VeganMoFo, Day 13: What do vegan zombies eat?
October 13th, 2009 11:32 pm by Kelly Garbato
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Sorry. Cheesy, I know. But it’s been a long, frustrating day, and for some odd reason, this tired old joke always elicits a grin.
Anyway, I don’t know about you, but I could use a fun, fluffy post. And what’s more fun and fluffy than vegan Halloween candy? (That’s a rhetorical question. There is nothing funner or fluffier than vegan Halloween candy. Nothing. Nada. Zero. Zip. Zilch. Rien. Nichts. Niente. Niets. I said good day!)
The way I see it, vegan Halloween candy can be separated into two groups: the cheap, readily available, accidentally vegan stuff that you keep on hand for trick-or-treaters, and the expensive, hard-to-find, specialty goodies, which are oftentimes veganized versions of old, pre-vegan favorites.
Not that the two groups are mutually exclusive, of course – if you’re over the age of 12, probably you don’t consume candy on a daily basis. Thus, a fistful of dark chocolate Peanut Chews or a mile’s worth of Fruit by the Foot is indeed a special treat, pedestrianism be damned. And that’s okay! You don’t need to drop a small fortune on gourmet vegan foodstuffs to Kenneth Lay out this Halloween. On the flip side, if you do sit atop a small mountain of money, all Scrooge McDuck stylie, feel free to distribute gourmet vegan goodies which proudly proclaim their veganism all over the mofo packaging, in a sneaky guerrilla effort to lure some of the neighborhood children over to the light side. But toss in vegan literature at your own risk – ‘twould be very un-vegan to wake up to an egg-covered landing on November 1st!
(And yes, I am assuming that everyone reading celebrates Halloween, because if you don’t, you should! Between the candy, the costumes, the pumpkin carving, the hay rides, and the horra movies, everyone should be able to find at least one aspect of the holiday worth consecrating!)
What follows are two lists of vegan candies; the everyday stuff is vegan per PETA, so take these with a grain of salt – there be some rumblings on the internets re: the accuracy of PETA’s “accidentally vegan” list. Also, I’ve only included candy here; for party snacks, please refer to the original list.
The gourmet vegan goodies, on the other hand, come from firsthand knowledge and the product inventory in vegan-owned online shops, so mistakes in these listings are much less likely.
So, what are your Halloween plans, my lovely vegan zombies? The Mr. and I have a longstanding (read: four years, maybe five) tradition – we spend the day watching horror movies, relaxing with the dogs, and chowing on all sorts of vegan junk food. Pizza, spring rolls, french fries, cupcakes, turnovers, ice cream, pop corn, candy, brownies, soda, liquor – ah, that’s the life!
I’ve been dying to dress my dachshund kid up in a hot dog outfit to entertain the trick-or-treaters, but we literally have not had a single one since moving to the Midwest – all of our residences have been so rural.
On the plus side, no interruptions during the movies!
Accidentally Vegan
Airheads Taffy
Big League Chew Gum
Blow Pops
Brach’s Cinnamon Hard Candy
Brach’s Cinnamon Hard Candy
Brach’s Orange Slices
Brach’s Root Beer Barrels
Brach’s Star Brites
Bubble Tape Gum
Charms lollipops
Chew-ets Peanut Chews (Original)
Chick-o-Sticks
Chocolove Dark Chocolate bar
Chocolove Orange Peel (Dark Chocolate Bar)
Cracker Jacks
Cry Babies
Dem Bones
Dole Madarin Orange Fruit Gels
Dots
Dum Dums
Fireballs
Fruit By the Foot
Ghirardelli Twilight Delight Intense Dark
Goldenberg’s Peanut Chews (Original)
Hubba Bubba Gum
Jolly Ranchers (lollipops and hard candy)
Jujubees
Jujyfruits
Kool-Aid Gels
Kozy Shack Jammin’ Gels
Krispy Kreme Fruit Pies
Mambas
Mary Janes (regular and peanut butter kisses)
Now and Later
Ring Pop lollipops
Smarties (U.S. version only)
Sour Patch Kids
Super Bubble
Swedish Fish
Tropical Source mini chocolate bags
Utz Puffed Caramel Corn
Velamints Mints
Zotz
Not candy, but no Halloween party is complete without these day-glo orange goodies:
Doritos Spicy Sweet Chili Flavored Tortilla Chips
Nabisco Halloween Oreos [Update, 1/27/10: Or not.]
Intentionally Vegan
Allison’s Gourmet Organic Vegan Chocolate Mint Cups
Allison’s Gourmet Organic Vegan Crunchy Almond Toffee
Allison’s Gourmet Organic Vegan Dark Chocolate Peppermint Bark
Allison’s Gourmet Organic Vegan Fudge
Allison’s Gourmet Organic Vegan Peanut Butter Cups
Allison’s Gourmet Organic Vegan Vanilla Caramels
Alternative Baking Company Vegan Cookies
Annie’s Organic Bunny Fruit Snacks
Australian Nougat Company’s Macadamia Bliss Nougat Bars & Miniatures
B Fresh Solar Vegan Energy Gum
B Fresh Vegan Chewing Gum
Betty Lou’s Fudgie Filbert Balls
Betty Lou’s Organic Smackers
Biona’s Organic Tutti Frutti Wine Gums Biona Organic Tutti Frutti Wine Gums
Bug Bites’s Organic Dark Chocolates
Candy Tree’s Organic Licorice Vines
Candy Tree’s Organic Orange Lollipops
Chicago Soy Dairy’s Dandies Vegan Marshmallows
Chimp Mints’s Chocolate
Cocoa Loco’s Organic Chocolate Covered Brazil Nuts
College Farm Organics’s Organic Chocolate Mint Candies
College Farm Organics’s Organic Naturepops Lollipops
Conscious Creations’s Dark Chocolate Covered Hazelnuts
Conscious Creations’s Dark Chocolate Covered Pretzels
Divine Organics’s Raw Chocolate Brittle
Dulce Vegan’s Cinnamon Rolls
Dulce Vegan’s Organic Brownie Bites
Dulce Vegan’s Vegan Double Chocolate Twinkies
Dulce Vegan’s Vegan Twinkies
Endangered Species Chocolate Company Vegan Chocolate Bars
Enjoy Life’s Boom Choco Boom Ricemilk Bars
Fruitabu’s Organic Smooshed Fruit Twirl Roll-Ups
Ginger Chews Candy
Glenny’s Brown Rice Marshmallow Treats
Go Max Go Foods’s Vegan Candy Bars (Jokerz, Twilight, Buccaneer, Mahalo)
Go Raw’s Organic Raw Vegan Chocolate Truffles
Golden Crunch (Chocolate Covered Vegan “Fairy Food” aka “Sponge Candy”)
Haribo’s Cola Breeze Gummy Candies
Helwa’s Organic Filled Wafers
Holy Cow’s Vegan Fudge Bars
Kookie Karma’s Healthy Kookies
Kopali Organics’s Organic Fair-Trade Chocolate Covered Banana
Kopali Organics’s Organic Fair-Trade Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans
Larabar’s Jocalat Pure Organic Chocolate Food Bar
Laura Lee’s Flaky Peanut Butter Treats (formerly Crumblz) – Original Peanut or Macadamia Coconut
LaVie French Fruit Candy Tins
Let’s Do Organic’s Classic Gummi Bears
Let’s Do Organic’s Super Sour Gummi Bears
Living Nutz’s Rawzins (Organic Raw Chocolate Covered Raisins)
Liz Lovely’s Bite Size Gluten Free Cookies
Liz Lovely’s Handmade Artisan Cookies
Liz Lovely’s Organic Lovely Oh’s
Newman’s Own Organics’s Organic Breath Mint Rolls
Nickanedit’s Organic White Choco Stix
Nutrilicious’s Packaged Vegan Donuts
Organica’s Premium Swiss “Milk-Style” Chocolate Couverture Bar
Organica’s “White Chocolate” Bar
Paskesz’s Kosher/Vegan Baby Jelly Beans
Perfected Foods’s Vegan Jerky Bites
Planet Organic’s Organic Goji Goddess Chocolate Covered Goji Berries
Primal Sticks Meatless “Beef” Sticks
Primal Strips Vegan Jerky
Pure Fun’s Organic Chocolate Meltdown Candies
Pure Fun’s Organic Fruit Pinwheel Candies
Pure Fun’s Organic Root Beer Barrel Candies
Ritter Sport’s Vegan Marzipan Bar
Rose City Chocolatier’s Vegan Chocolates
Seitenbacher’s Fruity Gummi Candies
Sharkies Organic Energy Fruit Chews
Sjaak’s Fair-Trade Organic Chocolate Mini-Bites
Sjaak’s Organic Almond Butter Bites
Sjaak’s Organic Chocolate Bars
Sjaak’s Organic Chocolate Mini Bites
Sjaak’s Organic Extra Dark Chocolate Halloween Peanut Butter Bites
Sjaak’s Organic Peanut Butter Bites
Sjaak’s Vegan Nuts and Chews
Smart Treats’s Vegan Chocolate Cups
Sour Mamba Fruit Chews
Spun City’s Organic Cotton Candy
St. Claire’s Organic Mints
Stonewall’s Jerquee
Sun Flour Baking Co.’s Blondie Bar
Sun Flour Baking Co.’s Cookies
Sun Flour Baking Co.’s Golden Brownie
Sunspire’s Dark Chocolate Coconut Bar
Sunspire’s Organic Earth Balls Chocolates
Surf Sweets’s Super Sour Gummi Worms
Surf Sweets’s Vegan Gummy Candies
Sweet and Sara’s Rocky Road Bark
Sweet and Sara’s S’Mores (Vanilla, Peanut Butter)
Sweet and Sara’s Vegan Marshmallows (Vanilla, Strawberry, Coconut)
Taza Chocolate’s Organic Chocolate Mexicano Discs
Tofurky Jurky
Terra Nostra’s Organic Rice Milk Chocolate Bar
Tree Huggin’ Treats’s Crispy Cat Candy Bars
Tubi’s Organic Black Licorice
Uli Mana’s Organic & Raw Hemp Chocolate Brownies
Uncle Eddie’s Vegan Cookies
Vegan Dream’s Rawhide Jerky
VeganSweets marshmallows
Whizzers Chocolate Beans
Whizzers Chocolate Footballs
Whizzers Chocolate Speckled Eggs
Yoga Snacks’s Organic & Raw Hemp Chocolate Brownies
Yummy Earth’s Organic Candy Drops
Yummy Earth’s Organic Lollipops
Yummy Earth’s Organic Roadside Root Beer Candy Drops
Yummy Earth’s Organic Wild Peppermint Drops
Update, 10/15/09: VegNews has a list of vegan Halloween goodies, complete with links to company websites, here.
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October 14th, 2009 at 12:30 am
Hey! That first picture (of the vegan zombie) is my friend Bianca (of http://vegancrunk.blogspot.com) at the Memphis Zombie Walk! Woo!
October 14th, 2009 at 2:30 am
THANK YOU for this! Such an informative post, thanks for taking the time to compile it to share with us.
October 14th, 2009 at 7:26 am
Yum! I love your Halloween traditions. This year, we’ll be spending the day standing around a *massive* copper kettle of apple butter. It’s a friend’s family tradition that we’ve been absorbed into. Normally they don’t do it on Halloween, so I don’t know what happened this year. My husband told me not to complain, because this year I get to stir a cauldron! ;)
October 14th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Oh delicious vegan treats. This is our first Halloween with potential Trick-O-Treaters, and I’m not sure if we’re going to be “those people” who just don’t answer the door or not. I have been thinking a lot about vegan kids and what on earth they do if the house they’re visiting doesn’t have vegan candy…
Surprised (but excited!) to see the Doritos on there. I know they don’t have any overt animal ingredients on the label, but I’ve avoided them like the plague because I know Doritos has been known to do mean things like put chicken stock in their chips and not tell.
October 15th, 2009 at 11:02 am
@ poopiebitch – Awesomeness! I bet she’s lovely company, flies and rotting flesh aside.
@ Shannon – Oooh, you get to be a witch? Nice.
@ Jennie – Don’t risk it! You don’t want to be the house that gets egged and tp’ed! We always keep some extras on hand just in case, even though the odds that anyone will stop by are way low.
Growing up, I was lactose intolerant, so I traded the chocolate candy away for dairy-free stuff. Or if that didn’t work out, my parents would buy me out with candy or money. I bet vegan kids do something similar – so it’s up to us to put some vegan candy in circulation!