Posted August 17, 2011 by Sunny Subramanian
The following article was written by PETA intern Heather Mangal.
Lollipops and taffy and bonbons! Oh, my! You can be vegan and still feel like a kid in a candy store, with the large variety of accidentally vegan candy options out there. Your sweet tooth will thank you because this guide will have you skipping down the vegan candy lane.
Chocolate Candies
I love eating chocolate when taking bubble baths or when I get those ever-so-often cravings. If you are jonesing for a chocolate fix, go with my top picks: Chocolove Dark Chocolate Bars, Ghirardelli Twilight Delights, and my ultimate favorite, the Endangered Species dark chocolate collection. It’s my favorite because I am saving animals in more than one way: While indulging in decadent, rich vegan chocolate, a portion of my purchase goes to a fund to help save endangered species.
Lollipops
I have always associated lollipops with special moments from my childhood, but as an adult, I still love them! And the best ones just happen to be vegan. Charm’s Blow Pops and Dum Dums are the vegan winners that will throw you back in time to your elementary school days.
Gummy Candies
If you are like me, candy is the way to go at the movie theater. I always grab some Sour Patch Kids or Swedish Fish. The sweet, chewy goodness of these babies beats popcorn any day, and they are sold at almost every theater. Chewy candies sometimes have gelatin in them, but these are free of animal parts.
Chewy Candies
Taking a road trip? Candy can come to the rescue here too! It can be challenging to stay awake or maintain the momentum to keep driving, and coffee can become too monotonous. My vegan candy picks for long drives are Airheads taffy, Fruit by the Foot, and Big League Chew gum.
Hard Candies
Are you a hard-candy type of person who likes to reach for the candy bowl at work on a regular basis? For the candy dish at the office, my suggestions are Atomic Fireballs, Brach’s Cinnamon Hard Candy, Jolly Ranchers, and Smarties. Having those hard candies melt in your mouth is bound to relieve that everyday stress at work.
Everyone is entitled to indulge their sweet tooth every now and then. So don’t be afraid to reach for the vegan candy options listed here when strolling down the candy aisle. You deserve it! Don’t forget to check out peta2′s list of other accidentally vegan foods.
What’s your favorite vegan candy, and when do you enjoy eating it?
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237 days ago
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251 days ago
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I love this!!! ^_^
668 days ago
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Im trying really hard to find some vegan rock candy… you know the chocolates that look like rocks? Anyone know of any? If you do.. please message me
665 days ago
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In case you meant truffles, here are a few vegan truffle recipes that seem easy enough.
http://theyumblog.wordpress.com/2007/11/26/vegan-chocolate-truffles/
http://www.food.com/recipe/vegan-truffles-33995
http://www.granvilleonline.ca/gr/blogs/editors/2009/01/16/amazing-vegan-chocolate-truffle-recipe
669 days ago
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I love sour patch kids, because I love how if you have them on your gums where your wisdom teeth are, you get a sour overload
670 days ago
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Wow there is more delicious and animal free candy out there than I previously thought!
671 days ago
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what’s that sound? It’s me gaining a couple pounds form reading this. XD
672 days ago
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I <3 dum dums and swedish fish–went to the movies last night to see Rise of the Planet of the Apes and brought a bag of swedish fish! Teehee.
673 days ago
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I WANT CANDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
673 days ago
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oh and what types of gum is vegan?
673 days ago
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yum! it makes me hungey now!
673 days ago
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BLOW POPS!!! SWEDISH FISH!!!!!!!!!!!!
673 days ago
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I love jolly ranchers!
673 days ago
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ive seen the dark chocalate candy bar at my local grocery store, this is aweosme, i know some of theirs have milk so i wasnt sure, i loved it cause it funds to help endanger animals,and now i love it more cause its VEGAN! im so ganna go get some today..dork chocalate here i come.
673 days ago
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GREAT LIST!!!!!!!!!!
673 days ago
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Haha this list is great. I always have a stock pile of all sorts of candy.
673 days ago
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OMG i love them sour patch sweets!!!!!!! =) my faves