Your Guide to Allergy-Free Halloween Candy

Halloween is a favorite holiday of many children for good reason – who doesn’t love dressing up and getting free candy? But for parents of children with allergies, this time of the year can be a cause for added stress.

So, make sure you and your child are prepared this holiday season so they can pick out candy they’ll enjoy. Check out this guide of allergy-free candy so you can educate your child on what to pick and what to watch out for while they’re having fun with friends and family.

If you’re ever in doubt, always read product labels to see if candy contains any allergens.

Gluten-free

Gluten-free Candy

• 3 Musketeers
• Almond Joy bars
• Butterfingers
• Dots
• Hershey bars (1.55 oz. US bar only)
• Hershey milk chocolate Kisses
• Hot Tamales
• Junior Mints
• Lemonheads
• M&Ms (Regular)
• Mike & Ikes
• No Whey! Chocolate
• Payday
• Reese’s peanut butter cups (regular)
• Skittles
• Snickers
• Smarties
• Sour Patch Kids
• Starburst
• Swedish Fish
• Tic Tacs
• Tootsie Rolls
• York Peppermint Patties

The following items are not directly labeled gluten-free by their distributor, though they do not have any gluten-containing ingredients:

• Baby Ruth
• Laffy Taffy
• Nerds
• Oh-Henry!
• Sweet Tarts

What to Avoid

• 100 Grand
• 5th Avenue bars
• Candy Corn
• Crunch
• Kit Kat
• Licorice (Twizzlers, Red Vines, bites)
• Mars bars
• Milky Way bars
• Pretzel M&Ms and Crispy M&Ms
• Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups holiday varieties (such as pumpkin-shaped, egg-shaped, and Christmas tree-shaped, all of which are made in a separate factory that poses a cross-contamination risk for gluten)
• Take 5 bars
• Twix
• Whoppers

Nut-free

Nut-free Candy

• Andes Mints
• Dum Dums
• Dots
• Double Bubble
• Haribo gummies
• Hershey bars (1.55 oz. US bar only)
• Hershey milk chocolate kisses
• Jolly Rancher
• Junior Mints
• No Whey! Chocolate
• PEZ
• Red Vines
• Skittles
• Sour Patch Kids
• Swedish Fish
• Tootsie Pops
• Tootsie Rolls
• Twizzlers

The following candies are PEANUT-FREE, but may contain traces of tree nut from cross-contamination:

• Jelly Belly (some flavors also contain tree nut)
• Smarties

What to Avoid

• Almond Joy
• Baby Ruth
• Butterfinger
• Candy Corn
• Crunch
• Dove chocolate (made in a facility that may be at risk for cross-contamination for nuts)
• Kit Kat
• M&Ms
• Snickers
• Twix

Soy-free

Soy-free Candy

• Dots
• Lemonheads
• Lifesavers Gummies
• Mike & Ike
• Nerds
• No Whey! Chocolate
• Red Vines
• Ring Pops
• Sour Patch Kids
• Smarties
• Starburst
• Swedish Fish
• Sweetarts (classic)

What to Avoid

• 3 Musketeers
• Airheads
• Almond Joy
• Baby Ruth
• Butterfinger
• Candy Corn
• Crunch
• Double Bubble
• Dum Dums
• Hershey’s bars
• Hershey’s Kisses
• Jolly Ranchers
• Junior Mints
• Kit Kat
• Laffy Taffy
• M&Ms
• Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
• Snickers
• Sweetarts Chews
• Tootsie Pops
• Tootsie Rolls
• Twix
• Twizzlers
• Warheads
• Whoppers

Sesame-free

Sesame-free Candy

• 3 Musketeers
• Airheads
• Almond Joy
• Baby Ruth
• Butterfinger
• Crunch
• Dots
• Dum Dums
• Haribo Goldbears
• Hershey’s bars
• Jelly Belly
• Jolly Rancher
• Junior Mints
• Kit Kat
• Laffy Taffy
• Life Savers
• M&Ms
• Milky Way
• No Whey! Chocolate
• Ring Pops
• Rolos
• Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
• Skittles
• Sour Patch Kids
• Smarties
• Snickers
• Starburst
• Swedish Fish
• Tootsie Rolls
• Twix
• Twizzlers
• Whoppers

What to Avoid

• Candy Corn
• Nerds

Dairy-free

Dairy-free Candy

• Airheads
• Candy Corn
• Dots
• Dum Dums
• Gobstoppers
• Jolly Rancher
• Junior Mints
• Laffy Taffy
• Lemonheads
• Mike & Ike
• Nerds
• No Whey! Chocolate
• Skittles
• Sour Patch Kids
• Starburst
• Swedish Fish
• Sweetarts
• Trolli
• Twizzlers

What to Avoid

The vast majority of chocolate candies out there contain dairy. Please check labels before giving these to your lactose intolerant child, as most popular chocolate candies are unsafe!

• 3 Musketeers
• Almond Joy
• Baby Ruth
• Butterfinger
• Candy Corn
• Crunch
• Hershey’s bar
• Kit Kat
• M&Ms
• Milky Way
• Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
• Snickers
• Tootsie Rolls
• Twix
• Whoppers

Egg-free

Egg-free Candy

• Airheads
• Almond Joy
• Butterfinger
• Dots
• Dum Dums
• Fun Dip
• Herhsey’s bar
• Jelly Belly
• Jolly Rancher
• Kit Kat
• Life Savers
• M&Ms
• Nerds
• No Whey! Chocolate
• PEZ
• Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
• Ring Pops
• Skittles
• Starburst
• Smarties
• Sour Patch Kids
• Swedish Fish
• Tootsie Rolls
• Twix
• Twizzlers
• Whoppers

What to Avoid

• 3 Musketeers
• Baby Ruth
• Candy Corn
• Gobstoppers
• Laffy Taffy
• Milky Way
• Snickers
• Sweetarts Chewy