Gluten Free Candy List – The Ultimate Guide (2023)

I’m going to keep this intro short and sweet (pun intended).

Everybody loves candy. Whether if you like to admit it or not, you probably have a sweet little addiction. Even if it’s not Halloween, there’s never a bad time for a little sweet treat.

But is your favorite candy gluten free? You can find out below in this epic gluten free candy listing.

Whether if you’re allergic to gluten, Celiac, paleo, or just want to remove any glutens from your diet, this candy list is exactly what you’re looking for.

But before we go there, let’s dive a little deeper into gluten free sweets.

Safest Gluten Free Candies

If you need a little sugar pick me up because you’re diabetic or just have a sweet tooth, there may be times when you really need some candy.

Whatever the case is, if you need or want to eat candy but don’t necessarily know if it’s 100% gluten free, these option below will definitely help make your decision a lot easier.

Here are a few candies that are generally always gluten free.

Now in no way am I saying that this is always 100% correct, but these candies usually never contain wheat or any glutens.

Here are some safe gluten free candy options:

1. Lollipops

You know those lollipops with those clear, see through wrappers that you get from the hospital or random office buildings? Generally, these are always gluten free. And most of the time, all lollipops are generally safe to eat, as long as they are just basic, plain old lollipops.

However, this doesn’t always apply to lollipops with special fillings like bubblegum since not all gum and bubble are gluten free.

2. Mints

Generally, most peppermints and spearmints are always gluten free. This doesn’t necessarily apply to mint flavored candies, but instead, pertains to just plain, hard candy mints.

3. Pure Dark Chocolate with no nuts, fruits, etc.

Typically, most dark chocolate is always gluten free, especially if it has a high cocoa percentage. Since dark chocolate consists primarily of fats and sugar, there really aren’t too many other ingredients that go into it.

The only time dark chocolate won’t be gluten free is when it’s flavored with fruits, nuts, spices, etc.

Other than that, in it’s purest form, dark chocolate is always a safe bet.

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Now that you discovered a few safe gluten free candy options, let’s move on to some candies and ingredients you absolutely need to avoid.

Candy Red Flags

Some people believe that all candy is pretty much gluten free. And yes it may seem true at first especially when it comes to lollipops and milk chocolate, but there are some major no no’s that everyone who’s allergic to gluten must absolutely avoid.

Here are a few of the things that should immediately tell you if the candy contains gluten:

1. Wafers

Any candies that include wafers in it are guaranteed to contain gluten. Candies such as Crunch Bars, Crispy M&Ms, and Kit Kats are the most common candies that contain wafers. The only exception would be a rice wafer however, that is extremely rare to find in any candy these days.

2. Pretzels

Some candies do contain pretzels which are made primarily of wheat flour. Although not too many candies currently contain pretzels besides Pretzel M&M’s there are quite a few chocolate covered pretzel treats.

3. Malt

Malt is one of those flavors and ingredients in candies that always secretly find it’s ways into candy. Besides the typical milk chocolate covered malt balls by Whoppers, malt candies include Malted Milk Eggs, and Maltesers.

4. Licorice

Yes, licorice contains wheat flours. Crazy, right? And the sad thing is that this applies to all licorice flavors including the fruity ones. Popular licorice candies that contain what flour include Twizzlers, Red Vines, and Darrell Lea.

5. Cookies

Although not too many candies contain cookies, there is one main one that does, Twix. So just make sure to avoid any sweets that contains cookies in it because 99.99% of the time, it will contain wheat flour or any other glutenous ingredients.

6. Holiday Season Variations

Although this isn’t a flavor or ingredient, some of those Easter, Valentines, and Halloween candy variations may contain gluten. This also includes any shaped candies. For example, normal Reese’s Cups are gluten free but the Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs are not. This is because these eggs are outsourced or licensed by other candy manufacturers. As a result, some of the ingredients and manufacturing processes may contain gluten or are cross contaminated.

So with that being said, always be on the lookout for seasonal or holiday themed candies because they may be made by a completely different company, despite the branding. So read the labels and ingredients list!

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So whenever it comes down to picking out a gluten free candy and identifying red flags, always be on a look out for these 6 things.

Okay, so now that that’s done, let’s move on to what you originally came here, our GF candy list!

Gluten Free Candy List

Below, you’ll find all the popular candies and sweets that are gluten free and safe to eat. Dig in!

Hershey’s

Here are all the candies made by Hershey’s that are safe to eat for anyone living a gluten free lifestyle (by choice or medically):

Almond Joy (all)

Mounds (all)

Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Kisses

Hershey’s Filled Chocolate Kisses (only caramel and cherry cordial creme)

Hershey’s Nuggets (milk chocolate, milk chocolate with almonds, special dark chocolate with almonds, and extra creamy milk chocolate with toffee and almonds)

Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Bar (1.55 oz. size only)

Hershey’s Milk Chocolate with Almonds Bar (1.45 oz. size only)

Hershey’s Air Delight

Hershey’s Milk Duds

Heath Bars

Jolly Rancher

Payday

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (all except for seasonal shaped items, such as Valentine’s hearts)

Reese’s Pieces (all except for Reese’s Pieces Eggs)

Rolo Caramels in Milk Chocolate (all except for Minis)

Skor

Skor Toffee Bar

York Peppermint Patties (all except for York Pieces, York Minis and York Shapes)

Mars Candy

Here is all the gluten free Mars candy that you can enjoy:

M&M’s (all except for pretzel-flavored M&M’s and some special flavors with a risk of gluten cross-contamination)

3 Musketeers Bars (all flavors)

Milky Way Midnight Bar

Milky Way Caramel Bar

Dove Chocolate products (all flavors except for milk chocolate cinnamon graham & cookies and cream)

Snickers Bars (all flavors)

Munch Nut Bar

Wrigley

Here’s all the candy made by Wrigley that you can enjoy on a gluten free diet:

Altoids (except for Altoids Smalls Peppermint)

Cremesavers

Hubba Bubba Gum

Hubba Bubba Bubble Tape

Lifesaver Gummies

Life Saver Big Ring Gummies

Lifesaver Hard Candy

Skittles

Sour Skittles

Skittles Darkside

Starburst

Starburst Fruit Flavored Candy Corn

Lindt

Stracciatella Lindor Truffle

Citrus Lindor Truffle

Cappuccino Lindor Truffle

Mint Lindor Truffle

White Lindor Truffle

Chili Excellence Bar

70% Cocoa Excellence Bar

99% Cocoa Excellence Bar

Raspberry Excellence Bar

Roasted Almond Excellence Bar

A Touch of Sea Salt Excellent Bar

Intense Mint Excellence Bar

Dark Coconut Excellence Bar

White Coconut Excellence Bar

White Chocolate Classic Recipe Bar

White Chocolate Lindor Bar

Large Surfin Bittersweet Bar

Dark Chocolate Swiss Thins

Gocce di Sole Gift Bag

Coffee Black Hello Stick

No Sugar Added Dark Chocolate Bar

No Sugar Added Milk Candy Bar

Farley’s and Sathers Candy Company (Ferrara Candy)

Here’s the Farley’s and Sather’s Candy Company gluten free candy selection:

Black Forest Mini Gummy Bears

Little Monsters Fruit Snacks

Brach’s Candy Corn

Brach’s Gummi Candy Corn

Brach’s Caramel Candy Corn

Brach’s Caramel Apple Candy Corn

Brach’s Indian Corn

Brach’s Autumn Mix

Brach’s Assorted Mellowcremes

Brach’s Pumpkin Spice Candy Corn

Brach’s Candy Corn and Nut Mix

Brach’s Mellowcreme Pumpkins

Brach’s MilkMaid Caramels

Jujyfruits

Jujubes

Now and Later Original

Now and Later Mini Bar

Now and Later Soft

Rain-Bio Pops

Super Bubbles

Super Bubble Blast

Trolli Gummi Bears

Trolie Sour Brite Crawlers

Sour Brite Eggs

Troll Big Bold Bears

Trolli Evil Twins

Lemonhead

Chewy Lemonhead and Friends

Tropical Chewy Lemonhead and Friends

Applehead

Grapehead

Cherryhead

Red Hots

Jawbusters

Nestle

Here’s everything made by Nestle that you can enjoy on a gluten free diet.

Baby Ruth

Bit-O-Honey

Butterfinger Bar (original only)

Milk Chocolate

Goobers

Nips (including both regular and sugar-free)

Oh Henry!

Raisinets (including Cranberry and Dark Chocolate flavors)

Sno-Caps

Tootsie Roll Industries

Here are all the Tootsie Roll candies that are gluten free:

Tootsie Rolls

Fruit Rolls

Junior Mints

Frooties

Dots

Tropical Dots

Crows

Cella’s Milk Chocolate Covered Cherries

Cella’s Dark Chocolate Covered Cherries

Junior Mints

Charleston Chew

Junior Caramels

Tootsie Pops

Tootsie Peppermint Pops

Caramel Apple Pops

Fruit Smoothie Pops

Tropical Stormz Pops

Child’s Play

Charms Blow Pops

Charms Super Blow Pops

Charms Pops

Zip-A-Dee-Mini Pops

Fluffy Stuff Cotton Candy

Sugar Daddy Pops

Sugar Mama Caramels

Charms Squares

Charms Sour Balls

Charms Candy Carnival

Pops Galore

Andes

Sugar Babies

Impact Confections

Here are all the candies from Impact Confections that are gluten free and safe to consume:

Warheads Sour Chewy Cubes

Warheads Extreme Sour Hard Candy

Warheads Super Sour Spray

Warheads Sour Dippers

Warheads Double Drops

Melster Peanut Butter Kisses

Melster Chocolate Covered Marshmallow

Welch’s Fruit Snacks

Here are all the fruit snacks made by Welch’s that you can enjoy today:

Fruit Snacks (all varieties)

PB and J Snacks

Mondelez International

Here are all the delicious gluten free candies that you can enjoy made by Mondelez International:

Sour Patch Kids

Sour Patch Xtreme

Sour Patch Xpolderz

Swedish Fish

Wonka

Here are all the gluten free candies made by Willy Wonka himself:

Wonka Pixy Stix

Fun Dip

Bottlecaps

Sweetarts

Mini Chewy Sweetarts

Laffy Taffy (including Laffy Taffy Rope)

Wonka Lik-M-Aid Fun Dip

Everlasting Gobstopper

Chewy Spress

Jelly Belly

Here are all the candies (mainly jelly beans) that you can enjoy from Jelly Belly:

Jellybeans (all flavors)

Candy corn

Necco

Here’s Necco’s gluten free candy listing:

Necco Wafers

Necco Chocolate Wafers

Candy House Candy Buttons

Canada Mint, Wintergreen and Spearmint Lozenges

Mary Jane

Mary Jane Peanut butter Kisses

Banana Splits Chews

Mint Julep Chews

Haviland Thin Mints

Wintergreen Patty

Nonpareils

Chocolate Stars

Skybar

Just Born

Here’s everything made by Just Born that you can enjoy on a gluten free diet:

Mike and Ike Berry Blast

Mike and Ike Italian Ice

Mike and Ike Jolly Joes

Mike and Ike Lemonade Blends

Mike and Ike Original Fruits

Mike and Ike Redrageous

Mike and Ike Tangy Twister

Mike and Ike Tropical Typhoon

Mike and Ike Zours

Mike and Ike Jelly Beans

Mike and Ike Hot Tamales

Goldenberg’s Vintage Peanut Chews

Mike and Ike Mummy Mix and Vampire Variety Treats

Mike and Ike Tropical Heat

Mike and Ike Vampire Variety

Mike and Ike Strawberry Reunion

Original Peeps

Chocolate Creme Peeps Minis

Sour Watermelon Peeps Minis

Strawberry Creme Peeps Minis

Peeps Sweet Lemonade

Flavored Marshmallow Chicks

Peeps Chocolate Mousse Flavored Cats

Peeps Sugar Free Marshmallow Pumpkins

Peeps Marshmallow Ghosts

Vanilla Creme Peeps

Just Born Jelly Beans

Haribo

Here’s the complete listing of all gluten free Haribo candies:

Alphabetical Letters

Gold-Bears (make sure they aren’t the “juicy” variety)

Happy Cola

Twin Cherries

Peaches

Raspberries

Frogs

Rattle Snakes

Russell Stover Candies

Here are all the Russell Stover candies that are made free of gluten:

Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Pumpkin

Orange Marshmallow Pumpkin

Caramel Pumpkin

Caramel and Marshmallow Pumpkin

Dark Chocolate and Caramel Pumpkin

Dark Chocolate and Marshmallow Pumpkin

Dark Chocolate and Coconut Cream Pumpkin

Coconut and Almond Pumpkin

Dark Chocolate and Raspberry Cream Pumpkin

Dark Chocolate and Orange Cream

Strawberry Cream

Tic Tac Mints

Thankfully, all Tic Tacs are gluten free.

Tic Tac (all flavors)

Airheads

Here are all the Airheads that are gluten free:

Regular Airheads

Sour Airheads

Smarties

Here are all the candies made by Smarties that are gluten free:

Smarties Original (United States only)

Smarties Gummies

Spangler Candy

Here’s Spangler Candy’s gluten free list:

Dum Dums

Chewy Pops

Circus Peanuts

Saf-T-Pops

Chewy Canes

Candy Canes

Other

Here’s the listing of any other candies and brands that are gluten free:

Toblerone

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Now if you really want to ensure that your candy is 100% free of any glutenous ingredients, you can always make your own. It may take a lot of work and you may not be able to truly recreate the Snickers bar, but it definitely allows you to control every single aspect of your candy virtually guaranteeing it to be safe to eat.

A Word of Advice

Now although all these candies are considered to be gluten free according to the company, there may be time when the ingredients change. As a result, always read the labels and ingredients list prior to eating any of the candies above.

Your safety is my number one concern and the last thing I’d want for you is to eat something that’s been contaminated with or contains gluten.

Also, one last thing…

This is list is for United States candy only. Although generally most of the candies above are also gluten free overseas, some of them that do contain gluten in other countries.

For example, Smarties in the U.S. are gluten free but the Smarties in Canada contain gluten. This may be due to different manufacturing processes and/or flavors and ingredients used in the candy.

So if you are purchasing or consuming any of these candies outside the U.S. this list may be a little inaccurate.

Chewing Gum Anyone?

You probably noticed one big category of candy or sweets missing from this list – chewing gum. But don’t worry, I got you covered.

Below, here’s a link to my gluten free chewing gum guide. Enjoy!

Gluten Free Chewing Gum – Ultimate Guide

Candy Canes Anyone?

Anything missing is the seasonal treat – candy canes. Below, you’ll find a list to my gluten free candy cane list which is perfect for Christmas time. Enjoy

Gluten Free Candy Canes – Ultimate Guide

Is it Halloween Yet?

Believe it or not, this listing may not be as useful as you think once Halloween rolls around. Why you ask? Mainly because some of the candies you can find during Halloween are flavored differently, made with different ingredients, or even made by different companies. Yes, you heard that right, different companies.

Reese’s Egg’s not made by Hershey’s? You betcha. And they aren’t gluten free.

Below you’ll find the newly updated list to all Halloween candies and goodies..

Gluten Free Halloween Candy

*And on a side note, some holiday candies actually may not be gluten free, even though they normally are. So always be sure to read the labels and ingredients first before consuming.

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Thanks for reading. If you have any other gluten-free candy and sweets suggestions, please leave a comment below. Or you can send us a message on your GF Facebook Page here.

Cheers.

P.S. For a complete rundown of all gluten free foods and drinks, including alcohol, be sure to check out our newly updated list of gluten free food and drinks.