A comprehensive list of vegan Halloween candy to make your holiday the best ever! Whether you're on team fruity or team chocolate, there is a candy for you!
Halloween can be stressful if you are really careful about what candy you are eating or giving to your kids. But with this comprehensive vegan Halloween candy guide you'll be able to see if your favorites are on the list!
Vegan Halloween Candy
We are forced to love Halloween around here, it's my son's birthday. So while I'd love to skip the sugar meltdowns and crazy morning after, I have to admit it's pretty fun while it lasts.
I have learned to let go a lot over the years, and now we let them eat away the night of not worrying to much about what they choose to eat, but it's always nice to have a go to list of candy that is vegan. Keep in mind that much of this is also gluten-free candy.
This list has been verified from a variety of sources across the internet, including the popular Peta website. Keep in mind that ingredients and formulas are always changing so something on this list could potentially not be vegan at some point.
I update when I can but please let me know if you find a legitimate source showing non vegan ingredients in any of these.
What Halloween candies are vegan?
The most important thing to know if you are looking for 100% vegan candy, is read the label. Even candy that was vegan at one point can change, so turning that bag around and looking at the ingredients is super important.
Basically any candy that has no animal products in it is considered vegan. The problem is, that with candy, there are ingredients you may not know come from an animal. Here is a list of the most common ingredients in candy that are not vegan:
- milk, casein and other milk byproducts
- beeswax
- gelatin- made from animals bones
- carmine- a red pigment made from a beetle
- shellac- glossy coating made from insects
Can vegans eat chocolate?
If the chocolate has milk, then no because milk is an animal derived product. However most dark chocolate is vegan because it does not contain milk. Read the ingredients and make sure there is no milk or milk derived ingredients listed.
Vegan Chocolate Candy
Here is the list of vegan Halloween candy that is chocolate based. Since formulas are always changing make sure to double check before eating. I am also including some vegan variations of popular non vegan candy bars and vegan chocolate candy.
Unreal Brand Cups- while Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are not vegan, this awesome brand has amazing duplicates! I may even argue they taste better.
Unreal Brand M&M type candies- while M&M's are not vegan, I love this brand of duplicates!
Unreal Brand Mounds Type Candy- if you like coconut this Mounds copycat is amazing!
Justin's- while there may be cross contamination since they also manufacture milk chocolate, the ingredients themselves are vegan. This peanut butter cup copycat is delish!
Enjoy Life- this brand creates vegan chocolate based candy and snacks
Alter Eco- amazing vegan chocolate based candy
Vegan Chewy Candy
While a lot of chewy candy contains gelatin or milk/butter, there are now a lot of brands that do not! Believe it or not, many popular brands like Skittles and Twizzlers are vegan.
Airheads
Cocomels- vegan decadent caramel candies
Cracker Jacks Original
Dandies- vegan marshmallows
Dots
Fruit By the Foot
Fruit Roll Ups
Hubba Hubba Bubble Gum
Jujyfruits
Laffy Taffy
Now and Later
Red Vines
Skittles
Sour Patch Kids
Swedish Fish (some contain beeswax so check the label)
Twizzlers
Wholesome candies- a more natural gummy candy brand
Yum Earth Fruit Snacks
Yum Earth Licorice
Vegan Hard Candy
If you're not a chocolate or chewy candy fan and prefer the hard treats, this list is for you!
Blow Pops
Bottle Caps
Brach's Cinnamon Candy
Brach’s Hi-C Fruit Slices
Brach’s Hi-C Orange Slices
Brach's Lemon Drops
Brach's Peppermint Candy
Brach's Root Beer Barrels
Dum Dums
Fireballs
Gobstoppers
Jolly Ranchers
Nerds (this one gave me controversial info so read the labels)
Pez
Ring Pops
Smarties
Yum Earth Lollypops
Yum Earth Hard Candy
Zots
Other Vegan Candy
Here are a few other vegan Halloween candy options that are common among kids.
Fun Dip (someone told me they think the sticks have milk but all I can find on their ingredient list is that they are made of sugar)
Pixy Stix
Pam Rempel
Hi there - great list - very in-depth.
I was immediately drawn to the root beer barrels. Sounds great.
The ingredient list photo in the amazon listing says Red 40.
I am under the impression that Red 40 is another name for Carmine/cocchineal extract.
Thank you for maintaining this list. I appreciate the work you do and the effort that goes into it.
veggiesdontbite
Hi Pam! Thanks for the comment! I double checked those on the PETA list and they are on there so perhaps the Amazon list is wrong?? Here is the PETA link so you can see: https://www.peta.org/living/food/accidentally-vegan/
Jennifer Metcalfe
I believe the UnReal milk chocolate gems have milk listed in the ingredients. It’s so hard when companies have some vegan products while others are not. I keep making mistakes. Luckily my 14 year old has started double checking for me🤣
veggiesdontbite
Hi Jennifer! Looks like the original link was to the wrong product! Thanks for catching that. I switched it to the intended link, which is the dark chocolate version!
Jennifer Cherelin
I’m fairly certain that Fun Dip Sticks have dairy in them & aren’t vegan.
veggiesdontbite
Hi Jennifer! I have looked and looked for this and the only thing I see is that they are made from sugar. It is on a few lists out there of vegan candy, however if you find a source that shows the ingredients stating it contains milk let me know!
Caroleena
What about white sugar ??? Unless it's from an organic source, it's likely to have been processed with animal bone char.
veggiesdontbite
Hi Caroleena, thanks for the input. Yes some sugar is but this list I crosschecked on the Peta website and a few others. Things do change with ingredients however so the list could change but for now this is what I found!
charles L davidson
from the peta website:
Bone char, which is used to process sugar, is made from the bones of cattle from Afghanistan, Argentina, India, and Pakistan.
It would be virtually impossible for PETA to maintain information on the refining process used for the sugar in every product. We encourage you to contact companies directly to ask about the source of their sugar.
if you care, the easiest thing to do is to use organic products which contain sugar.
veggiesdontbite
Hi Charles, it's virtually impossible for anyone to keep tabs on these things. I personally don't, but if someone feels it's important then they individually can do what works for them. This is simply a list for those people who want a general idea.
The Penny Pantry
The Yum Earth Vegan Gummy Bears Contain Gelatin! <3
veggiesdontbite
Thanks for letting me know! I just confirmed with them that they do use gelatin, they must have changed it. I believe they used to be vegan. I took them off the list!