TCL LIVE | Halloween Chocolates: Treat or Trick?

By TheChocolateWire | a year ago | 8 min read

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Episode 139 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE goes LIVE at 10:00 AM PDT / 1:00 PM EDT on Friday, October 13th.

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Episode Overview

In this episode, we’re going to take a look at many different recommendations for passing out “ethical” chocolate(s) to rapacious trick-or-treaters (and I am not just talking about little kids) for Halloween.

I was inspired to take on this topic because of a post mentioning Tony’s Chocolonely showed up in a Google Alert. (It’s the link below to the first Green Matters post – Try These 7 Ethical Halloween Candy Brands for a More Socially Conscious Spooky Season.)

After reading this post I started on a veritable journey down a rabbit warren of search results looking for patterns and sources that could be trusted.

You’d think it might be easy (TL;DR: It should be) ... but there is a lot of conflicting, confusing, and downright bad advice out there on the Interwebs. There are some surprisingly good takes, including from unusual sources, one of which is also among the most confusing.

As always, I will be answering questions as well as responding to comments during the livestream from participants watching on YouTube, LinkedIn, and Facebook. I also respond to questions and comments posed on those platforms as well as Instagram and Twitter by those who were not in the livestream.

Links to Review and Thoughts to Consider

For helicopter parents and social climbers, I thought this was a sobering take to take in before we dive into the topic:

Setting the stage on spending. This one came to me from a newsletter I subscribe to.

It should come as no surprise that the wording of the search request changes the results. Even subtle changes can return markedly different results.

Try These 7 Ethical Halloween Candy Brands for a More Socially Conscious Spooky Season

Sure they may be sweet, but many popular candy brands are not made ethically. Here are candy brands out there you can feel good about supporting.

Green MattersEva Hagan

This lead to ...

Zero-Waste Halloween Candy to Give Trick-or-Treaters

Although zero-waste Halloween candy is rare, it can be zero-waste. Here are some tips for keeping your child’s trick-or-treating free of plastic.

Green MattersSophie Hirsh

Should packaging waste be a purchasing consideration?

Fast Company’s Take

Good advice? We’ll review during the livestream ... but what do *you* think?

A non-obvious source; one that is seriously confused in some ways. What does this company have to do with the others listed? And anachronistally.

A list from what appears to be a PR or MarComm company – are the listed companies all clients?

Is this really truly *actually* the Ultimate Guide? (Spoiler Alert: Why no, no it is not.)

***Finally*** – recommendations from someone who knows about chocolate.

Shared by Members

Sorting through the haul. Read member comments, below.

Recommended in the Livestream

Scroll down the page for boxes of minis - oat milk and dark options.

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