Gluten-Free Candy List | Celiac Disease Foundation (2024)

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What candy can someone with celiac disease eat? ›

Some candies that are safe for people with gluten food allergies include Airheads, Skittles, Smarties, Sour Patch Kids, Starbursts, 3 Musketeers, Snickers, and most varieties of M&Ms. Be sure to avoid pretzel M&Ms, crispy M&Ms, and seasonal Reese's shapes, since these candies contain gluten.

Candies produced in See's Candies facilities do not contain gluten, and these products are the vast majority of those we sell. We sell a small amount of specialty candies that we purchase from other partner confectioners.

M&M's do not have a gluten-free label, but many flavors are safe to eat including milk chocolate M&M's, dark chocolate M&M's, peanut M&M's, caramel M&M's, peanut butter M&M's and caramel cold brew M&M's. However, not all M&M's are gluten-free, such as pretzel M&M's, crispy M&M's and many seasonal and holiday flavors.

How do peanuts fit into a Celiac diet? Peanuts, peanut butter and peanut flour are all naturally gluten-free foods, which means they are safe for someone with Celiac Disease to eat.

You may think that classic Kellogg's Brand Rice Krispies are gluten-free because rice is a naturally gluten-free grain, but they are made with malt flavoring. The malt is derived from barley which is a gluten-containing grain. Therefore, they are definitely NOT gluten-free!

Hershey's kisses can be safe for a gluten-free diet if you choose the correct kinds. Some Hershey's kisses are not safe, so it's important to read the labels. The ones that are safe on a gluten-free diet include: Traditional silver-wrapped Hershey's kisses.

TWIZZLERS products are not gluten-free because they include wheat as an ingredient. While these particular products are not gluten-free, we do offer other gluten-free products. Click here for a list of our gluten-free products.

If you have Celiac disease, you can eat bananas.

What is the enemy of people with celiac disease? ›

With celiacs, gluten is the enemy. People with celiac disease cannot tolerate any gluten, no matter how little is ingested. If they eat or drink any, even a trace amount, they will begin to experience the symptoms of the disease.

Yes, if you're in the US, Canada or the UK! If you're in Australia or New Zealand, then the answer is, unfortunately, no. There they use wheat starch as a thickener, and wheat is one of the sources for the glucose syrup they use.

Are KitKats^® gluten free? Unfortunately they aren't but we're always working on new breaks that everyone can enjoy! Have you tried our KITKAT^® Bunny, they're gluten free and delicious! Find the full list of products suitable for a gluten free diet here.

The Wrigley company makes skittles gluten-free. They indicate this on the back of each skittle box because none of the ingredients used in making skittles has gluten.

In its purest form, chocolate in any of its milk, dark and white varieties doesn't contain gluten. Sadly for chocoholic coeliacs everywhere, the reason all chocolate isn't gluten free is because some products have gluten-based ingredients added, or they are made in a factory where gluten is used.

Hershey's kisses can be safe for a gluten-free diet if you choose the correct kinds. Some Hershey's kisses are not safe, so it's important to read the labels. The ones that are safe on a gluten-free diet include: Traditional silver-wrapped Hershey's kisses.