Which Halloween candy is gluten free?

Celiac disease can make holidays a bit tricky, but Halloween is more accessible because the candies are individually packaged. This helps cut down on some of the cross contamination concerns that are common in home kitchens. In this article, we’ll let you know which candies are gluten free so that anyone with Celiac disease can indulge safely.

The good news is that many candies are naturally gluten free, including candy corn! However, certain candies don’t contain gluten ingredients, but are made on shared equipment. In the US, these items will sometimes have a ‘may contain wheat’ label. If you know that you cannot tolerate foods made on shared equipment, stick to only the candies that have been clearly labeled gluten free.

Ingredients are subject to change and may vary according to country, so it’s always best to read the individual label of the candy before consuming.

Candies Labeled Gluten Free

These candies are confirmed as gluten free by the companies that produce them.

• Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (excluding the seasonal shapes and eggs)

• Almond Joy (excluding the Almond Joy Pieces candy)

• Heath Bar

• Milk Duds

• Hershey’s Kisses

• Hershey’s 1.55oz Milk Chocolate Bars

• Mounds

• Hershey’s Nuggets

• Chocolatey PayDay

• PayDay

• Reese’s Pieces

• Reese’s Fast Break

• Rolo Caramels

• Butterfingers (excluding seasonal shapes, Butterfinger Crisp and Butterfinger Stixx)

• Skittles

• Skor Toffee Bars

• York Peppermint Patties

• Caramel Apple Pops

• Tootsie Roll Midgees

• Tootsie Pop Minis

• Andes Mints

• Sugar Babies

• Dots

• Razzles

• Cry Baby Extra Sour Bubble Gumballs

• Wax Lips

• Tootsie Roll Dubble Bubble

• Jelly Belly Beans

• Junior Mints

• Charleston Chew

• Smarties

• Starburst

• Lifesavers

• Peeps

• Jolly Ranchers

• Nips Caramel Candy

• Black Forest Gummies

• Pop Rocks

• Pez

Candies Without Gluten Ingredients

These candies are not labeled gluten free by the manufacturers and may have a shared facility with gluten-containing products, but they contain no gluten ingredients themselves.

• Candy Corn

• Trolli Sour Gummy Worms

• Ring Pops

• Baby Ruth

• SweetTarts (excluding Ropes and Ropes Bites)

• Laffy Taffy

• Oh Henry!

• Pixy Stix

• Milky Way Caramel and Midnight Bars (original Milky Way are NOT gluten free)

• Snickers

• M&Ms (excluding Crispy, Pretzel, and seasonal varieties)

• 3 Musketeers

• Dove Chocolates (excluding Cookies & Creme and Cinnamon Graham Cookies in Milk Chocolate varieties)

• Fun Dip

• Kraft Caramels

• Swedish Fish

• Sour Patch Kids

• Warheads (excluding Sour Twists)

• Creme Savers