Best Gluten-Free Snacks
August 18, 2021
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Halloween treats at work don’t have to mean another desk covered in mini chocolate bars and tubs of sweets.
For offices looking to celebrate Halloween while offering employees more choice, a good snack selection can include popcorn, roasted corn, vegetable crisps, pulse-based snacks, savoury options, snack bars and a few traditional treats. The key isn’t to remove the fun; it’s to create a better mix.
That sounds simple until you’re the person responsible for finding the snacks, checking dietary requirements, ordering enough for the team and making sure everything arrives on time.
Whether you’re an Office Manager, People or HR professional, Facilities Manager or simply the person who has been given the Halloween snack job, here’s how to put together a Halloween office snack selection that goes beyond the sweet bowl.
The best healthy Halloween office snacks offer a mixture of savoury, crunchy, lighter and sweet choices, rather than relying entirely on confectionery.
A balanced workplace selection might include:
The goal isn’t to label every packaged snack “healthy”. It’s to give employees more variety and choice.
The NHS guidance on cutting down on sugar suggests alternatives such as fresh fruit, plain popcorn and rice cakes when looking to reduce sugar. For packaged products, it’s also worth comparing nutrition labels rather than relying solely on front-of-pack marketing.
Halloween and sweets naturally go together. We’re not here to change that.
But if every workplace treat is chocolate, biscuits or confectionery, employees who prefer savoury snacks don’t have much choice.
There’s also a difference between removing treats and simply providing better variety.
Imagine an office Halloween snack table with colourful vegetable crisps, crunchy roasted corn, popcorn, interesting savoury snacks and bars sitting alongside a smaller bowl of traditional Halloween sweets.
It still looks and feels like a treat.
In fact, the variety can make it more interesting because employees have the opportunity to discover products they may not normally buy for themselves.
For employers, individually portioned snacks are particularly practical. They can be placed in the office kitchen, handed out to employees, added to Halloween goodie bags or left in communal areas for people to choose throughout the day.
Rather than filling a Halloween box with products employees can easily pick up during their usual supermarket shop, look for a combination of different textures, flavours and less familiar snack brands.
Here are seven ideas to build around.
1. Roasted Corn
If you want crunch without automatically reaching for another packet of traditional crisps, roasted corn is a great place to start.
Brands such as Love Corn specialise in crunchy corn snacks with flavours ranging from simple sea salt to more adventurous seasoned varieties.
They’re easy to store, require no preparation and work particularly well as an individually portioned office snack.
They’re also different enough from everyday crisps to make a Halloween office selection feel more considered.
2. Popcorn
Popcorn deserves a place in a Halloween snack cupboard because it gives you plenty of options without becoming overly complicated.
Lightly salted or simply seasoned popcorn can provide a savoury alternative to chocolate and sweets, while individual bags make it easy for employees to grab what they want.
It also works well visually in a Halloween spread: bowls of popcorn alongside darker coloured packets, autumn decorations and other crunchy snacks can make a simple office table feel more seasonal without resorting to novelty food.
3. Simply Roasted Crisps
Crisps aren’t suddenly a health food because it’s Halloween, but you can make more considered choices.
Simply Roasted uses a different production method from traditional frying and states that its crisps contain 50% less fat than regular potato crisps. Its Sea Salt variety is also listed by the manufacturer as vegan and gluten-free.
For an office, this is a good example of a familiar snack presented in a slightly different way.
People still get the crunch they expect from crisps without your “healthier Halloween” table looking like you’ve forgotten the treat part.
4. Sorghum and Pea-Based Chips
One of the easiest ways to make an office snack selection more interesting is to introduce people to something they haven’t tried before.
Boundless produces chips made using ingredients including sprouted sorghum and pea flour, offering something different from a standard potato crisp.
Its Sour Cream & Onion Chips, for example, are currently listed by the manufacturer as both vegan-friendly and gluten-free.
Alternative base snacks like these are particularly useful when creating variety because you’re changing more than the flavour; you’re giving employees a genuinely different type of snack to discover.
5. Vegetable Crisps
Halloween happens at exactly the right time of year to make the most of autumn colours.
Vegetable crisps made with ingredients such as beetroot, sweet potato and parsnip naturally bring reds, oranges and deeper colours to a Halloween spread.
Simply Roasted, for example, produces vegetable crisps using all three.
We wouldn’t describe vegetable crisps as a replacement for eating fresh vegetables. They’re still packaged snacks. But as part of a Halloween office mix, they’re a colourful savoury alternative to another packet of standard crisps.
6. Something Fruity
Not everything needs to be salty or chocolate covered.
A fruit-based snack can break up a selection dominated by crisps, corn and popcorn. Depending on your workplace setup, this could mean individually packaged fruit snacks or simply adding fresh seasonal fruit alongside your snack box.
Apples and satsumas are easy office choices and fit naturally with an autumn spread.
It also gives employees who don’t fancy chocolate or a savoury snack another option.
7. Snack Bars
A good snack bar adds another texture and format to your Halloween selection.
British brand Perkier, for example, produces vegan and gluten-free bars in flavours including Cranberry and Cocoa Orange.
Bars are particularly practical for hybrid workplaces because employees don’t necessarily have to eat them immediately. They can take one back to their desk or save it for later.
However, don’t assume that every cereal or snack bar is automatically a healthier option. Sugar, fat and portion sizes can vary considerably between products.
The NHS guide to reading food labels explains how nutrition labels can help when comparing packaged foods.
This is perhaps the most important point.
A healthier Halloween office doesn’t need to become a chocolate-free Halloween office.
If employees enjoy a mini chocolate bar or a few sweets, there’s nothing wrong with including them as part of the celebration.
Instead, change the balance.
Rather than:
10 sweet choices + 1 savoury option
try something closer to:
a varied selection of savoury, crunchy and lighter choices + a few traditional Halloween treats.
That approach feels much more realistic.
You’re not telling employees what they should eat. You’re simply giving them more to choose from.
When you’re ordering Halloween snacks for an entire workplace, dietary requirements need a little more thought than when you’re buying for yourself.
The most important rule is not to make assumptions.
Vegan doesn’t automatically mean gluten-free, and gluten-free doesn’t automatically mean vegan.
Products and recipes can also change, so always check current packaging, ingredients and allergen information before distributing snacks to employees with specific dietary requirements or allergies.
Providing some clearly suitable options from the beginning can also help make the office celebration feel more inclusive.
Snack Packs offers office snack boxes including vegan and gluten-free options, and we can also discuss bespoke requirements for workplaces looking for a particular mix.
This is one of the practical questions that’s easy to overlook.
There’s no universal number because it depends on how you’re using the snacks.
If you’re giving everyone a small Halloween gesture, one individually packed snack per employee may be sufficient.
If you’re creating an office snack table or cupboard for the day, around two choices per person gives employees more variety.
For a Halloween office party, you may need more, particularly if the snacks form part of the event refreshments rather than being an additional treat.
Most importantly, order for the number of people who are actually likely to be in the office.
If your company employs 150 people but only 60 usually attend the workplace on Thursdays, you probably don’t need 150 Halloween snack packs sitting in the kitchen.
For hybrid teams, checking expected attendance before ordering can reduce both unnecessary spending and food waste.
If you want a simple formula, don’t overcomplicate it.
For every 10 different snack choices, you might create a selection along the lines of:
3 crunchy savoury options
such as popcorn, corn or crisps
2 alternative savoury snacks
such as vegetable or pulse-based snacks
2 bars or fruity options
1 lighter/simple option
2 traditional Halloween treats
It’s not a nutritional formula, just a practical starting point for creating variety.
You can then adjust the balance depending on your team.
A workplace that loves savoury snacks might want more crisps and corn. Another might want more vegan and gluten-free choices.
That’s the advantage of thinking in terms of a mix, rather than simply buying several multipacks of whatever happens to be on offer.
Of course, knowing what to buy and actually sourcing it are two different things.
You can research individual brands, compare products, check dietary requirements, work out quantities and order snacks from several suppliers yourself.
Or you can make the process easier.
At Snack Packs, we curate office snack boxes containing a varied selection of snacks and deliver them directly to workplaces across the UK.
It’s not simply about putting food in a box.
The value is in variety, discovery and convenience, bringing different snacks together without an Office Manager, HR team or workplace coordinator having to source everything individually.
For businesses that need something different from our existing boxes, we can also discuss bespoke office snack selections based on team size, budget, preferences and dietary requirements.
You can find out more about our corporate snack box delivery service.
What are some healthy Halloween snacks for the office?
Try a mixture of popcorn, roasted corn, vegetable crisps, pulse-based snacks, portioned savoury snacks, fruit, snack bars and a smaller selection of traditional Halloween treats.
What can you give employees instead of Halloween sweets?
Savoury snacks are one of the easiest alternatives. Popcorn, roasted corn, vegetable crisps and other crunchy snacks can all work well, particularly when combined with fruit or bars for variety.
What are good savoury Halloween snacks for work?
Roasted corn, lightly salted popcorn, vegetable crisps, pulse or sorghum-based chips and portioned crisps are practical choices because they’re easy to distribute and require no preparation.
Should Halloween office snacks be individually wrapped?
They don’t have to be, but individual portions are particularly convenient for offices. They’re easy to distribute, store in communal areas or include in individual employee treat bags.
How many Halloween snacks should I provide per employee?
For a simple employee treat, one snack each may be enough. For an office snack table, approximately two choices per person is a useful starting point. Larger Halloween events may require more depending on what other food is being served.
Can Halloween office snacks cater for different dietary requirements?
Yes. Vegan and gluten-free options can be included, but always check current ingredients and allergen information. Don’t assume a vegan snack is automatically gluten-free or vice versa.
Halloween office snacks don’t have to fall into two camps: a table overflowing with sweets or a celebration that’s so “healthy” nobody wants to eat anything.
There’s a much better middle ground.
Mix interesting savoury snacks, popcorn, roasted corn, vegetable-based choices, bars and fruit with a few traditional Halloween favourites, and employees can choose what actually appeals to them.
And if you’d rather spend October doing something other than sourcing snacks from multiple suppliers, explore our office snack boxes or speak to Snack Packs about creating a bespoke selection for your workplace.
Less time hunting for snacks. More choice for your team. Halloween sorted.
