See’s Candies feels like chocolate and candy heaven, will walls full of sweet treats. However, if you’re vegan, you may be wondering if there’s a way to satisfy your sugar craving without eating any animal products. Therefore, I reached out to See’s Candies’ corporate office to find out which (if any) of their sweet treats satisfy a vegan diet. While most of their candies contain dairy, eggs, or gelatin, there are a few that are free from those ingredients (though unfortunately at this time there are no vegan chocolate options at See’s Candies). Below, you will find a list of the vegan offerings at See’s Candies. Some of them are seasonal items, which are marked as such.
Vegan Options at See’s Candies
Citrus Twists (Summer item)
Fancy Mixed Nuts
Hot Hearts (Valentine’s Day)
Jelly Bean Eggs (Easter)
Licorice Medallions
Orange Twists (Halloween item)
Nonpareil Jelly Eggs (Easter)
Peppermint Twists
Sour Bats (Halloween)
Sour Bunnies (Easter)
Sour Hearts (Valentine’s Day)
Sour Stars (4th of July, Christmas)
Sugar Sticks
My boss just gave me a box of Sees chocolates for Valentines Day – I guess she forgot I’m vegan – I can’t eat any of them 🙁
My boss gave me a $20 gift card to sees. I’m also vegan 😭
My fav guest at the hotel I work at just gave us a whole box of sees lollipops but I’m vegan as well 😕
Give it to a friend, who care that you are a vegan!
Can not seem to find the answer. Are your lollipops gluten free? Very important as I want to buy them for someone who is Celiac.
Thank you
Actually, I’m wondering how vegan the jelly candies are, as gelatin is nade from animal fat.
Jelly bird eggs have gelatin so how are they considered vegan?
The licorice medallions are very yummy. Soft red licorice with a hint of cherry flavor. Sucks none of the chocolate is vegan but the licorice “knobs” as I call them definitely satisfy my sweet cravings. The worst ingredient in them is Red 40, but for a special occasion, I’m willing to compromise my healthy standards.
I am a teacher who got a 25$ gift card from a student for Christmas. It’s frustrating as this happens every year. We fill out surveys, I tell the kids, but parents don’t listen. I couldn’t get one piece of chocolate in the entire place! So, I wrote to corporate and said what better way to celebrate their 100 year anniversary, than by offering their vegan customers something we too, can enjoy! Come on, Sees! Evolve!
All candies at See’s are gluten free, except a select few at Christmastime, like the candy canes.
The Jellybeans and the jelly bird eggs (which are, as of March 2022, a year round item) use a vegetable source as a binder, which is completely vegan. I’m not sure if the information the OP received is accurate, but I hope (as a See’s employee) that corporate would have the most up to date and correct information. All ingredients can be found on the website, and each store has a list of ingredients/nutritional information for the candies in the shop as well. Also, it looks like I’ve got some homework to do.
Please delete my last comment. I did some research, and it appears that the jellybeans use confectioners glaze, also know as shellac, and can contain bug particles, making it not vegan. There are only a true few vegan options, it seems.
See’s Candies does an amazing job listing the ingredients in each of its products here — https://www.sees.com/ingredients/. Based on it, several of the items listed in this article are actually NOT vegan. Because I have alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-born allergy to all mammalian products, I’m especially concerned about the items listed above that contain gelatin and less so about the items that contain insect-based ingredients like beeswax and confectioner’s glaze.
The red raspberry hearts contain gelatin and are an absolute no-no. The sour orange pumpkins are made with kosher gelatin (typically fish-based), so while they’re not vegan, they’re safe for us alpha gals.
If you have a mammalian meat allergy like me or are following a vegan diet, I encourage you to reference the See’s Candies ingredients list rather than follow the advice above before making your candy selection.