Gluten Free Easter Guide 2018

It’s that time of the year when we stuff our faces full of chocolate. Gluten free chocolate of course, and to make your Easter Egg hunting run a bit smoother I’ve compiled my annual guide. As always this article is only a guide and you must check the ingredients of everything you purchase for yourself. This is because ingredients and processes change constantly, what was safe one month, may not be safe the next. Additionally, just because a chocolate is safe in one size does not make it safe in another. This guide isn’t an exhaustive list either, there can be other easter eggs not featured that are safe. If you are new to learning label reading, may I suggest my quick guide to reading labels? Or you could take my gluten free label quiz.

Cadbury

A lot of the same eggs from last year are safe again this year. These easter eggs are gluten free by ingredient, a few do contain wheat glucose syrup, though, which is fine for a typical Coeliac. However, if you are allergic to parts of wheat, other than the gluten protein you may react to this sugar. Since I do react to wheat glucose I have minimized the eggs that contain wheat glucose. At the time of taking these photos, none of the featured eggs had may contain statements as they are not safe for anyone with Coeliac Disease.

Gluten Free Easter 2018

Thankfully, a majority of the Cadbury Easter range is made in a separate facility to their blocks. That means that the bunnies and eggs are typically gluten free and without a may contain statement. The giant roses and almonds surprise eggs are also gluten free by ingredient. I posted some of these bunny egg ingredients last year for reference.

Gluten Free Easter Cadbury Eggs

The hunting eggs in the 20 pack are also gluten free by ingredient with no may contain statement. Earlier this year I also found a marshmallow Easter bunny that could be purchased singularly or in a multipack. The mini flavoured eggs I have seen are also gluten free by ingredient in most cases but contain wheat glucose so I have not included them here. This range includes things like the Turkish delight, Salted Caramel and Caramello.

Kinder

This year Kinder chocolate has gotten tricky and you must read the labels. Some of their mini eggs are being made in a factory that could possibly contaminate them. Therefore they are not safe. The hazelnut mini eggs are gluten free by ingredient, however, the plain ones are not safe.

The bunnies pictured here as well as the kinder eggs read as gluten free by ingredient with no may contain at the time of these photos.

Gluten Free Easter Eggs

These two have the surprise toys inside and are great fun. In fact, I get these most Easters. If you were curious the normal kinder surprises are also currently gluten free by ingredient as well. You’ll have to watch out for those new kinder eggs with biscuit pieces inside though.

Additionally, Kinder do hollow chocolates like their chocolate bunnies. So far I haven’t found one of their hollow ones with gluten but always check as they do have some filled with biscuit pieces. This year they have the blue bunny, pink bunny and a new posed blue bunny as well as the minis.

Kinder Surprise

 

Darrell Lea

The hundreds and thousands egg I have only seen at Woolworths, so not sure if it is available at Coles. The nougat eggs had the same ingredients on both the blue and pink packets.

Lindt

Lindt is a tricky one because almost all their chocolate contains barley malt extract. Which you probably know is a big no-no. Thankfully, Lindt has confirmed that they implement strict allergen protocol and we can trust their labelling. Which means that like last year, their giant egg in dark chocolate and some of their bunnies are gluten free by ingredient with no may contain statement.

Misc.

The Red Tulip chocolates below are also gluten free by ingredient with no may contain statement. You’ll notice the miniature mixed eggs are both caramel and milk chocolate. The caramel mini eggs have wheat glucose in them.

Another strange find is the Milk Chocolate Ferrero Rocher bunny. When you think Ferrero Rocher, you generally think of biscuit pieces. This one though has no biscuit in it and is gluten free by ingredient with no may contain.

You will find all the eggs featured at stores like Woolworths, Coles, Big W, Kmart and Target. Again remember to check the ingredients when you purchase them to be sure they are safe.

Don’t forget to check out my post featuring the allergy-friendly eggs for 2018. This features dairy free, nut free, soy free and other requirements as well as gluten free. I thought I’d put them all in the same place to make it easier for you to find. Some of the brands included will be the Kinnerton, Sweet William and Moo Free products.

I hope you have a safe and gluten free Easter. Be sure to check out the hot cross bun reviews thatI’vee been posting over on my product review page.

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Until Next Time;

Ashlee; The Aussie Coeliac.

 

 

17 thoughts on “Gluten Free Easter Guide 2018

  1. Thank you so much for this article! This is my first year being gluten free and I was preparing myself to not have any chocolate even though everybody else would be! I am so relieved! Thank you xxx

  2. thanks so much for this. My 5 year old just came home from school with easter eggs given to him and I wasnt sure wether we could have them or not!

  3. Kinder chocloate mini eggs states on packaging 23/3/18 from big w nsw store that gluten may be present. ☹

    1. Hi Larissa;
      Yes as mentioned in my article only the hazelnut ones as shown are gluten free. “The hazelnut mini eggs are gluten free by ingredient, however, the plain ones are not safe.”

  4. Thanks for this article, it will help save me time if I have a rough idea on what to check before buying as I already drive everyone crazy with reading all the labels before I buy something lol. But I would never have thought of checking darrell lea, ferro rocher or lint.
    Because I know Lint’s website says nothing they make is safe and Darrell Lea usually makes liquorice. I will still check before buying but this articles helps, thanks! 🙂

  5. LOVE this list, thank you very much! I love the ferrero rocher hazelnut bunny and this year will try the dark or white lindt bunny for the very first time. For anybody travelling to Tasmania around Easter, the Anvers chocolate factory have a HUGE range of gluten free Eggs and goodies!!!!

  6. Hi, just a little confused. ..is the cadbury old gold rabbit safe? I had previously been advised that they were. Also, are the small lindt dark chocolate rabbits ok? Thanks for your help. 🙂

    1. Hi Melinda;
      As stated in the article this is just a guide, it is not an exhaustive list of every egg available. It is only what I have been able to find and photograph. As shown in the article the Cadbury Old Gold Bunny is safe. “That means that the bunnies and eggs are typically gluten free and without a may contain statement.” – I mention it in this way because I have not checked every bunny so I don’t want to make a blanket statement and have someone get sick. You always need to check the ingredients for yourself. The only lindt rabbits I have photographed that are safe as pictured in the article. I haven’t read the ingredients on any others. Your best bet would to be check the ingredients yourself. In Lindt you are specifically looking out for Barley Malt which is not safe and won’t be in bold as well as the typical wheat, oats, rye and may contain statements.
      Hope this has helped.
      Ashlee.

  7. Hi Ashlee,
    This is the first article I have read on your blog. Thank you.
    Just to clarify – some of these ingredient lists have soy in them. I thought soy contained gluten. In some cases the ingredient is a by product of soy. Are you able to clarify this for me.
    Thank you.
    Pam

    1. Hi Pamela;
      I have actually covered this in my gluten by any other name article for Coeliac Awareness Week. Soybean or Soy is a legume and naturally does not contain any gluten. Gluten is the proteins found in wheat, barley, rye and oats (for some people). A lot of people confuse natural soy with Soy Sauce. Soy sauce is not pure soy in most cases it has fermented wheat and is not safe. There are a few occurrences where they have used a processed grain to make the soy sauce gluten free but these will be clearly labelled.
      Hope this helps with your confusion.
      – Ashlee.

  8. Thanks for all your help. Just wanted to clarify that Cadbury solid eggs should be fine. Yvonne

    1. Hi Yvonne;
      I only comment on the ones I have photos of, but that is great for people to know! 🙂 I have a wheat allergy so i can’t eat the ones with wheat glucose which is why i left them off.

  9. Hi Ashlee, both my husband and 18 year old daughter are coeliac and are huge chocolate lovers. Thank you so much for this list, we are still relatively new to reading and understanding labels and if it doesn’t say ‘gluten free’ we just don’t buy it. Your list makes it so much easier for me and I don’t have to check every single label. I will be sure to double check before I buy. They are going to be so surprised this Easter!!

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