This article looks into one of the most frequently asked questions regarding candies that are vegan friendly: Are Reese’s Vegan?
Unfortunately, all peanut butter cup flavors listed on the Reese’s website are not vegan as they contain milk-based products. These non-vegan Reese’s varieties include: Traditional, Dark, Crunchy, Pieces, Peanut Butter Lovers, and Chocolate Lovers. However, each of these flavors would be considered vegetarian friendly.
Lucky for us, there is a plethora of awesome vegan-friendly Reese’s alternatives. A full list of vegan options can be found below.
Vegan Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Brands
Unreal features three certified vegan nut butter cup alternatives to Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. In addition to being certified vegan, they are also certified gluten free, non-GMO verified, and contain fair trade ingredients.
Unreal’s three vegan friendly nut butter cup options are:
- Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
- Dark Chocolate Almond Butter Cups
- Dark Chocolate Crispy Peanut Butter Cups
All of Unreal’s vegan products can be purchased through Amazon.
While not certified vegan, Justin’s Dark Chocolate Peanut, Almond, and Cashew Butter Cups contain no animal-based ingredients. Justin’s does state that their packaging “may contain traces of milk”, as their nut butter cups are produced on the same same equipment as their milk and white chocolate varieties so caution should be taken if you have dairy allergies.
Justin’s has three vegan friendly nut butter cup options:
- Organic Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
- Organic Dark Chocolate Almond Butter Cups
- Organic Dark Chocolate Cashew Butter Cups
Justin’s Organic Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups can be purchased through Amazon.
No Whey! Foods has one variety of nut seed butter cups: PeaNot Butter Cups. As the name suggests, these Reese’s alternatives are filled with sunflower butter and free from all eight common allergens (Dairy, Peanut, Nut, Egg, Soy, Wheat, Sesame, Fish, and Shellfish). These PeaNot Butter Cups come in two sizes: mini and large.
All of No Whey! Foods’ vegan treats can be purchased through Amazon.
As their name suggests, all of free2b’s snacks are free from the top 12 allergens (peanut, dairy, tree nut, gluten, coconut, egg, sesame, soy, mustard, corn, fish, and shellfish). As such, their “Sun Cups” are 100% vegan.
free2b has three vegan friendly sun cup options to choose from:
All of free2b’s allergen free treats can be purchased through Amazon.
The goal of Go Max Go is to create candy bars without “dairy, eggs, hydrogenated oils, trans fats, artificial ingredients, or cholesterol.” By doing this, all of their products are 100% vegan. Go Max Go makes two versions of Cleo’s Peanut Butter Cups: Traditional and White Chocolate.
On their website, Go Max Go claims Cleo’s are “the ONLY vegan peanut butter cups on the market with a milk-chocolate-like flavor.” They also state that their White Cleo’s are “the ONLY vegan peanut butter cups on the market with a white-chocolate-like flavor.” They are the only peanut butter cups on this list that come in “milk” and “white” varieties so that may just be true!
Go Max Go’s Cleo’s can be purchased through Vegan Essentials.
Summary
While vegan’s can’t have traditional Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, there are still a plethora of great vegan nut butter alternatives on the market. Let us know if you try any of the vegan options listed in this article by leaving a comment below!
