Let's do Halloween right this year! While a lot of your favorite everyday candies are automatically vegan, why not be sure and support those companies dedicated to producing candy beyond the no-cow milk policy?
The main culprit for a lot of sugary treats is gelatin, which is made from the boiled ligaments, tendons, and bones of cows and pigs. Other ingredients to look out for include carmine, a deep red pigment made from insects and confectioner's glaze that's made from bug secretions. And if you see sugar listed as one of the ingredients, it's likely made with bone char, which is yes, charred animal bones. Here are the main things to avoid: butter, butterfat, carmine, castoreum, confectioner's glaze, eggs, gelatin, honey, I.cysteine, milk, milk powder and whey.
But don't fret. There are plenty of tasty treats to indulge in and hand out to your trick or treaters that are insect and animal-free.
Here's a list of 20 popular picks that are completely animal-free:
1) Nerds
2) Jolly Ranchers
3) Airheads
4) Sour Patch Kids
5) Atomic Fireballs
6) Skittles
7) Individually wrapped Strawberry Twizzlers
8) Fun Dip
9) Justin's Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
10) Annie's Bunny Fruit Snacks
11) Annie's Organic Chocolate Chip Cookie Bites
12) Oreo Minis
13) Fig Newtons
14) Angie's Boom Chicka Pop Sweet & Salty Kettle Corn
15) Yum Earth Vegan Candy Collection
16) Swedish Fish
17) Dots
18) Cocomels Sea Salt Coconut Milk Caramels
19) Fun Dip
20) Pixy Stix
And, oh by the way there will be Pumpkin Carving at the sanctuary on Oct. 22nd. Click here for more information:
- Shari
