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The gluten free candy list that will guide you through the fall and winter holiday season is here. Updated for 2012, with updates and new links.
Millions of people around the world have a gluten allergy and need to stay away from candy containing gluten. Whether your kids or someone else is allergic to gluten and you want to avoid eating the wrong candy, then check this gluten free candy list.
The list of gluten free candy is based on manufacturers websites on or before September 2012. Companies do change recipes from time to time. Always make sure you read the label to determine if the product is gluten free and better yet call the manufacturer if the label isn’t clear. If you are looking for a list of other foods containing gluten go here.
Also, some candy outside the United States may be called the same as on the list below but have different ingredients. So if you are outside the U.S. check the label. In addition the sizes of the candy will also result in different ingredients. Some larger sizes will contain gluten while the smaller sizes don’t.
For those who have very high allergy reactions to gluten, some of these products are made in plants that also package other products containing gluten. Please read the packaging to know which is best for you.
We’ve included links to most of the manufacturer’s websites indicating their gluten free policies and if they have a gluten free facility or not.
****Update 9/14/12. NESTLE LINKS – Since publishing this article, Nestleusa.com has changed several of their links. If you google the name of the candy and find nestleusa.com you’ll likely find a direct link to the website for each candy bar. Such as www.babyruth.com Within each site, you’ll find in the FAQ section where the company states the candy is gluten free.
| Airhead Bars | Perfetti Van Melle |
| Airheads | Perfetti Van Melle |
| All Heads Brands Candy | Ferrara Pan |
| All Natural Pecan Divinity | Dillon Candy |
| Almond Joy | Hershey’s |
| Annie’s Bunny Fruit Snacks | Annie’s |
| Appleheads | Ferrara Pan |
| Atomic Fireballs | Ferrara Pan |
| Autumn Peanut Butter Cups | Palmer |
| Baby Ruth | Nestle |
| Bag of Boo’s | Palmer |
| Banana Split & Mint Julep Chews | Necco |
| Bequet Caramels | Bequet Confections |
| Bit O’Honey | Nestle |
| Black Ace Red Licorice | Moon Dance Baking |
| Black Forest Gummies-All | Ferrara Pan |
| Boston Baked Beans | Ferrara Pan |
| Bottle Caps | Wonka |
| Brach’s Candy Corn | Farley’s & Sathers |
| Butterscotch Discs | Farley’s & Sathers |
| Canada Mint & Wintergreen Lozenges | Necco |
| Candy Canes | Spangler |
| Candy Carnival | Tootsie |
| Candy Corn | Farley’s & Sathers |
| Candy Stix | Necco |
| Caramel Creepy Peepers | Palmer |
| Charleston Chew | Tootsie |
| Charm Cotton Candy Lollipops | Tootsie |
| Sweet & Sour Charms | Tootsie |
| Charms Blow Pops, Flat & Mini | Tootsie |
| Cherry Sours | Ferrara Pan |
| Chewy Atomic Fireballs | Ferrara Pan |
| Chewy Lemonhead & Friends | Ferrara Pan |
| Chewy Mix | Farley’s & Sathers |
| Child’s Play | Tootsie |
| Chocolate Almonds | Ferrara Pan |
| Chocolate Peanuts | Ferrara Pan |
| Chocolate Raisins | Ferrara Pan |
| Chocolate Wafers | Glutino |
| Chupa Chups Fruit Lollipops | Perfetti Van Melle |
| Cinnamon Discs & Imps | Farley’s & Sathers |
| Circus Peanuts | Spangler |
| Clark Bars | Necco |
| Cotton Candy Fluffy Stuff | Tootsie |
| Crows | Tootsie |
| Cry Baby Tears, Gumballs & Twist Gum | Tootsie |
| DairyGood Pumpkin Pals | Palmer |
| Dots | Tootsie |
| Dove Bar | Mars |
| Dove Chocolates | Mars |
| Dum Dums | Spangler |
| Enjoy Life Foods Chocolate Bars | Enjoy Life |
| Eye Candy Mix | Palmer |
| Fluffy Stuff Cotton Candy | Tootsie |
| Fright Bites | Palmer |
| Frooties | Tootsie |
| Fruit Slices | Farley’s & Sathers |
| Fruit Snacks | Ferrara Pan |
| Fun Dip & Fun Dip Sour | Wonka |
| Gobstoppers | Wonka |
| Goobers | Nestle |
| Grapeheads | Ferrara Pan |
| Gum Drops | Sathers |
| Gummi Bears | Trolli |
| Gummi Worms | Farley’s & Sathers |
| Gummies | Sathers |
| Gummies | Wonka |
| Gummies | Ferrara Pan |
| Gummy Candies | Trolli |
| Haribo Gold Bears | Haribo |
| Haviland Peppermint | Necco |
| Haviland Thin Mints | Necco |
| Haviland Wintergreen Patties | Necco |
| Heath Bar | Hershey’s |
| Hershey’s Drops-Plain & Cookies’N Cream | Hershey’s |
| Hershey’s Bars – Milk Chocolate | Hershey’s |
| Hershey’s Kisses, Hugs & Kissables | Hershey’s |
| Hot Tamales | Just Born |
| Jaw Breakers | Ferrara Pan |
| Jellies-All | Ferrara Pan |
| Jelly Beans | Farley’s & Sathers |
| Jelly Beans | Just Born |
| Jelly Beans | Ferrara Pan |
| Jelly Bellies | Jelly Belly |
| Jelly Rings | Sather’s |
| Jolly Rancher Lollipops | Hershey’s |
| Jolly Ranchers | Hershey’s |
| JuJubes | Heide |
| Jujus-All | Ferrara Pan |
| Jujy Fruits | Heide |
| Junior Mints | Tootsie |
| Kazoozles | Wonka |
| Kraft Caramel | Kraft |
| Laffy Taffy Plain,Stretchy & Tangy Rope | Wonka |
| Lemonheads | Ferrara Pan |
| Life Saver Swirl Pops | Wrigley-Mars |
| Life Savers Candy & Gummies | Wrigley-Mars |
| Lollipops | Lollipops |
| M&M’s-Except Pretzel | Mars |
| Marshmallow Peeps | Just Born |
| Mary Jane Peanut Butter Kisses | Necco |
| Mary Janes | Necco |
| Mega Warheads | Impact Confections |
| Mike & Ike’s | Just Born |
| Milk Duds | Hershey’s |
| Milky Way – Simply Caramel & Midnight Bars | Mars |
| Mister Goodbar | Hershey’s |
| MixUps | Wonka |
| Mounds | Hershey’s |
| Munch Bars | Mars |
| Necco Wafers | Necco |
| Nerds | Wonka |
| Nestle Milk Chocolate | Nestle |
| Nik L Nip | Tootsie |
| Nips, Regular & Sugar Free | Nestle |
| Now & Later, Regular & Soft | Heide |
| Nut Zippers | Necco |
| O’Henry | Nestle |
| Octopus | Trolli |
| Pay Day | Hershey’s |
| Peanut Chews | Just Born |
| Peeps | Just Born |
| Peppermint Patties | Palmer |
| Pez | Pez |
| Pixy Stix | Wonka |
| Pop Rocks Candy | Pop Rocks |
| Rain-Blo Pops | Heide |
| Raisinets | Nestle |
| Raspberry & Red Hot Dollars | Heide |
| Razzles | Tootsie |
| Red Hots | Ferrara Pan |
| Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups – not all sizes | Hershey’s |
| Reese’s Pieces | Hershey’s |
| Rolo | Hershey’s |
| Root Beer Barels | Farley’s & Sathers |
| Runts and Runts Chewy | Wonka |
| Safe T Lollipops | Spangler |
| Shockers | Wonka |
| Skittles and Skittles Sour | Wrigley-Mars |
| Skor Bars | Hershey’s |
| Sky Bars | Necco |
| Smarties (U.S. Only) | Ce De Candy |
| Smarties Candy Necklace | Ce De Candy |
| Smarties Pops and Lollies | Ce De Candy |
| Smarties Candy Money | Ce De Candy |
| Snickers Bars | Mars |
| Snickers Dark Bars | Mars |
| Sno Caps | Nestle |
| Sour Jacks | Ferrara Pan |
| Sour Neon Crawlers | Farley’s & Sathers |
| Sour Patch Kids / Extreme Sour Patch | Cadbury-Kraft |
| Sour Patch Soft & Chewy Candy Kids | Cadbury-Kraft |
| Spearmint Leaves | Farley’s & Sathers |
| Spice Drops | Farley’s & Sathers |
| Spree | Wonka |
| Squirrel Nut Caramels | Necco |
| St. Claire’s Organics Tart Candies | St. Claire’s |
| Starburst | Wrigley |
| Starburst Jelly Beans | Wrigely |
| Starlight Mints | Farley’s & Sathers |
| Sugar Babies | Tootsie |
| Sugar Daddy | Tootsie |
| Sugar Daddy Lollipops | Tootsie |
| Sunkist Chewy Candies | Jelly Belly |
| Swedish Fish | Cadbury-Kraft |
| Sweetarts | Wonka |
| Talking Pumpkins | Necco |
| Teenee Beenee | Just Born |
| Three Musketeers | Mars |
| Tic Tacs | Tic Tac USA |
| Tootsie Pop Lollipops | Tootsie |
| Tootsie Rolls | Tootsie |
| Tricky Treats | Palmer |
| Twisted Pumpkins | Palmer |
| Ultramints | Necco |
| Wacko-wax Wax Lips | Tootsie |
| Welch’s Fruit Snacks | Farmers Choice Food Brands |
| Wonka Runts | Wonka |
| York Peppermint Patties | Hershey’s |
| Yummy Earth Organic Lollipops | Betty Mills |
| Zombies – Chocolate | Palmer |
| Zours | Just Born |
Please leave comments if you find other candies or websites selling candies that are gluten free, so we can share with our other readers.
Enjoy the candy, but not too much!! 
Some people are so sensitive to gluten that they cannot tolerate food that has been processed on the same equipment as other products containing it. Watch for all the additives, and the ingredients that don’t have to be listed because they are less than a certain percentage. Even that small percentage matters in gluten free products! I would recommend only eating products that state GLUTEN FREE on the package and if you are not sure then if there could be cross contamination, ask before eating it. Contact the company and ask questions. Great list, though!
Like the comment! and i love the blog, really useful info here
CAN U TELL ME IF REESES ‘FAST BREAK’ BARS ARE GLUTEN FREE?? THANK Y0U!
Hi I noticed it says Lemonheads are gluten free and airheads, but my 3 year old niece has been gluten free since she was born and she broke out in hives. I dont think there gluten free. But im not sure. Maltodextrin is in it at least I think it was that one.
Please let me know.
Please review the ingredients for the Milky Way, Milky Way Caramel and the Milky Way Midnight. Very confusing.
I believe the salted nut roll is gluten free too
thank you
Following this list I ate my first Butterfinger since becoming gluten free. I hesitated because it had vanillin in it which I had been told contained gluten. I had read the comments so I assumed it was ok. I had a horrible reaction, worse ever. I will go back to food without vanillin
Thanks for the list, I’m going to use it at the candy store that I work at, we have many people who ask about gluten free. We have most of these things listed in our store and we are glad to have internet or over the phone orders!
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Casey
I had Oral Candida since March. That meant no sugar/candy! I was told my test came back negative & started eating a lot of my favorite foods. Within 2weeks (a few weeks ago) I was diagnosed with Celiac. You can imagine the mourning, especially if you were diagnosed with it. Without this list, I was going crazy looking up each individual candy. Assuming Twizzlers are gluten-free, I ate a small package of it 2 days ago & now have stomach pains. It blows my mind how many things ARE made with gluten, that I so much appreciate whoever took the time out to share this list! Many thanks!
The hershey’s drops were on the list from the Gluten Free Magazine and we verified it with a package we purchased. Although it is important to note to check the package of every candy you buy. As Nestle states on their website you should always check the wrapper and look at the ingredients. http://www.thehersheycompany.com/contact-us/frequently-asked-questions.aspx#/Can-you-send-me-an-allergen-list?
I would just be careful…Hersheys drops cookies and cream are on that list..i dont think those are gluten free..
7 years and counting being Guten free! I so appreciate anyone who spends time to help others feel better, this is great! I will be using this. I thank you again.
Thank you for this information. It makes life so much easier for a parent to know what is gluten free or not.
This is great. Thank you so much for making this available!
I had thought that any commercial candy was full of gluten of some kind. Thanks for the freeing list.
Thank you for making this halloween easier for my 7 year old (and me). We are grateful that you put the time into this!!
Great list! there is more gluten free candy than I thought there was.
Thanks!