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These are my Top Picks for Vegan Easter Chocolate and Candy. Easter is April 4th this year, so we have some time if we need to order anything. Keep in mind, however, that seasonal vegan candy and chocolate does tend to sell out. We started off with a lot of choices this past Valentine’s Day, and were down to 1-2 items on all of Amazon.
I hope you enjoy these Vegan Easter Candies & Chocolates I picked!
Non-Vegan Ingredients to Look Out for in Candy
Besides the obvious ones like milk, gelatin, eggs, etc. here are some lesser-known non-vegan/potentially non-vegan ingredients:
- Confectioner’s glaze (insect-based)
- Shellac (insect-based)
- Resinous Glaze (insect)
- Carmine (beetles)
- Vit. D3 (usually not vegan)
- Albumen (eggs)
- Natural flavors (can be either animal or plant-based)
There are also apps now where you can scan the barcodes to check for vegan ingredients, but I haven’t tried those yet, so don’t know how reliable they are.
Vegan Jelly Beans
Did you know that many Jelly Beans sold in the stores are not even vegetarian, as they contain confectioner’s glaze, gelatin and/or beeswax?
We do have a few vegan options:
- Jolly Rancher’s Original Flavor Jelly Beans
- WarHeads’ Sour Jelly Beans
- YumEarth Naturals’ Sour Jelly Beans (Gummy Bears are NOT vegan)
- Nerds Jelly Beans
- Galerie’s Candy Speckled Eggs (These are available at Walmart stores.)
Dark Chocolate Lindt Bunny
This was my most exciting Easter discovery one year! This is a nice affordable vegan Chocolate Bunny for the baskets. You can also order this Dark Chocolate Bunny for $4.29 online at Target HERE. but if you can do Order Pickup that may be safer than having them shipped.
I did a separate post on these bunnies, and you can even order a FREE personalized ribbon thru April 1st.
Also available in bulk pack of 16 on Amazon:
Natural Candy Store Online
Natural Candy Store is my go-to for my special holiday candy and chocolates. They have many vegan options.
I have been ordering from this company since 2012. I order my holiday vegan candy and chocolate for my daughter from them, and have always been impressed with the quality and selection.
Promocode for 10% Off: text the word NATURAL to 50812
You can also try to use the Promo Code WelcomeCC to get 1/4 lb. of Free Candy! (This is an older code, let me know if it still works for you!)
Free Samples: They do include Free Samples that you can choose with every order as well.
Vegan Easter Chocolate & Candy on Amazon:
(Also see the jelly beans above)
Mini Moo vegan sweet Kids Bunny Bag:
No Whey Foods – Milkless Surprise Eggs:
YumEarth Organic Vegan Fruit Snacks, large pack good for filling Plastic Eggs:
YumEarth Spring Fruit Gummy Snack Packs, 10 Count:
Moo Free Chocolate Easter Egg:
Moo Free Easter hamper with Bunny Basket, Gluten free
Vegan Easter Candy in the Stores
There are some vegan candies you may be able to find at your local stores. Look for Skittles, Dum Dums, Twizzlers, etc. at the Dollar Stores.
The Grocery Outlet & Costco may have bags of candy that only contain Swedish Fish (most are vegan) & Sour Patch Candies.
The Drugstores will have some vegan options, (like these SweeTart ones), just check for the ingredients I listed at the top of this post.
You can order candy online from the Dollar Tree and have it shipped for FREE to your local store!
Check ingredients carefully! Some companies will have accidentally vegan of one flavor or type, but not all. Example: Nerds has some flavors of vegan candies, but not all! Enjoy Life had a nice chocolate Halloween variety pack this year, but one of the candies was not vegan.
Target carries some vegan candies/treats:
(check ingredients of ones I haven’t listed carefully!)
Homemade Chocolates
With a silicone chocolate mold and a bag of vegan chocolate chips, you can easily make your own vegan Easter chocolates yourself! There are many molds available on Amazon. I like these egg ones:
A special note on Amazon Chocolate Bunnies: There were so many reports that they arrived broken. I do not want this to happen to any of you, so I am not recommending the ones this happened with on Amazon. I found one with really good reviews and included it. If you would like a traditional Chocolate Bunny, I can confidently recommend ordering those through The Natural Candy Store. Those bunnies are a bit sturdier, and their packaging is the most careful I have ever encountered!
