Gluten Free Licorice

Most licorice candy is not gluten free, because it contains wheat flour. But there are quite a few gluten free options! Below you’ll find a list of gluten free licorices ranging from sweet and fruity to black and salty. We’ve also included gluten free licorice recipes, if you want to try making it yourself.

Licorice root extract was traditionally used to flavor licorice candy, but now it’s only really used in black licorice. Black licorice has a bit of a divisive taste; people tend to love it or hate it. Fruit licorice has more of a straightforward candy flavor without the slight medicinal taste of black licorice, because it does not contain any licorice extract.

Licorice extract is made from the Glycyrrhiza glabra plant and contains glycyrrhizic acid. For thousands of years, this extract has been used to treat indigestion, soothe inflamed stomaches, and suppress coughs. Licorice is also naturally sweet, which works well for medicinal candy and drinks. Nowadays it’s used in root beer, tobacco products, candy, and toothpaste. Interestingly, you can overdose on black licorice due to the glycyrrhizic acid. To avoid any ill effects, make sure to keep your black licorice candy consumption below 200g per day.

Gluten Free Licorice:

• Gimbal’s Strawberry Licorice Scottie Dogs
• Gimbal’s Black Licorice Scottie Dogs
• Lakritsfabriken Premium Salty Liquorice
• YumEarth Organic Gluten Free Strawberry Licorice
• Smart Sweets Red Twists, Licorice Gummy Candy with Low Sugar

• Gustaf’s Gluten Free Dutch Black Licorice 3-Flavor Variety
• Gustaf’s Dutch Licorice Caramels
• Gustaf’s Gluten Free Black Licorice Beagles
• Dutch Gluten Free Licorice Oldtimers Smallingerlandse Salmiak Klinkers Licorice

• YumEarth Organic Black Licorice
• See’s Red Licorice Medallions
• Swedish Premium Soft Licorice
• Lakrids by Bülow - Sweet Licorice Gluten Free
• Wiley Wallaby Very Berry Low Sugar Australian Style Soft Licorice

• Lakrids by Bülow - Salt & Caramel Chocolate Coated Licorice Balls
• St. Claire’s Organic Herbal Licorice Pastilles
• Cuckoo Luckoo All Natural Black Licorice Scottie Dogs
• Cuckoo Luckoo Classic Red Licorice Scottie Dogs
• Sorbisar (half sour strawberry, half black licorice)

• Walkers Nonsuch Licorice Toffees

• Lakrisal Licorice Candy Rolls (crumbly, salty black licorice with ammonium chloride)

• Katjes Salzige Heringe (soft, salty black licorice with ammonium chloride)

• Fazer Tyrkisk Peber Original (salty, spicy black licorice hard candy with ammonium chloride)

• ZOT 100% Organic Licorice (pure licorice root)

Gluten Free Licorice Recipes:

• GF + corn-free red licorice from Gluten Free Recipe Box

• Gluten free red cherry licorice from Gluten Free on a Shoestring

• Gluten free red licorice from Freebie Finding Mom

• Low carb black licorice from Northern Nester

• Salted black licorice caramels from Bon Appetit

• Raw vegan licorice from Southern In-Law

• Keto licorice from Mad Creations Hub

• Salmiakki recipe from Chef Steps Community