Holidays can be a real drag if you have dietary restrictions, and with Halloween being all about the candy, it can be downright scary. But there's good news for those avoiding gluten: although you'll have to steer clear of homemade mummy-shaped cakes and brownies decorated adorably with spiderwebs, most candy bars and hard candies get the green light - just stay away from Twizzlers, because they surprisingly do contain gluten! Now, we're not saying to go crazy with the candies, but when a majority of "fun size" bars are only 100 calories, a little indulging might be necessary.
First things first. Always read the label on your candy before consuming. Unless labeled "gluten-free," candy may contain traces of gluten, be produced in a facility that also processes products with wheat, or be made on equipment that is shared with products that are not gluten-free. Also note that a product labeled as gluten-free in one country may not be gluten-free where you live.
Companies are constantly changing the ingredients they put in products, so always double check just to be sure. When in doubt, you can call the 1-800 number located on the packaging to speak with a customer service representative to find out for sure if it's free of gluten.
Here's a list of popular candy that is currently gluten-free:
Chocolate
- Almond Joy
- Baby Ruth
- Blow Pops
- Butterfinger (fun size only)
- Charleston Chew
- Dots
- Goobers
- Heath Bar
- Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bar (1.55 oz. only)
- Hershey's Milk Chocolate With Almonds Bar (1.55 oz. only)
- Hershey's Kisses
- Hershey's Nuggets
- Oh Henry!
- Junior Mints
- Milk Duds
- Mounds Bar
- Payday
- Raisinets
- Reese's Fast Break Bar
- Reese's Nutrageous
- Reese's Peanut Butter Cup (all except seasonal shaped items)
- Reese's Pieces
- Rolos (all except Rolo Minis)
- Skor Toffee Bar
- Tootsie Roll
- York Peppermint Pattie (all except York Pieces Candy, York Minis, and York Shapes)
Candy
- Charms Blow Pops
- Dots
- Haribo Gold-Bears (not Juicy variety)
- Hot Tamales
- Jelly Belly Jelly Beans
- Laffy Taffy
- Mike and Ike Original Fruits
- Pixy Stix
- Smarties
- Sugar Babies
- Sugar Daddy
- Surf Sweets Gummies, Sour Candies, Fruit RIngs, and Jelly Beans
- SweeTarts
- Tootsie Pops
- Wonka Lik-M-Aid Fun Dip
If you're wondering about M&M's, Snickers, Twix, 3 Musketeers, Starburst, Skittles, Lifesavers, and Milky Way, the company that makes these products, Mars Wrigley, urges consumers to read the labels directly on the package for allergy information.
from POPSUGAR https://www.popsugar.com/fitness/Gluten-Free-Halloween-Candy-20119016
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