Vegan Candy List – The Ultimate Guide (2021)

Did you know that some candies actually contain animal ingredients? It may sound crazy but it’s true!

Some extremely popular candies are actually made from things like gelatin, milk, and even bugs (for some red colorings.)

Now trying to find the perfect vegan candy can be quite tricky, especially if you have no idea what ingredients are in your favorite candy bars.

But don’t worry, we got you covered!

Below, you’ll find a complete listing of all candies that are animal-free. But before we get to the vegan candy listing, you must first know about the main ingredients you need to look for when trying to find animal-free candies.

Non-Vegan Ingredients To Watch Out For

There are a few ingredients you need to watch out for when looking for vegan candies.

1. Gelatin – Gelatin is made by boiling the skin, tendons, ligaments, and bones of pigs and cows.

2. Shellac – Shellac is a resin secreted by the female lac bug, on trees in the forests of India and Thailand that gives the candy a glossy appearance (aka confectioners glaze).

3. Carmine – Carmine is a red pigment is made from some scale insects such as the cochineal scale and certain Porphyrophora species.

4. Bone Char – Bone Char is the bones form cattle that is used to process sugar, while also giving it that bright white appearance. You can learn more about bone char and it’s alternatives by checking out this in-depth article by PETA.

Okay so now that you know which ingredients to look for in candy, let’s go straight into the animal-free candy listing!

Vegan Candy List

Here’s the complete listing of all the candies that are vegan, most of which are approved by PETA.

Please note that ingredients always change so this listing may not always be 100% accurate. Also, even though most of these candies are approved by PETA to be vegan, some may be 99.9% vegan.

Airheads

Atkins Peanut Butter Bar

Big League Chew

Blow Pops

Bottlecaps

Brach’s Cinnamon Hard Candy

Brach’s Hi-C Fruit Slices

Brach’s Hi-C Orange Slices

Brach’s Root Beer Barrels

Brach’s Star Brites

Charm Lollipops

Chew-et’s Peanut Chews

Chick-O-Sticks

Chocolove Dark Chocolate Bar

Chocolove Cherries and Almonds Dark Chocolate Bar

Chocolove Crystallized Ginger Dark Chocolate Bar

Chocolove Orange Peel Dark Chocolate Bar

Chocolove Raspberry Dark Chocolate Bar

Chick-O-Sticks

Cry Babies

Dem Bones

Dots

Dum-Dums

Fireballs

Fruit By the Foot

Fruit Roll-Ups

Fun Dip

Gobstoppers

Goldenberg’s Peanut Chews

Hubba Bubba Bubblegum

Jolly Ranchers (Lollipops and Hard Candy)

Jujubes

Jujyfruits

Laffy Taffy

Lance Peanut Bar

Lemonheads

Mamba Fruit Chews

Mary Janes (Regular and Peanut Butter Kisses)

Nerds

Now and Later

Panda Licorice

Pez

Pixy Stix

Red Vines

Ring Pops

Skittles

Smarties (U.S. Brand)

Smart Sweets (all flavors except fruit gummy bears)

Sour Patch Kids

Starburst Minis

Super Bubble

Swedish Fish

Sweet Tarts

Twizzlers

Zotz

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Thank you so much for reading and if you have any other vegan candy suggestions that you would like to see added to this listing, please leave a comment below.

Looking for more vegan chocolate?

Be sure to check out our new, complete listing of vegan chocolate bar brands.

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Cheers.

P.S. Be sure to check out our in-depth vegan alcohol list and vegan snack list too! (And for peanut or tree nut allergies, you can cross reference the vegan peanut free candy options in this listing.