Halloween is fast approaching and the tradition of trick-or-treating brought from the USA is now custom for kids in the UK.

So if you’re not up for a trick, you could try offering your Halloween callers one of these tried and tested natural confectioneries.

Popcorn

Organic Popcorn, £1.89 for 500g from www.ethicalsuperstore.com
A little goes a long way, like Suma’s organic popcorn available from Ethical Superstore. If you’re making homemade popcorn you could use organic butter or oil too.

Even the well-known Butterkist brand have now brought out an organic selection in cane sugar or sea salt.

Lollipops and Jellies

Biona Organic Fruit Lollies, £1.99 and Cola Bottles, £ 2.19 from www.planetorganic.com
These packs of organic fruit lollies and cola bottles are suitable for vegetarians and vegans, and perfect for your little ones. Or you can unleash your inner child and indulge in these tasty treats.

Lollipops, Sweet Memories of Arundel, 50p each from www.sweets-arundel.com
Natural blackcurrant and apple, with no artificial colourings or flavourings.

Chocolate

There are so many organic and fair trade chocolate companies to choose from. Divine and Green & Blacks always have a great selection, and this year Montezumas have brought out a lovely range of Halloween chocolate.

Divine, £25 for 200 from simplyfair.co.uk
Lovely little minutes available in both milk and dark.

Green & Blacks: £25.45 for 250 from simplyfair.co.uk
Organic Milk Chocolate Mini’s yummy and scrummy.

Dubble Bar, £0.55 each from www.simplyfair.co.uk
A truly unique and totally tasty chocolate bar.

Montezumas Trick or Treat Hamper, £19.95 and Eyeballs, £4.50 from www.montezumas.co.uk
You can get Halloween off to a scary start with a lovely mixed bag of milk and white chocolate eyeballs or organic chocolate trick or treat bags – mixed organic white and milk solid chocolate Halloween goodies. Try not to give them all away!

Fruit

Strange but true, there are some children who will opt for fruit over sweets, so why not keep a lovely bowl filled with plain mini apples? Or how about that lovely fruit-sweeties combination, the toffee apple – check out our recipe.

Let’s hope you don’t have to give away all of your goodies on the night. Just what will happen to the leftovers we wonder…