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Halloween is the one time of year when seed oils are most concentrated in the standard American household. The solution is not to skip it — it is to know which packaged options are safe and have a few homemade alternatives ready. The fats that go into traditional Halloween treats are all ancestral fats. Tallow was the original donut frying fat. Lard made the pie crust. Butter made the toffee. The unhealthy version is the seed oil substitution that happened mid-century.
Commercial Halloween Candy — Safe and Unsafe
- Smarties — no fat
- Dum Dums — no fat
- Swedish Fish — no fat
- Airheads — no fat
- Starburst Originals — palm oil (not seed oil)
- Most hard candies
- Reese's — soybean oil
- Snickers, Milky Way — soybean oil
- Kit Kat — soybean oil
- M&Ms — soybean oil
- Butterfinger — soybean oil
5 Seed Oil Free Halloween Recipes
1. Tallow-fried apple cider donuts — full recipe at /tallow-apple-cider-donuts/. Reduced cider batter fried in beef tallow at 350°F, rolled in cinnamon sugar. The tallow gives a genuinely crisp exterior.
2. Lard crust pumpkin pie — full recipe at /lard-crust-pumpkin-pie/. Pastured lard cut cold into flour for the flakiest possible pastry. Works for Halloween and Thanksgiving equally.
3. Butter toffee — three ingredients: grass-fed butter, sugar, sea salt. Spread on parchment, cool, break. Bag for distribution or serve with popcorn.
4. Ghee shortbread — three ingredients: ghee, flour, sugar. Cut into Halloween shapes. Bakes in 15 minutes at 325°F. The ghee gives a more pronounced nutty flavour than butter shortbread.
5. Tallow caramel apples — toss the apple in a thin coat of tallow before dipping in cream caramel so it adheres. Roll in crushed walnuts.
Butter, lard, and coconut oil in every baked good. No seed oil substitutes.
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Get the Book on Amazon →What Halloween candy is seed oil free?
Very few commercial Halloween candies are seed oil free. Smarties, Dum Dums, and most hard candies contain no fat. Most chocolate candy contains soybean oil. The cleanest move is homemade — tallow-fried donuts, butter toffee, or lard-crust hand pies.
What oil do you fry donuts in?
Beef tallow is the best frying fat for donuts — high smoke point (420°F), clean flavour, and it gives a distinctly crisp exterior. Traditional American donut shops used tallow before switching to vegetable shortening in the 1970s.
Can you make Halloween candy without seed oils?
Yes. Hard candies contain no fat and are naturally seed oil free. Homemade tallow caramel apples, butter toffee, and lard crust pumpkin hand pies avoid all industrial seed oils and taste better than commercial versions.
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