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The Ultimate Gluten-Free Chocolate List

Ultimate Gluten-Free Chocolate List

Chocolate and candy are a quintessential part of Valentineโ€™s Day. However, it can get tricky when you are gluten-free, or buying for someone who is gluten-free, as hidden gluten lurks in many confectionary treats. To help you safely navigate your way through the virtual/in-person chocolate shelves, Iโ€™ve put together this ultimate gluten-free chocolate list.

Adding chocolate to a gift, or using it as a hostess gift is common. This is especially true of Valentineโ€™s Day when thoughts go to flowers and chocolate. If you are looking for non-food gifts, check out this awesome Valentineโ€™s Gift guide or check out any of the other holiday gift guides for inspiration.

Keep in mind, that even with products on the โ€˜safeโ€ list of our ultimate gluten-free chocolate list, if it involves a pretzel, cookie, cake, or another item that is commonly made with wheat/gluten, do not eat it unless it is labelled gluten-free.

Use this list as a guideline; however, you should always read the label to ensure that the product is made gluten-free in your area. Manufacturing formulations can be different between counties and/or can change with special or holiday versions of products. Also, recipes and manufacturing practices can change so it’s always a good idea to check labels.

Remember when reading any food labels (chocolate or otherwise) you want to know the alternative names for gluten, what โ€œmay contain” vs. โ€œcontainsโ€ means. You may even want to use a scanner app to help you decipher if a product is safe. Check out the other tactics and practices to avoid gluten in our Ultimate Gluten-Free Guide for Beginners.

DISCLAIMER: Most of the chocolate on this list is manufactured in facilities or on equipment that is also used to manufacture products containing gluten. Please be sure to determine if it is safe for your own personal consumption.

Ultimate Gluten-Free Chocolate List

Note: Not all chocolate brands are available in every area.

Alter Eco

Amandaโ€™s Own Confections

Baci

Benjamissimo chocolates

Booja-Booja chocolate

Brookside

Cadbury

Carmit Candy

Chococo

“Contrary to what some “free from” brands would like you to believe, ALL chocolate is naturally gluten-free and so you have to add an ingredient containing gluten for it to become an issue! Most of our loose fresh chocolates or any of our range of bars, clusters, slabs or novelties made in our chocolate kitchen in Holton Heath do not contain gluten in their recipes. In August 2022 we started working with an oat m!lk chocolate produced in Colombia which is 100% plant-based and gluten-free as it is made with gluten-free oat powder. However, we do work with an oat cream (which the manufacturers Oatly advise is not definitely gluten-free) to make our vegan-friendly caramels & occasionally work with beer (which will be flagged in the chocolate box information), and biscuits to make chocolate biscuit cakes. As we make all our items in our chocolate kitchen, we do flag on all ingredients lists & on packaging that they are made in the same room, so might contain traces. If an item definitely contains gluten, it is flagged on their product page & on their ingredients list on their page on the website.”

ChocXO

Cocomels

โ€œ(The Cocomelโ€™s) entire line of products is made without gluten, egg, dairy, peanuts or tree nuts; however, our caramel is made with coconut milk, which is sometimes classified as a tree nut. Because our products are manufactured on equipment which is also used to process dairy, peanut, egg, wheat and tree nuts, we cannot guarantee they are always 100% free of these allergens. However, we do have an allergen cleanse protocol and testing which is implemented between the production cycles of our products and other products which may contain allergens. This allergen cleanse reduces the potential for cross-contamination on production machinery.โ€

Endangered Species Chocolate

Enjoy Life Foods

Feastables

Ferrero

Galerie Au Chocolat

Ganong

Gerritย ย J. Verburg Co

GHIRARDELLI

Giddy Yoyo

Glutino

Great Value

Gut Springenheide Chocolatesย 

Hersheyโ€™s

HighKey

Hu

In Good Faith Chocolateย 

Jacek Chocolate Couture

Kinder

Kraft

Lakanto

Laura Secord

Leonidas

Lilyโ€™s

Lindt

Does not include gluten in its ingredients, but is not labeled gluten-free.

LOVOย 

MARS Wrigley

Marou Chocolate

Merci

Minka Gourmet chocolates

Moo Free

Nestle

No Whey Foods

Nutella

Peace By Chocolate

Pearsonโ€™s Candy

PLAYin CHOC

PRI

Purdyโ€™s

Other products are gluten-free but made in a facility and/or on equipment used to manufacture products with gluten. Check product(s) online and confirm ingredients.

Pure Lovinโ€™ Chocolate

Queen Anne

Rochef Chocolatier

 

    Russell Stover

    Most products do not contain gluten from added ingredients. Those that do contain wheat gluten, such as S’mores clearly show the presence of wheat in the ingredient listings.

    SANA SWEETS

    See’s Candy

    Candies produced in Seeโ€™s Candies facilities do not contain gluten, and these products are the vast majority of those we sell. We sell a small amount of specialty candies that we purchase from other partner confectioners. Although these donโ€™t contain gluten, they are manufactured in shared facilities or in shared equipment with gluten-containing products. These products are candy canes, peanut butter bites, lemon drops, apple pie bites, Hanukkah hard candy, hot cocoa, chocolate covered coffee beans sold in our retail shops and online at Sees.com.

    Sjaakโ€™s Chocolate

    SkinnyMe

    Sweets Quality Candies

    Sweet William Chocolates

    Theo Chocolate


    Listed on its website as gluten-free; however, the facility is not gluten-free.

    Toblerone

      UNREAL brand

      Valor Chocolate

      Venchi

      Wild Moutain Chocolate

      YumEarth


      Hopefully, with the help of this ultimate gluten-free chocolate list, you or the person you are buying for, can safely enjoy a sweet chocolate treat.

      Are there any other brands or varieties of chocolate you would add to our ultimate gluten-free chocolate list?
      Is there any brand that should be avoided that needs to be added to an โ€œunsafeโ€ list? Please let us know in the comments. In sharing information, we can help educate each other and live full and safe gluten-free lives.

      โค Cheers to all my GFF BFF’s enjoying some gluten-free chocolate this Valentines Day! โค

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      22 comments

      Ellen Hechler February 3, 2022 - 2:45 pm

      Thank you for all you do. You are wonderful for posting all these choices. We get to reap the benefits of all your hard work. Thank you again.

      Reply
      Elyse the Gluten-Free Foodee February 3, 2022 - 5:06 pm

      Thank you so much. You have no idea what your kind words mean to me. I assume if itโ€™s information that helps me now or would have helped me when I started my gluten-free journey it might be beneficial to others. Thank you again. If you ever have any questions or have any ideas of information you would like me to cover on the blog please let me know. Cheers.

      Reply
      Yvonne April 5, 2022 - 2:06 am

      I do thank you for the gluten free candy list.

      Reply
      Gluten-Free Foodee Admin Team April 7, 2022 - 12:33 am

      Thank you for reading.

      We are thrilled you found the candy list helpful. We will continue building on it and will alert members of our Gluten-free Foodee Facebook Group when additions are made.

      Thank you again.

      Reply
      Judi Bosel February 5, 2022 - 10:00 pm

      Thank you. This is a very helpful list

      Reply
      Elyse the Gluten-Free Foodee February 5, 2022 - 11:50 pm

      Thank you so much. It means a lot that you find value in the information Iโ€™m providing. If you ever have any questions or ideas for content you would like to see please leave a comment. Thank you again. Cheers.

      Reply
      Heather Kroot April 3, 2022 - 6:32 pm

      Seeโ€™s candy is gluten free

      Reply
      Elyse the Gluten-Free Foodee April 4, 2022 - 2:41 pm

      Hi Heather,
      Thank you so much for letting us know. We’ll be sure to update the list.
      Cheers,
      Elyse

      Reply
      Georgina Dicks November 16, 2022 - 12:12 pm

      TY so much the the GF candy / Chocolate list ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
      Elyse the Gluten-Free Foodee November 16, 2022 - 12:53 pm

      Hi Georgina,
      You are very welcome. Hope you saw our gluten-free Halloween candy and chocolate lists.
      Also, stay tuned because Christmas lists are coming out in the coming weeks.
      Thank you.
      Cheers,
      Elyse

      Reply
      Bonnie M. December 23, 2022 - 11:38 am

      This is a valuable site, thank you.
      As well, check out Theobroma chocolat (out of Quebec, Canada) – they are nearly everything-free! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
      Elyse the Gluten-Free Foodee January 9, 2023 - 9:23 am

      Hi Bonnie,
      I definitely will.
      Thank you so much for the tip and your kind words.
      Cheers,
      Elyse

      Reply
      MH January 7, 2023 - 8:39 pm

      Don’t milky ways have barley in them?

      Reply
      Elyse the Gluten-Free Foodee January 21, 2023 - 4:19 pm

      Hi MH,
      You are right, but ” The Milky Way Midnight and Milky Way Caramel do not have gluten containing ingredients such as the malted barley.” that is why are on the list and not the original Milky way.
      Hope this helps.
      Cheers,
      Elyse

      Reply
      Sara Batchelder January 30, 2023 - 10:25 pm

      May I suggest Guittardโ€™s milk chocolate baking chips? Best chocolate. Seeโ€™s and Ghirardelli are my go-toโ€™s as well.

      Reply
      Elyse the Gluten-Free Foodee January 31, 2023 - 11:28 am

      Hi Sara,
      I will look into the Guittardโ€™s milk chocolate baking chips. Thank you for the tip!
      Cheers,
      Elyse

      Reply
      REBECCA BRYAN June 15, 2023 - 12:46 pm

      My friend Adam is gluten-free

      Reply
      Elyse the Gluten-Free Foodee June 15, 2023 - 1:26 pm

      Hi Rebecca,
      I hope our recipes and resources help your friend.
      Cheers,
      Elyse

      Reply
      Sherry Snorw August 2, 2023 - 6:39 pm

      Thank you for your sharing this list. I have a very bad Gluten Free intolerance and this really is great for me to know! I found out about my Celiac Disease in the 1970s. It was hard to find anything that tasted like regular food! The companies that are making the Gluten free food that tastes just like the original type, that would be poisonous to me, deserve our gratitude! Thank you too, for making it easier to find the goodies that are gluten free! Bless you!

      Reply
      Elyse the Gluten-Free Foodee September 7, 2023 - 10:36 am

      Hi Sherry,
      I can only imagine how hard it must have been in the 70s. In know it was difficult for me to go gluten-free 8 nearly 9 years ago and I had products to choose from.
      You are so welcome. It is why we created the list because knowing which brands ( even if you should should always read the package and double check individual products) saves time and gives you a starting point. We tried to create a list that not only should which brands are labelled gluten-free, but also ones that that just don’t contain gluten for those who are non-celiac gluten sensitive.
      Thank you for the kind words and taking the time to comments- check out our holiday lists ( Halloween, Holiday, Valentines, Easter)
      Cheers,
      Elyse

      Reply
      Cyd October 19, 2024 - 8:17 pm

      Yikes! My GF staples have been crossed off the list! When I read the ingredients, though, I canโ€™t identify anything with gluten. Is there a reason for the items with the strike-throughs?
      E.g. Aero, Peanut M&Ms, Hershey Kisses, Turtles classicโ€ฆ

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      Elyse the Gluten-Free Foodee October 19, 2024 - 8:20 pm

      Hi Cyd,
      The strikethroughs are meaningless. They indicate something is wrong with the link. As long as the product is part on the list itโ€™s safe. Weโ€™re working on fixing all the links.
      Thank you so much.
      Cheers,
      Elyse

      Reply

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