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My heart goes out to you, “Allergies to Three Musketeers” person. I used to love those but the egg in them made me sick. I can’t remember if it’s the white or the yoke that’s in there, but what difference does it make?
The yoke/white differentiation is a curiosity to me. Yes, you can separate most of the yoke from most of the white but can you ever really separate them completely for a recipe? How can you be sure that there’s no white on the yoke unless you use a syringe to extract the yoke? For all practical purposes, the answer to the question, “Are you allergic to the white or the yoke?” is yes. Whether or not you care about the purity of the yoke or white, though, depends on the severity of the reaction, I suppose. In that case, you’ll have to decide what a Three Musketeers is worth to you, what you’re willing to go through after eating one. The same goes for other allergens.
Other ingredients that may be found in candy (from Candy USA!):
The three most frequently used allergenic ingredients in candy are milk, peanuts, and tree nuts such as almonds, hazelnuts, and pecans. Milk ingredients include whey, lactose, skim milk powder, casein, and milk fat. Wheat is used in licorice, some caramels and in candies that contain a cookie component. Eggs are used in some frosted confections and some nougats. Soy lecithin can also be found in some candies but especially in chocolate.
The above list is not conclusive.
I have yet to find anything with egg free, dairy free nougat, but health food stores sometimes carry dairy free “chocolate” bars that meet a need in a pinch.
Happy safe candy bar hunting!
