You will see a list of vegetarian or vegan candies at the end of the article.
You can also visit our Cruelty Free Shopping Page for a list mail or web-order companies that offer cruelty free candy and food. That page can be found at - http://www.geari.org/cruelty-free-shopping-products.html
For a List of Vegan Products that can be Found on Conventional Chain Grocery Store Shelves which includes candy, cookies, beverages, drinks and snacks see - http://www.geari.org/vegan-products-conventional-grocery-stores.html
Article:
Halloween treats for your vegan ghouls, goblins
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/family/30115
By LIZ KOHMAN
Published: 10.25.2006
Vegans have no need to be scared on Halloween. Even though some candies have hidden animal products, there's still a variety of tasty treats to please even the pickiest of trick-or-treaters.
You could be trying to raise a vegan child or just want to hand out treats that don't betray your beliefs. There is a surprising amount of vegan candy available produced by vegan and mainstream companies.
Some vegan food companies, such as Sun Flour Baking Company – [http://www.sunflourbaking.com], offer vegan-friendly Halloween gift baskets of goodies.
Parents who want to keep their children vegan on this candy-filled holiday should be prepared.
Look for a vegan/vegetarian-friendly Halloween event to attend or make a game of sorting candy post-trick-or-treating. If your children are old enough to read, tell them to look for animal products such as gelatin, casein, honey, lard and pepsin in the ingredients list of the candies they collected.
Put all the candy with animal products in a special trade-in pile and have a variety of vegan candy to swap for the nonvegan candy.
TRICK-OR-TREAT CANDIES
Use this list of vegan candy as a guide:
Airheads taffy
Atkins peanut butter bars
Blow Pops
Charms lollipops
Chick-o-Sticks
Cracker Jack
Cry Babies
Dem Bones
Dots
Dum-Dums
Fireballs
Goldenberg's Peanut Chews
Hot Tamales
Hubba Bubba bubblegum
Jolly Ranchers (lollipops and hard candy)
Jujubees
Jujyfruits
Lemonheads
Mambas
Mary Janes (regular and peanut butter kisses)
Mike and Ike
pumpkin Now and Later
Pez
Ring Pop lollipops
Smarties
Sour Patch Kids
Starburst (jelly beans and hard candy)
Super Bubble
Swedish Fish
Sweet Tarts
Tropical Source mini chocolate bags
Twizzlers
Zotz
Source: Peta Kids
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
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Palm oil is not cruelty free. Indonesia's rainforest is being burnt down by the second to make room for palm oil plantations. Palm oil is in a shocking amount of our processed foods. Orangutans are losing their homes and being killed by the hour for more palm oil plantations. lf this destruction continues, there will be no more orangutans (and other endemic species) in 10 years. Having your home burnt down or chopped down or being murdered for your land, is not cruelty free. As of right now, there are no self sustaining palm oil plantations. Check your ingredients for palm oil, Please.
Great points. I'm glad you posted on this issue. I agree. Thank you again.
Although most are, some of these items are not vegan. For instance Starburst Jelly Beans contain Confectionery Glaze which upon looking up you will find is shellac. (Shellac is essentially bug goop. Ew.)
Thanks for the info though! :)
Thank you Kelly for the information. I do appreciate you bringing this to our attention. You are fully correct. From time to time, companies will change their formulas. At the time this article was posted, the information provider was certain the candy was ok. Unfortunately though, it seems they've changed the formula and isolated customers! Thank you again.
i thought mike n ike had gelatin which is made of animal bone.. am i wrong?
Thank you Sara for your question. Does anyone know for sure the answer to this question? The list I used was taken from PETA, so I'm hoping their research was good. If anyone knows for sure, please let us all know. Thank you!
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