Halloween, despite having origins dating back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, is now a celebration associated predominantly with fancy dress costumes and sweets galore. Whether you’re having a spooky party, filling a pumpkin full of treats for the local trick-or-treaters, or simply looking for something to snack on while watching a scary film, you’ll want to make sure your treats are fully vegan.
Here are 9 delicious vegan sweet treats from around Europe, which will leave even the grumpiest ghoul smiling in delight.
Mummy Mix by Swizzels—United Kingdom
Swizzels have been a family favourite in the UK for almost a century. The great news is that many of their most popular flavours are now vegan-friendly, so everyone can enjoy them.
The spine-tingling Mummy Mix includes a mixture of Refreshers, Refreshers Sour Apple, Fizzers, Parma Violets and Love Hearts. These are often available in international stores as well as throughout the UK and Ireland.
Perfect for trick-or-treaters.
Witches’ Box of Treats by Well & Truly—United Kingdom
Well & Truly
Well & Truly create some of the most delicious vegan chocolate. Their Witches’ Box of Treats is filled with individually wrapped oat milk chocolate bites in two flavours—plain and salted hazelnut.
Great for a scream-worthy Halloween.
Vegolino by Vego—Germany, France, Iceland and more
Vego are a fabulous fully vegan brand—creating Fairtrade and organic chocolates, with zero palm oil. Their creamy hazelnut chocolate pralines (Vegolino) are the most devilishly divine of treats. Whilst they come individually wrapped, you probably won’t want to share.
Keep your skeleton hands to yourself!
Sour Gummies Spider Paws by Hitschies—United Kingdom, Portugal, Spain and more
Hitschies make an incredible range of vegan sour gummies—enough to make your tongue twist and turn. Try the Spider Paws or Dinosaur Claws—don’t worry, they’re all plant-based. We found some of these tasty treats in the fabulous Green Beans store in Portugal.
Tongue-tingling fun!
Vegan Soft Caramels by Kuhbonbon—Germany
Kuhbonbon offer a range of delicious soft vegan caramels. Made with organic coconut milk, real cocoa butter and brown cane sugar and free from palm fat, soy, and allergens. Enjoy the classic caramel, rich double chocolate or satisfying salted caramel.
A treat without the trick!
Chocolate Covered Peanuts by Doisy & Dam—United Kingdom
B Corp Doisy & Dam are trying to create a better world, filled with better ingredients, better ethics and better chocolate. So, we can all eat the chocolate we want without the guilt. Sounds great to us.
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Their dark chocolate smothered peanuts are a real thrill if you once enjoyed peanut M&Ms.
Divine darkness!
Cola Skulls by The Vegan Candyman—United Kingdom
The Vegan Candyman offers exactly what they say they do: an entire website filled with tasty vegan sweets. Wow. Pure indulgence. Nothing quite says Halloween like their cute Cola Skulls.
Fortunately, this ‘Candyman’ will only offer you sweet treats and none of the slasher vibes!
Liquorice Toffee by Jeavons—United Kingdom
Jeavons
Jeavons are a small vegan family business (a husband-and-wife team) whose mission is to provide toffee-based treats that are at least as good as the dairy-based sweets they used to love.
Their naturally black liquorice toffee is made with real liquorice extract and no artificial colours—so it’s not black. It’s still just perfect for the spooky season.
A dark toffee for a dark Halloween night.
Moomin Lollipop Mix by Fazer—Finland, United Kingdom, Norway and more
Fazer offers us these delightfully fun, heart-shaped Moomin lollipops. There are seven different wrapper types, each with a different Moomin character—find your favourite! There are fifteen Moomin lollipops in the bag, making it the perfect trick-or-treat sweet for younger children.
Ideal for the faint of heart.
Finding the perfect vegan sweet treat doesn’t have to be difficult. Many brands are now making plant-based, cruelty-free treats that everyone can enjoy, because gelatine and dairy are the stuff of nightmares—and not the kind we enjoy at Halloween!
If you enjoy our articles and want to read more of our content, check out clean, green and cruelty-free: Ireland is leading the way with vegan beauty. Perhaps take a look at running on plants: Harvey Lewis on ultra endurance, veganism and inspiring change. Or explore from chaos to CAOS: The sweet revolution of vegan pastries in Portugal.
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