Friday, October 16, 2015

Gimbal's Fine Candies: Allergy Friendly Candies!

Gimbals Fine Candies

Disclosure: I received the below product(s) in exchange for my honest review. All opinions and experiences are our own and may differ from your own views. 

Gimbal's Fine Candies!
 Gimbal's Fine Candies was founded in 1989 by Alexander Gimbal, the first Gimbal Candy Kitchen was in downtown San Francisco. Four generations later and the passion for making delectable treats still remains at Gimbal's Fine Candies. Gimbal's motto is "Making Gourmet Candies for Everyone Everyday". They make candies from old-time favorites to fun and innovative new candies, everything created by Gimbal is made with pride, her in the USA.

 Allergy Friendly Candies!
Gimbal's candies are allergy friendly, they are 100% free of peanut, tree nut, gluten, dairy, soy and egg. These ingredients are responsible for countless allergic reactions across the nation. We love Gimbal's since they are safe for Ezio. He is allergic to tree nuts, peanut, egg, coconut, sesame, cinnamon, and a few others so we are very thankful for companies who take allergies into consideration when creating their products.


Our Review of Gimbal's Fine Candies

We received three bags of Gimbal's Fine Candies; Gourmet Jelly Beans, Sour Gourmet Jelly Beans and Sour Lovers (heart shaped). 

The Gourmet Jelly Beans have 41 flavors! These were created in an exquisite array of colors and are packed with antioxidant Vitamin C and burst with real juice and intense flavor from the delicate shell to the chewy center. These Gourmet Jelly Beans are available a 3 oz or 14 oz package as well as a 40 oz jar. With these tasty 41 flavors you can try various combinations or "recipes" for a gathered taste. Here are a few examples, but check out the Recipes at Gimbal's

Want to try four jelly beans that will taste like a Pomegranate Cosmo


I think the Frosted Cupcake would be my favorite! 
 
 Let me know in the comments below which Gourmet Jelly Bean Recipe you'd like to try or a single flavor jelly bean.

The Sour Gourmet Jelly Beans offer a mouthwatering sour fruit flavor that will leaving you wanting another handful. These jelly beans come in a mixture of 12 juicy and incredibly scrumptious flavors. These are also a good source of antioxidant Vitamin C.

Which deliciously sour flavor would you like to try of the Sour Gourmet Jelly Beans? I ALWAYS have loved Sour Apple! 

The Sour Lovers are like soft and chewy (no hard outer layer), sugary and sour all in one. They will make you pucker! The Sour Lovers come in 12 brand new, pucker-up, mouth-watering flavors! Including; Meyer Lemon and Pomegranate to Mango, Bing Cherry and Strawberry Daiquiri. Sour Lovers has revolutionized sour candy forever. These of course are also high in antioxidants Vitamin C. 
 
 I ate quite a few of theGourmet Jelly Beans and I didn't come across any bad or gross tasting ones and I assume the children loved all of the flavors as well since I didn't find any spit out. Even Cade who is very picky loved these jelly beans! Since finishing this bag, Cade has asked me to get more. Ezio also loves them a ton, plus they are one of few safe snacks that I can give to Ezio. 

The Sour Gourmet Jelly Beans were also delicious and that was the first bag to be emptied by our family. Cade really likes sour candies.  I have longed for a sour candy and while all of them did not make me pucker a few caught me totally off guard and I may have even made a funny face.The Sour Lovers were definitely great. 

Halloween Treats
For Halloween this year I will be purchasing some more Gimbal's Fine Candies. There is a Teal Pumpkin Project, we will have a Teal Pumpkin proudly displayed for the other families with allergies to know that we are a safe place for them to get candy or other treats. I am planning on bagging up some of Gimbal's candies in Halloween themed baggies and passing those out to children with food allergies (if requested by their parent or themselves).

These would also make for a great treat to send to school with your child if someone in their class has a food allergy. Ezio is not yet in school, but I hope next year when he starts that he wont have to be completely excluded from parties and such due to his list of allergens. This is the main reason I am striving to send safe treats and snacks for all students. 

Connect with Gimbal

Check out Gimbal's Fine Candies and let me know which you'd like to try and why. What flavor would you be most interested in tasting?

63 comments:

  1. I didn't know they had allergy friendly candies. I have to tell my daughter about these. My grandson has allergies. Thanks for sharing.

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  2. Like Marie Moddy, I never realized they made allergy friendly candies either. It seems to me like allergies are on the rise among children, these would be very useful on

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  3. These candies sound so delicious. I love all the different flavors. I love that they are allergy friendly, too!

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  4. Oh I love jelly beans. Love that these are allergy friendly. This will be a big hit for a lot of families.

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  5. Jelly beans are the best! These look like they'll be great for the holidays!

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  6. Ohh these candies sound fantastic, love that they are allergy friendly! Great. x

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  7. My son-in-law loves candy like this and these would be perfect to add to his stocking this year. Yes, I still do stockings for all the kids, grandkids and, well, everyone in the family.

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  8. I love that these are allergy friendly and they look delicious. I love making jelly bean recipes even at my age. Lol

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  9. We have various allergies in our house, so finding a candy everyone can eat is a pain. I will definitely be checking these out!

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  10. I have not heard of these candies before! I love that they make allergy friendly candy.

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  11. I have to make jelly beans treat bags for Halloween! I haven't had these I need to discover them

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  12. Gimbals candies sound like an amazing candy company and great for all who have allergies. I have to admit that I would love to try all these flavors but the first flavor I would try is the ice cream cake one. Yummy!!

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  13. They all have the tasty flavors in the candy mix. It's so nice that they offer a lot of variety here.

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  14. I love Jelly Beans! It's my go to candy! I am definitely going to check this brand out.

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  15. Thanks for sharing this! I'm so sorry your little guy is allergic to so much, but it is nice that there's Gimbals! I think Gimbals would be perfect for school parties! No need to worry, if we had that!

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  16. This is awesome! It seems finding allergy free products/treats can be quite challenging these days! Great post!

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  17. MMmm! Those jelly beans look delicious, I'd love to try the frosted cupcake recipe. So good to know that there is an allergy free option for candies especially with Halloween around the corner.

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  18. I'd love to try their 'recipes' from the Gourmet Jellybeans! The Baja Margarita flavor sounds great to me!

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  19. Cinnamon Lovers is a candy that I would love to buy. I love the taste of cinnamon so this would be a nice, refreshing candy to enjoy.

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  20. The Sour Jelly Beans sound so good! I've always loved sour candy. I would also love to try Gimbals Lava Balls! I've not tried any of this candy. It sounds great!

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  21. Thankfully no one in my household has food allergies. I would love to share this candy with my nephew. He has some issues with red dye though, it seems to make him hyper!

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  22. I love sour candies. Because of this I would love to try Gimbal's Sour Lovers candy

    abfantom at yahoo dot com

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  23. I'd like to try the Cherry Lover's. I like that as a bonus, they're loaded with Vitamin C. I'm all about the oxidants. I don't want to rust and end up frozen by the side of the road wishing for an oil can.

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  24. I would love to try the gourmet jelly beans, while my hubby would go for the sour ones. I like sweets, he likes sours!

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  25. What an array of flavors in this candy. I would like just about any of them I really like anything sweet or sour. Sometimes to combine flavors in these types of Jelly Beans makes a great taste.

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  26. Hmm, I really love jelly beans, but the Cherry Lovers Candy looks good, too. My youngest nephew would be nuts for these!

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  27. I would love to try some of those different flavor jelly beans. They sound good.

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  28. I would love to try their All Natural Licorice Scotties they sound so good

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  29. I'd like to try the Cherry Lovers candy :) I love jelly beans but I'd like something different this time :)

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  30. You and I think alike. I was going to comment that I wanted to try the Pomagrante Cosmo and the Frosted Cupcake, but it looks like you beat me to them. Ok, I'll take the Cherry Torte.

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  31. Hmm, I'm a jelly bean person, but the little black doggie shaped candies are cute! I might like to try those, too.

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  32. I want to try the cherry lovers jelly beans. I think my grandkids will like these.

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  33. I would like to try the Cinnamon Lovers candy. My nephew would also love them!

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  34. Nobody I know of has food allergies. I would share with my nephew!

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  35. I would like to try the Cherry Lovers or Red Scotties. Both sound great!

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  36. The sour gourmet jelly beans looks delicious and love that they are allergen free! You don't have to worry about other kids' allergies!

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  37. I really like that they've made candies for people with allergies. So cool that they don't have to miss out of sweet treats! I'd love to try their Cherry Lovers Chews. They sound delicious!

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  38. I would like to try the gourmet Jelly beans and my kids would like to try the sour jelly beans.

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  39. The cherry lovers candy would be great, too. Still, I've always loved jelly beans & the flavors here look great!

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  40. I Love jelly beans! The kids love the sour jelly beans!

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  41. I would love to try the licorice scotties and the cinnamin lovers and cherry lovers. Oh I would love to try all of them. I love candy, I am a total sugar junkie

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  42. I would love to try the All Natural Licorice Scotties. How cute are they?

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  43. I love sour jelly beans, and the cherry lovers candy looks really sweet! I'd love either of those!

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  44. I have to say, the little black Scotties candies are really cute. Still, I think if I were choosing one candy, I would go with the jelly beans! They have amazing flavors.

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  45. Sour Gourmet Jelly Beans because I really love anything sour!

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  46. I love jellybeans all year round. They are great for curbing the sweet tooth!

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  47. We love jelly beans & we love anything sour around this house! So, the Sour Gourmet Jelly Beans sounds great!

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  48. In addition to the jelly beans, I'd love to try the Cherry Lovers candy. You can't beat the taste of cherries!

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  49. I would love to try the Cherry Lovers Candy, too. I love any thing cherry-flavored!

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  50. I love sour stuff, so I bet the Sour Jelly Beans would be my favorite. The Cherry Lovers Candy sounds great, too!

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  51. The little black Scotties, shaped like the dogs, are cute, but I'd love to try the Cherry Lovers Candy! Those look good.

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  52. I'd like to try the Cherry lovers Candy, too. The different flavors of jelly beans that they use to make 'recipes' sound great, too.

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  53. I would love to try any of the jellybeans, but especially the frosted cupcake!

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  54. I love sour candy so I'd really like to try the sour jelly beans, but I bet the cherry Lovers Candy would be great too.

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  55. I'd like to try the Sour Lovers flavor candy. I love sour candy and I love that these are made with real fruit juice.

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  56. this sounds like a great candy company. I would love to try the Gourmet Jelly Beans

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  57. I'ma huge fan of Jelly Beans, so I'd love to try the gourmet jelly beans! I love combining them to get some new interesting flavors!

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  58. I think the Cherry Lovers Candy would be great too. I love anything cherry flavored, so I would definitely go for those.

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  59. I would love to try the Sour Gourmet Jelly Beans and the Cherry Lovers candy. They all sound so great!

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  60. These all look so good. I would like to try the Cinnamon Lovers as I love candies which have a cinnamon taste to them.
    Laurie Emerson
    lauraemerson17 at yahoo dot com

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  61. I would love to try the Cinnamon Lovers candy. I love cinnamon candy, I always have some in my purse. :) I've never had to deal with any food allergies with my kiddos, thank goodness! Thanks for sharing! :)

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  62. I would love to try the Cinnamon Lovers candy. I love cinnamon candy, I always have some in my purse. :) I've never had to deal with any food allergies with my kiddos, thank goodness! Thanks for sharing! :)

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  63. They have some really yummy candies. I want to try out their Chewy Cinnamon LavaBalls

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