Is Candy Gluten-Free?

Gluten-Free Candy by Maker

Ferrara

On their website, Ferrara says: “For every Ferrara product containing any of the ‘Big 9’ allergens, we list a CONTAINS statement immediately following the ingredient list on all of our packages, indicating which allergens are present. Please refer to the packaging, as the packaging contains the most current ingredients and allergen statements.”

Ferrara does not maintain a list of allergen-free or gluten-free candy.

Candy from Ferrara that do not have gluten-containing ingredients include:

Atomic Fireballs
Fun Dip
Gobstoppers
Jujyfruits
Laffy Taffy
Lemonhead (Note that Lemonhead ropes contain wheat and are not safe for those with celiac disease)
SweeTarts (Note that SweeTart ropes contain wheat and are not safe for those with celiac disease)

Hershey

Hershey keeps an updated list on their website. Their gluten-free candies include:

Almond Joy (all except Almond Joy Pieces candy)
Brookside
Heath
Hershey’s kisses
Hershey’s chocolate bars
Hershey’s Nuggets
Milk Duds
Mounds
Payday
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (all except seasonal shaped items)
Rolo Caramels in Milk Chocolate Candies (all except Rolo Minis)
Skor
York Peppermint Patties

Hershey candy that does not contain gluten but is not explicitly gluten-free includes:

Jolly Ranchers
Oh-Henry!

The following Hershey products, among others, contain gluten:

Twizzlers
Kit Kat
Whoppers

Just Born

On their website, Just Born claims, “We offer many gluten-free products under the […] JUST BORN® brands and we are in the process of updating package labels to include gluten-free statements where appropriate. The modified food starch that we use in our candies is corn starch. However, because some of our products may be manufactured and/or packaged in a facility that may also handle non gluten-free products, we encourage consumers to read the labels carefully for the most up-to-date ingredient and allergen information.”

Gluten-free candy by Just Born include:

Goldenberg’s Peanut Chews
Hot Tamales
Mike and Ike
Peeps
Teenee Beanee / Just Born Jelly Beans

Mars Wrigley

Mars Wrigley does not label any of their products gluten-free and have, in the past, reported that none of their chocolate candy offerings are gluten-free, but state that they will include any gluten-containing ingredients on their labels.

While riskier options, some on the gluten-free diet choose to enjoy the following Mars candies, which have no gluten-containing ingredients:

3 Musketeers
Dove Chocolate products (all flavors except milk chocolate cinnamon graham/cookies and cream, and some holiday varieties, such as milk chocolate truffles)
Lifesavers (gummies, hards, and mints)
M&Ms (except pretzel, crispy, and potentially seasonal items)
Milky Way Midnight Dark Chocolate (not any of the original flavors, which contain barley malt)
Skittles
Snickers Bars
Starburst

The following Mars products, among others, are not gluten-free:

Maltesers
Mars Bars (does not contain wheat, but does have barley malt)
Milky Way (original contains barley malt)
Twix

Mondelez

Mondelez has candy that does not use gluten-containing ingredients, but they do not always use dedicated lines. Candy without gluten-containing ingredients include:

Sour Patch Kids
Swedish Fish

Nestlé

Nestlé calls out a few of their candies as being gluten-free, these include but are not limited to:

Butterfinger Bars (except Crisp and some seasonal items)
Goobers
Raisinets

They also have candies that are not labeled gluten-free but have no gluten-containing ingredients, including:

Pixy Stix
Sno-caps

The following Nestlé products, among others, are not gluten-free:

100 Grand (contain barley malt)
Crunch bar

Pearson’s

All Pearson’s products are listed as gluten-free. Their products include:

Bun
Mint Patties
Nut Goodie
Salted Nut Roll
Thins

Spangler

Most Spangler candy products are gluten-free. Those that are stated to be made on dedicated gluten-free equipment are marked with an asterisk (*) in the list below. Here are a few of their products to enjoy:

Bit-O-Honey
Canada Mints
Candy Canes*
Circus Peanuts
Dum Dums*
Necco (wafers)
Red Bird Peppermint Puffs
Starburst Lollipops
Sunrise Starlight Mints
Sweethearts Candies Conversation Hearts

Tootsie

As of September 2025, Tootsie states all their products are gluten-free. “We do not use wheat, barley, rye, oats, triticale, spelt or any of their components and that includes our dusting on our conveyor belts.” Gluten-free Tootsie products include, but are not limited to:

Andes Mints, all flavors
Blow Pops, all sizes and flavors
Candy Blox
Caramel Apple Pops
Cella’s chocolate-covered cherries
Charleston Chew
Charms Squares and Sour Balls
Cry Baby sours, including gum and chews
Dots
Dubble Bubble gum
Fluffy Stuff
Frooties, all flavors
Fruit Chews
Junior Mints, all shapes
Junior Caramels
Nik-L-Nip
Razzles
Sugar Babies
Sugar Daddy
Tootsie Pops, all flavors
Tootsie Rolls, all flavors
Wack-O-Wax fangs, lips, and mustaches

Other

Additional gluten-free candy include:

Jelly Belly Jelly Beans
Albanese Gummy Bears and Sour Worms
Schar Twin Bar (certified GF)
Schar Hazelnut Truffles (certified GF)
Smarties are explicitly stated to be safe for those with celiac disease

Surf Sweets DelishFish (certified GF)
Surf Sweets Fruity Bears (certified GF)
Surf Sweets Gummy Worms (certified GF)
Some varieties of TaffyTown Saltwater Taffy

YumEarth Choco Yums
YumEarth Giggles
YumEarth Gummy Fruits
YumEarth Sour Littles
Zolli Taffy

To learn more about gluten and candy, watch the recording of our Facebook Live video, where we discuss gluten-free Halloween candy and chocolate bars: