Ta-da!

Aren't you wondering why I posted a picture of a KitKat? And more importantly why does it look a little odd? Well it's not a new Kit Kat premiere. Brace yourself. . . it's a nut free Kit Kat!!!!! Woohoo! Can't you just hear the violins and angels singing?!?! Since I'm allergic to peanuts I have had to be careful about reading the allergy warnings on foods. Surprisingly or maybe not, most candy bars are made in a facility that manufactures peanuts, on equipment that processes peanuts or my favorite (haha) warning, "may contain peanuts". (Kit Kats in America are no exception to this rule.) I never really gave that warning much attention until one day when I was pregnant with Cullen and snacking away on M&M's and heard a crunch and I mean more crunch than when you bite into the sweet candy shell. Suddenly I tasted peanuts, next I started itching and then I was downing Benadryl all for a little chocolate fix. Since then I've been a lot more careful when eating and tonight I decided to do a little investigating to see if I could find foods/candy that are nut free. Thank goodness for the Internet. It's at times like this that I don't know how I ever lived without it. Come to find out there are tons of great products out there for people like me. And thanks to soy butter I can now enjoy a PB&J again or rather a SB&J (Wal-Mart even sells it!). But the BEST news yet is that Nestle has a facility in Canada that is completely nut free and they make Kit Kats, Mars, and Aero. So, if you want to know what I want in my Christmas stocking this year you can refer to the above picture! I'm so excited I feel like it's already Christmas. Just knowing that I can enjoy Kit Kat's again without worry makes me hear sleigh bells!

YAY for Nestle and YUM for me!!!!!