Here is a list of gluten-free easter candy to add to your kids’ easter baskets, inside hidden plastic eggs, or to enjoy yourself!
These candies are noted by their manufacturers to have less than 20 parts per million (ppm) of gluten which is celiac and gluten-free safe according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As always, before consuming any of these candies, read the nutrition label, check with the manufacturer if needed, and determine yours or your children’s sensitivity levels.
Gluten-Free Easter Candy
- Peeps Marshmallow Chicks
- Jelly Belly Jelly Beans
- Pastel Easter Hershey’s Kisses
- Easter Dots
- Tootsie Roll Eggs
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Miniatures
- Cadbury Easter Creme Eggs*
- No Whey Foods Milkless Chocolate Bunny
- Dum Dums Easter Bunny Pops
- Smarties Easter Candy Rolls
- M&M’s Easter Milk Chocolate Candies
- Dove Chocolate Bunnies
- Nestle’s NestEggs
*Hershey’s Cadbury Easter Creme Eggs are still up for debate because Hershey’s has not listed the candy as gluten-free. The candy does not contain gluten ingredients on their labels, and they are not listed as being processed in a facility that contains wheat. Again, gauge the level of sensitivity to gluten and make a decision based on instincts and past experiences.
Gluten-Free Chocolate Candy
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- Reese’s Pieces
- Raisinets
- Butterfingers
- Almond Joy (all except for Almond Joy Pieces candy)
- Hershey’s Kisses (only some varieties are gluten-free, make sure to read nutrition labels)
- Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Bar
- Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Bar with Almonds
- Milk Duds
- PayDay
- 3 Musketeers
- Almond Joy
- Milky Way
- Baby Ruth
- Mounds
- York Peppermint Patties
- Rolo Caramels in Milk Chocolate Candies – all except Rolo Minis
- Snickers Bars
- Dove Chocolate
- Brookside Dark Chocolate
Other Gluten-Free Candy
- Trolli Sour Brite Crawlers
- Starburst Fruit Chews
- Tootsie Pops
- Tootsie Rolls
- Fun Dip
- Pixy Sticks
- Nerds
- Mike and Ike
- Skittles
- Annie’s Homegrown Fruit Snacks
- Hot Tamales
- Laffy Taffy
- Pez
- Smarties
- Sour Patch Kids
- Sweet Tarts
- Dots
- Lifesavers
- Lemonhead
- Atomic Fireballs
- Bottle Caps
- Cherry Sours
- Dum Dums
And the list goes on! The best advice we can give is to pick out your favorite candy and read the nutrition labels, ingredients and allergy callouts to make sure that it is gluten-free and fits within yours or your family’s sensitivity levels. As you can see from the list above, there are many gluten-free candy options to choose from. We hope this list helps you out.
Happy Easter from the Targeted Genomics Family!