I know vegans aren't supposed to eat meat, dairy, processed foods, ect., but what about sweets. Chocolate? I know i could never give it up. Just curious.
2006-10-28 03:51:02 · 13 answers · asked by silverleaf90210 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
Of course you can eat sweets. When it comes to chocolate, you can eat dairy free chocolate (easy to find) or carob which is quite yummy when you get used to it. This list of safe candies for Vegan is from Peta.org.
Airheads taffy
Atkins peanut butter bars
Blow Pops
Brach’s Cinnamon Hard Candy
Charms lollipops
Chick-o-Sticks
Cracker Jack
Cry Babies
Dem Bones
Dots
Dum-Dums
Fireballs
Goldenberg's Peanut Chews
Hubba Bubba bubblegum
Jolly Ranchers (lollipops and hard candy)
Jujubees
Jujyfruits
Lemonheads
Mambas
Mary Janes (regular and peanut butter kisses)
Now and Later
Pez
Ring Pop lollipops
Smarties (U.S. Brand)
Sour Patch Kids
Starburst (jelly beans and hard candy)
Super Bubble
Swedish Fish
Sweet Tarts
Tropical Source mini chocolate bags
Twizzlers
Zotz
2006-10-28 05:29:43 · answer #1 · answered by Lonelyplanet 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No true vegans DON'T eat sweets because sugar is refined by a process that uses animal bones. So they avoid it. They would avoid all dairy chocolate anyway because of the milk content, never mind the sugar.
BTW Vegetarions don't eat any fish, and if you do eat fish you shouldn't call yourself a vegetarian as it isn't accurate. Vegetarians don't eat anything that once lived.
2006-10-28 06:20:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Regular chocolate like the big corporations use have dairy, so we can't have that. But if you get dark chocolate or specially-made vegan chocolate, it's fine.
Other sweets are harder to tell. For example, skittles and starbursts have gelatin, which comes from animals, so we can't eat that.
The only way to know for sure is to check the labels or make things at home yourself.
2006-10-28 04:16:00 · answer #3 · answered by jtweety614 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Candy is tricky, not only because we vegans have to watch out for milk, but also for sugar. Sugar companies filter the liquid sugar through charred beef bones instead of carbon to make it white. It's cheaper for them this way. So most vegans will only eat sugar that is certified vegan (such as agave nectar or Florida Crystals). When I buy candy, I look for the vegan certification on the package, and I also will only eat from certain brands that I know are trustworthy.
2006-10-28 03:59:03 · answer #4 · answered by granola.tree 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Vegans can eat candy and chocolate. They can't eat food that comes from animals. They can choose to eat processed food but they wouldn't be a vegan anymore.
2006-10-28 03:54:25 · answer #5 · answered by Kay 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm not vegan. I'm not 100% sure but I don't see why you can't eat candy. Chocolate has dairy in it but not all that much I don't think. Good luck and I hope you get at least half of a chocolate bar.
2006-10-28 03:54:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Vegans are strict vegetarians and exclude ALL animal products.
Chocolate is made with milk, so no, a true Veagan would not eat chocolate. Double check the label, you might find some that has no milk in it.
2006-10-28 03:55:51 · answer #7 · answered by Oorah Wife 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sour patch, those straw like sour candy forgot the name, jolly ranchers, for a healthier diet there's salads or tofurky sandwich a chik'n veggie burger with whole grain buns tofu teriaki app those are good options
2016-05-22 03:00:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you're a tad confused."processed foods"???Some will drink milk, but not eggs. You're not killing anything by drinking milk. And what does chocolate have to do with it??Chocolate comes from a plant !
2006-10-28 03:56:43 · answer #9 · answered by Vinegar Taster 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
have friends that are vegans and they eat chocolate - it's ok!
2006-10-28 03:59:39 · answer #10 · answered by try 2 help 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋