Ah, Halloween—it’s the sweetest, spookiest time of the year—but it can be even spookier for people with a gluten allergy. Fortunately, we’ve compiled a list of some of the best gluten free Halloween candy to put your mind (and stomach) at ease, whether you’re looking out for yourself or any GF ghouls and goblins who may be out and about this holiday season.
Note: We are taste testers, not nutritionists. If you are highly sensitive to gluten, please always check a product’s ingredients for yourself!
- Yum Earth Halloween Organic Gummy Fruits
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A lot of people would argue that fruit snacks don’t qualify as candy, but when fruit snacks are this good, we’ll let it slide. Cracking the top seven in our ranking of the best Halloween candy for trick-or-treaters, these treats are gluten free, peanut free, soy free, and gelatin free. They’re also delicious, balancing the sweetness you’d expect from a gummy candy with the tartness and tang of fruit snacks, making this a great option for avoiding allergens but not avoiding flavor.
Read the full ranking of the best trick-or-treat candy.
- Jelly Belly Monster Mash
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When you think Halloween, jelly beans probably don’t come to mind, but Jelly Belly is attempting to change that with their Monster Mash mix of flavors. The flavors—Island Punch, Kiwi, Orange Sherbet, and Wild Blackberry—don’t exactly scream fall, but the color scheme works for Halloween get-togethers. And according to Jelly Belly’s website, all their candies are gluten free, peanut free, dairy free, fat free, and vegetarian friendly,” a hauntingly good reassurance to have.
Read the full ranking of the best Halloween candy.
- Trader Joe’s Spooky Bats & Cats Sour Gummy Candies
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Trader Joe’s always stocks tasty seasonal products, and Halloween is one of the best times of year to check out what they have. These sour, chewy gummies—which the manufacturer says are gluten free—are reminiscent of TJ’s Scandinavian Swimmers, except they’re cat and bat shaped, so they’re actually entirely different. Their flavors may be hard to identify, but they are delicious and that’s what matters.
Read the full ranking of the best Halloween gummy candy.
- Ghost Dots
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It may not be the most conventional (or popular) Halloween candy, but what is spooky season without a few surprises? Halloween-themed Ghost Dots are up to bat for the gluten-free candy team—and they’re knocking it out of the park if you’re a fan of Dots. They made our list of the best gummy Halloween candy, and the fact that they’re a gluten free Halloween candy is just icing on the cake. Ghost Dots, unlike regular Dots, are all the same ghostly pale color, making the true flavor of each Dot a mystery until you bite down and attempt to dig it out of your teeth—and isn’t that what Halloween candy is all about?
- Skittles Littles
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It’s always about the houses that give out the biggest candy on Halloween—but what about those who give out the littlest? Become everyone’s favorite distributor of fun-sized joy with these Skittles Littles, a gluten free Halloween candy. If you think about it, these are a lot more bang for your buck anyway—you can fit more of them in your hand (or mouth) at once, and what’s not to love about that?
- M&M’s Ghoul’s Mix
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M&M’s are famous for innovating. I mean, what other candy company lets you print whatever design you want on their product? What other candy company has made a PB&J flavor, a Key Lime Pie flavor, and even a Carrot Cake flavor? By those standards, M&M’s Ghoul’s Blend is a little dull—you get regular ol’ M&M’s in a variety of spooky colors—but a classic is a classic, and it doesn’t get more classic than M&M’s, especially if you’re in the market for gluten free Halloween treats.
- Reese’s Miniatures Peanut Butter Cups
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Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are a Halloween staple, and they’re hard to resist when the flavor is so comforting and familiar. They’re gluten free, too—although beware those Reese’s Pumpkins and Bats. According to Reese’s, their holiday shapes are not certified gluten free. Luckily, those mini cups in the foil wrappers are here to save the day for all you gluten free ghouls.
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