess Leia and my 2 young grandsons were the good and the evil of Star Wars, Darth Vader & Anakin Skywalker. My daughter is very talented and her homemade costumes are very creative, put together with items picked up at Goodwill type stores. At times her costume is so good that relatives and friends don’t even realize it is her! I can’t wait to see what comes this Halloween! And of course she has to insure that the candy for herself and my youngest grandson are gluten free!
October 28th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
I generally use my creative techniques to put Halloween costumes together for myself and my two sons aged 6 and 7 with items picked up at the local St. Vincent de Paul or Goodwill stores. My favorite was a couple years ago. My youngest son was Scooby Doo, the other was Shaggy, I was Daphne, my sister-in-law was Velma, and my nephews were Freddie and the Villain. We were so convincing that some of our relatives didn’t even know who I was.
October 28th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
My personal favorite costume was when I was a pumpkin when I was five, but the most creative I have seen was last year I saw a boy as a trash can with real trash glued to him and his sister was a recycling bin. 🙂
October 28th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
my girls (1,3,5) will all be Cinderella for Halloween. I bought them all different dresses and the Bump-Its. Yes, the ones off the infomercial! We had a trial run yesterday and they will look sooooo cute! As for me, one year I dressed up as a Medieval Times princess and went hoping around Manhattan, so much fun!
October 28th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
My favorite costume was the Bride of Frankenstein. My mom made it and it was awesome. I won a costume contest – $5, which was a lot of money to a 5th grader at the time. 🙂
I’m dressed up as “All Dolled Up” this year. Lots of barbie dolls on a dress are involved! Fun times!
October 28th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
My favorite costume was when I dressed up as a nurse, Molly Coddle, and got lots and lots of hugs and tons of candy.
October 28th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
I went as Strawberry Shortcake one year and even brought a tray of strawberry cupcakes to the party I went to. I made the costume myself with stuff I found at thrift stores. It is an AWESOME costume.
October 28th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
This year’s costume is simple and easy. Bunny ears and all white clothing.
October 28th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
I think the best halloween costume I remember was a set of costumes my mom made for my sister and her friend. They were cavewomen and looked so real! The outfits were made of fake fur and they even found fake bones to wear in their hair!
October 28th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
My favorite halloween costume growing up was an EMT (just like my parents).
October 28th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
I always loved being a princess. I don’t dress up much as an adult though, I think I need to change that!
October 28th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Hmmm, I’m not sure if I’ll dress up this year though I’m dressing my dog up as a hotdog (he’s a dachshund)! If I’m just handing out candy then I probably won’t dress up. If I help out at our city’s carnival then I’ll throw something fun together.
October 28th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
I dressed up as Pippi Longstocking, one of my favorite literary characters growing up, when I was about 8 years old! I even made a wig using a coat hanger to make my braids stick out. 🙂
October 29th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Gonna dress my 2 miniature dachshunds as hot dogs, one with mustard and one with ketchup. Just 2 large buns, one on each side of them, with the topping down the middle of their backs. Adorable!
October 29th, 2009 at 9:05 am
A few years ago, I put a “L” on the front of my shirt and a “H” on the back. They were symbolic of weather systems, and high pressure always follows low pressure! Not very fancy, but it was fun explaining to my friends!
October 29th, 2009 at 9:25 am
My favorite costume I wore was a flapper in college!! My girls are going to be a bride and a clown. It pretty much sums up their personalities. We have purchased the gummy bears and jelly beans from surf sweats and they are fabulous.. thanks you for this wonderful offer.
October 30th, 2009 at 1:34 am
Two of my grand daughters, the oldest is 3years and dressing up as a pirate. (She’s practicing her Arrgh!!!) the youngest is 6 months old and is being dressed as a parrot. They live in Houston and I can hardly wait to see pictures of them. Last year the oldest was dressed as a skunk because she’s a little stinker at times.
October 30th, 2009 at 8:24 am
When I was two years old, I dressed as a pea pod for Halloween. It was one of the cutest things you have ever seen! I had on a green sweatsuit and then the pea pod slide over the top with two peas on my belly, one cut out for my face to be the pea, and the stem going up on my head. If that costume had still fit me, I surely would have worn it this year, 17 years later.
October 30th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
My favorite costume growning up was a princess.
October 30th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
One year I was invited to Halloween party and I dressed as a pregnant woman–In my fifties, I think that is the scariest thing I could think of and many other middle aged women agreed with me.
October 30th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
I am a social worker and work with homeless, pregnant and parenting teenagers. This year for our Halloween party I got a giant “cry baby” costume. The 2 and 3 year old kids at work thought it was so funny that I was a baby and wearing a diaper. The moms loved being able to tease me and make fun of me. I even carried around a giant pacifier that squeaks which came in handy for when I needed to get a baby to look at the camera for photos!
November 1st, 2009 at 11:46 am
I dressed up as Disney’s Sorcerer and sat at the end of my driveway to hand out the magical goodies.
As a child it was Woody Woodpecker. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha Haaaaaaaa
November 24th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
The winner of the Surf Sweets WIN-It-Wednesday is:
Janet L. from New York
Congratulations, Janet
Be Free!
Kathleen