I have been following a veggie diet for a while now and have found brill alternatives for nearly everything apart from my fave sweets? i love pock n mix style sweets but every pack I pick up seems to contain animal derived geletine! I am really finding it hard to resist these but have done so, so far! please let me know of brands and alternatives because although I love liqourice i am getting boared of it now!! Thanks in advance! cyber chick!
2007-03-27 10:52:50 · 8 answers · asked by gizmo 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
most health food shops try ti di vegetarian alternatives for everything, but all ive found so far for pick& mix sweets at Holland & Barretts is a small-ish box of jelly bears ("VegeBears" i think), which are actually quite yummy! (of course its for my 4 year old sister- NOT me!!)
but other than that, your local supermarket should do jelly beans without gelatine, as most of them are nowadays; JellyBelly beans are admittedly the best (cos of the VARIETY& "recipes" you can make)
i know also that Asda do vegetarian jelly beans, as well as these yoghurt-based jelly sweets which are surprisingly yummy too! (i think theyre called Daisy cows or something!)
in terms of marshmallow... not got lucky yet but im sure their is an alternative somewhere ^_^
their ARE a few jelly sweets that are suitable for vegetarians- usually these strawberry jellies (http://www.handycandy.co.uk/giant-strawberries-p-46.html - at decent prices too!)
i'll leave you with some websites, but if your REALLY fiending for some pick and mix next time your in a shop/stall, try asking the seller, they might know!
2007-03-27 13:35:55 · answer #1 · answered by EnquiringMind 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Green and Black's chocolate some of their dark choc is even vegan - Maya gold bars are to die for !!. If you are a Brit. there are some gelatine free alternatives at www.aquarterof.com they deliver a quarter of a kg of sweets to you !! Toffees and fudges and boiled sweets should be veggie but always check the wrappers though. I think bassetts put gelatine in their liqorice allsorts though. (I think it is the beaded ones in particular and the 'liqourice loo-rolls')
2007-03-28 17:29:27 · answer #2 · answered by Andielep 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check out health food shops.They usually have gelatine-free jelly sweets.
I am hooked on the gelatine-free fruit flavoured jelly bears! Sad for a 25 yr old guy I know but..
2007-03-28 18:22:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Go to PETA's website. There are a lot of "traditional" sweets that are vegan such as Vienna Fingers. Here is the link.
http://www.peta.org/accidentallyVegan/
2007-03-27 22:06:22 · answer #4 · answered by hwolsten 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My daughters friend found that the jelly beans in the Co-op are suitable for vegetarians. I think there are others in there also. Found this link on Search http://www.sweetstall.com/acatalog/Vegetarian_Sweets_and_Chocolates.html. Good Luck!
2007-03-27 17:59:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Haribo have just bought out a halal version of their sweets that is also veggie. Also Asda do a huge range of jelly style sweets that are veggie too!
2007-03-27 18:03:15 · answer #6 · answered by bamba_982 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
heres a list of candies with no gelatin or any animal products.
http://www.petakids.com/candy.html
starburst jellybeans are veg!
http://www.peta.org/accidentallyVegan/
2007-03-27 18:02:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I've got to look into this because this is new to me ,but I will get back to you with a correct answer.
2007-03-27 17:59:55 · answer #8 · answered by heavenlli_61 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋