Treats

If you want to make something that requires egg, just use the following replacement for EACH egg in the recipe:

1.5 TBSP oil
1.5 TBSP water
1 tsp baking powder

Mix the three ingredients together, then add to the recipe when you would normally add the eggs. It works for cookies, cakes, muffins, packaged brownies, etc.

Your girls are 8. Why are you going with them to play with their friends. Sorry but if I made cookies every time my kids played with other kids, I would be in the "home" right now. I would also be broke. Veggies, dip, fruit cheese. Is this a cocktail hour.

I know I sound snarky, but when did playing with friends, become an Olympic event.

that is amazing that all of you that answered know exactly what Lillym has at her house… amazing.

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Now for a true answer to this question: use fruit & vegis, with dip for today. When you're together, talk to the Mom & ask for ideas. She's walking the walk, so she'll be able to talk the talk. :)

My son is allergic to peanut. Quite frequently we just skip the treat rather than chance a reaction.

How about fruit?
Bananas
Orange segments
Apples / apple slices
Grapes
etc

Cutting fruit or bread and cheese with cookie cutters?

brownies
Rice Krispie treats
cupcakes

You can substitute Cheerio's, Shreddies, Fruit Loops, Puffed Wheat or some other cereal for the Rice Crispies.

I would not wing it; call the other child's mom and ask her up front if it's OK and if so, what you should make. If the kid's allergy is not life-threatening you might be OK (again, ask her first) but If it were me, I would not even try. And if you make a nut-free, eggless treat and carry it over, but it turns out the mom is worried about serving it, you'll end up with two disappointed and frustrated kids who see a snack come in the door but are told they can't have it.

We can give you a thousand recipes for nut-free snacks but -- for instance-- if the child has a severe peanut allergy, and you make a nut-free snack but happen to use a cookie sheet or spatula that you used a while back for PB cookies -- even a remnant of PB oils on that sheet, however clean, could set off the allergy. (It's true, if the allergy's severe.) And do you really want to pore over every label of every ingredient to ensure it was all made in nut-free facilities and contained no egg or egg byproducts?

It's truly thoughtful and nice of you to want to take a snack but I'd either purchase a packaged one that is especially for peanut-free, egg-free consumers, or I'd skip it and take the mom a surprise mocha or whatever from a coffee shop that's on the way to their house....Many moms would love that!

If the point is mostly to keep your kids busy before the play date, find another activity like a craft; they could make a thank you note for the mom in advance, or a picture for the friend.

You really should call the friend and ask her for some tips. I can't have anything with peanuts, or be near them thanks to the fumes setting off anaphylactic shock (new development over the summer). I love homemade Rice Crispy Treats because I can't eat the packaged ones... and the packaged ones are gross anyway. Marshmallows, butter, crispies. Yum.

Fruit and veggie platter with some cut up cheese. Choose and wash your own veggies, and choose and cut up your own cheese.

If you get crackers or chips, make absolutely certain that they're not made with nut oils... I would even avoid sunflower oil. But call for tips and see what they usually have.