Allergy-friendly treats – be they silky chocolates, toothsome toffees or snackable bites – are the basis for a happy Halloween. Use Allergic Living’s Candy & Treats List to locate safe snacks and delight every spooky creature at your door.
Frights are fine, but when you dole out some of these delicious goodies, everyone will count it as a win. The list is alphabetical, so be sure to scroll down for loads of great allergy-friendly chocolate, candy and chip choices.
At Allergic Living, we believe in letting every child indulge in a happy and safe Halloween.
Note: All items have been fact-checked for ingredients and top allergens. But always read labels to make sure ingredients haven’t changed.
The 2023 Candy & Treats List
Amanda’s Own: Halloween Teal Treat Bag
The famously free-from makers offer an assortment of ghosts, bats and pumpkins. Made in a dedicated facility – from melt-in-your-mouth, Top-9 free chocolate – they make an ideal handout for Halloween night. As for the teal foil wrappers around each morsel? They’re the type of allergy-friendly touch we love to see.
Free of: Top 9 allergens plus gluten, mustard, sulfites and lupin
Shop online at Amandasown.com (U.S. & Canada)
American Licorice Co: Torie & Howard Lollipops
Natural colors and flavors (and, perhaps, a dash of wizardry) combine to create Torie & Howard Organic Halloween Lollipops. Great for popping into trick-or-treat bags, these individually wrapped, Top-9-free candies come 40 to a bag. Best of all? They’re sure to surprise kids with the unexpected flavors of blood orange with honey and pomegranate with nectarine.
Free of: Top 9 allergens plus gluten
Shop online at Shop.americanlicorice.com and Coopmarket.com. (U.S. only)
Retailers include: Kroger, Harris Teeter and WinCo. (U.S. only)
Enjoy Life Foods: Minis Variety Pack
A true Halloween hero, Enjoy Life Foods’ Halloween Chocolate Candy Bar Minis let you focus on the sweetness, not the scares, of the season. These Top-9 free chocolate candy bars – in dark, milk and ricemilk crunch – are rich and alternately velvety or crispy. The minis are produced in a dedicated nut-free facility and certified gluten-free. With 15 individually wrapped chocolates per bag, these superstars will elicit plenty of smiles come Halloween.
Free of: Top 9 allergens plus gluten, casein, lupin, gelatin, mustard and added sulfites
Shop online at Enjoylifefoods.com, Vitacost.com and on Amazon.com. In Canada, at Naturamarket.ca and Amazon.ca. (Halloween packaging only in U.S.)
Retailers include: Hy-Vee, Sprouts Fresh Thyme and Natural Grocers Vitamin Cottage. (U.S. only)
Good Health: Veggie Chips
Housed in a convenient drawstring bag, Good Health’s Monster-Shaped Veggie Chips are a crispy, crunchy alternative to balance out Halloween’s surfeit of sweets. With 18 snack-sized bags per sack, sneak some of these allergy-friendly snacks for yourself, before the swarms of Barbies and Batmans arrive.
Free of: peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, egg, fish, shellfish, soy, sesame plus gluten
Transparency note: While dairy is not an ingredient or ‘may contain,’ chips are made on shared equipment with dairy-containing products. Cleaning follows FDA’s strict GMP standards.
Shop online at Target.com, Safeway.com and Albertsons.com. (U.S. only)
Retailers include: Target, Safeway, and Albertsons. (U.S. only)
Hershey’s: Halloween Monster Kisses
Inside each cute and creepy foil, find a bite-sized sweet brimming with all the smooth, chocolaty goodness of regular Hershey’s Kisses. These candies are a nostalgic treat sure to inspire shrieks of “yum” rather than “yikes”! Free of most top allergens, but do contain dairy and soy.
Free of: peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, egg, fish, shellfish and sesame plus gluten
Contain: dairy, soy
Shop online at Target.com, Meijer.com and Kroger.com. (U.S. only)
Retailers include: Target, Meijer and Kroger. (U.S. only)
Jelly Belly: Butterbeer Jelly Beans
This Halloween, delight kids with the wizarding world’s most beloved beverage, in Top 9-free jelly bean form. Jelly Belly’s Harry Potter Butterbeer Jelly Beans are a novel butterscotch-flavored treat available in 1-ounce bags, with 24 to a case. Creamy and sweet, these are sure to thrill everyone – from wizards and witches, to Muggles, ghouls and ghosts.
Free of: Top 9 allergens plus gluten and gelatin
Shop online at Jellybelly.com
Retailers include: Little Green Apple, Hallmark. In Canada, London Drugs.
MadeGood Foods: Granola Mini Bars
You’ll want to keep MadeGood’s Top-9 free chocolate chip Granola Mini Bars on hand all month long. Ideal for lunchboxes and afternoon snacks, these wholesome, chewy treats also make frightfully good Halloween handouts. Plus, with hidden veggies in every bar, they’re decidedly less spooky than they might seem.
Free of: Top 9 allergens plus gluten and gelatin
Shop online at Target.com (teal packaging exclusive to Target). In Canada, at Walmart.ca and Well.ca.
Retailers include: Target. In Canada, Loblaws and Walmart.
No Whey! Foods: Spookie Cookies
Surprise nocturnal visitors with No Whey Foods’ newest creation – shortbread-based Spooky Kookies. Sure, the brand has a host of Halloween goodies on offer, all made in a dedicated facility. But it’s this haunting horde of gluten-free crumbly cookies, each sporting a milkless chocolate mask, that grabs our attention this time around.
Free of: Top 9 allergens plus gluten and gelatin
Shop online at Nowheychocolate.com (U.S. & Canada)
Partake: Chocolate Chip Cookies
A bite-sized version of Partake’s best-selling cookie, these Crunchy Chocolate Chip Mini Cookies will practically fly out of your hands on Halloween. With 10 snack packs per box and none of the Top 9 allergens or gluten, you’ll want to stock up on these delectable mini treats, ASAP.
Free of: Top 9 allergens plus gluten
Shop online at Target.com (U.S. only)
Retailers include: Target (U.S. only)
PEEPS: Marshmallow Pumpkins
Seasonal PEEPS are a go-to as visually striking, sugary delights. This Halloween, add these jovial gourds to desserts, pop them in treat bags, or simply gift them to the fam in anticipation of the big day. Free of most top allergens, these nostalgic, soft sweets herald Halloween like few others.
Free of: peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, soy, egg, fish, shellfish and sesame plus gluten
Contain: gelatin
May contain: dairy
Shop online at Target.com and CVS.com. In Canada, at Well.ca and Candyfunhouse.ca.
Retailers include: Target, CVS, Walmart. In Canada, Walmart.
PEZ: Halloween Candy & Mini Dispensers
A toy and treat in one, PEZ’s Halloween Party Bag includes 12 mini dispensers in four cute and creepy designs. Each dispenser is packed with candy, in flavors of lemon, orange or cherry. The under-12 set will simply swoon to receive their own personal candy cache.
Free of: Top 9 allergens plus gluten and gelatin
Shop online at US.pez.com, Amazon.com and Target.com. (U.S. only)
Retailers include: Target (U.S. only)
Rule Breaker Snacks: Brownie Juniors
Half the size of Rule Breaker’s single brownies and blondies, Chocolate Brownie Juniors still boast as much chewy goodness and rich cocoa flavor as their relatives. New for Halloween, the Trick-Or-Treat Brownie Junior Pack includes 24 individually wrapped sweets. They’re made in a certified gluten-free bakery that’s also free of the Top 9 allergens.
Free of: Top 9 allergens plus gluten, gelatin and mustard
Shop online at Rulebreakersnacks.com and Amazon.com. (U.S. only)
Siete Foods: Churro Strips
Made from cassava flour, Siete Foods’ sweet, cinnamon-spiked Grain Free Churro Strips make a light, crunchy snack. Available for Halloween in single-serve bags, these are a unique handout sure to catch kids’ – and caregivers’ – attention.
Free of: peanuts, dairy, soy, wheat, egg, fish, shellfish and sesame plus gluten and gelatin
Contain: coconut (do not contain tree nuts, apart from coconut)
Shop online at Sietefoods.com and Target.com. (U.S. only)
Retailer: Target (U.S. only)
Vermont Nut Free Chocolates: Mini Bars
Tempt trick-or-treaters with Vermont Nut Free Chocolates’ hauntingly good Halloween Mini Bars. In milk chocolate, dark, crispy, plus assorted bags filled with all three flavors, each bag of 20 contains oodles of creamy goodness. This well-known brand produces chocolate in a dedicated nut-free facility. With these goodie bags, crossing your Halloween shopping off your list (in one swoop) has never been easier.
Free of: peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, egg, fish, shellfish and sesame and gelatin
Contain: dairy, soy
Shop online at Vermontnutfree.com (U.S. and Canada)
YumEarth: Variety Box
Find the whole gang – Gummy Fruits, Pops and Giggles – tucked inside YumEarth’s Halloween Variety Pack. It’s a generous assortment of the Top-9 free, chewy, fruity sweets kids love, and each bag includes 50 pieces. With flavors ranging from mango and green apple to razzmatazz berry, these organic candies are impossible for anyone – alive or otherwise – to resist.
Free of: Top 9 allergens plus gluten and gelatin
Shop online at Target.com and Yumearth.com. In Canada, Naturamarket.ca and Well.ca.
Retailers include: Target, Sprouts and Wegmans (U.S. only)
Zolli Candy: Clean Teeth Lollipops
Made from smile-friendly ingredients, Zolli Ball Popz are a Halloween treat that’s actually good for teeth, fangs, et al. The Ball Popz are free of the Top 9 allergens and made in a dedicated facility. These covetable candies come in naturally derived fruit flavors, ranging from pineapple to watermelon.
Free of: Top 9 allergens plus gluten and corn
Shop online at Shop.zollipops.com and iHerb.com. (U.S. only) In Canada, Ca.iherb.com.
Retailers include: Target (U.S. only)
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Food-Free Fun: Food Allergy-Aware Halloween Loot Guide
Allergic Living’s Halloween Crafts & Costumes Guide
