Can anyone advise on vegetarian sweets?

[GertrudePerkins]

Planning dd1's party. We've got two muslim guests, and two hindu guests, so rather than worry about who's eating what I want to do all vegetarian stuff. The buffet is easy enough, but wondered if anyone can recommend sweets that are veggie (and available) e in the supermarket?

Marks and Sparks do veggie Percy a Pigs if that helps? They're unusual in that most gummy sweets have gelatine in.

Our Asda does non gelatine Haribo, look for one in an area with a large Asian population.

Jelly tots I think

Yes to jelly tots. Veggie Percy pugs are eyewateringly sweet. Maybe m+s small bags of sweet popcorn and Jaffa cakes? Chocolate buttons are always popular.

My local M&S have a variety of veggie sweets including wine gums! And aldi do some nice stuff... Also I'm sure a lot if Asian shops sell gelatine free haribo! Whare are you I could post you some?

You may want to double check, but pretty sure Skittles and Starbust are both veggie, possibly even vegan.

Jelly Belly jelly beans are vegetarian friendly, as are some party rings too.

Party rings are not veggie.

Tunocks tea cakes are veggie.

Sweets, fruit jellies supermarket own brand are veggie and skittles are veggie.

Party rings went veggie recently :)

this is great - thanks everyone. I will stock up with jelly tots, starburst and skittles, and have a rummage in M&S. i found all of the own brand stuff i saw in sainsbury's was either beef or pork gelatine.

Chillyegg thank you for your kind offer! I'm sure with all the advice on here I'll be able to track down a good selection. we're in an area with a big jewish population so kosher/pork-free sweets are easy to locate (if eye-wateringly expensive for the kosher ones) - I just need to make sure we're beef-free too.

Tesco sell jelly sweets in their Free From section - called Goody Good Stuff, or something similar.

Also Holland and Barrett.

QoFE - it was a great day in our house when party rings went veggie!

I don't think skittles are vegetarian - last time I looked they weren't (though admittedly it was probably a few years ago).

Lovehearts (is that what they're called? Those powdery fruity flavoured ones in a roll) are vegetarian.

Sainsburys own brand "fruit jellies" blue stripy packet are veggie. So are their strawberry laces.

Sorry - just to add, skittles may appear vegetarian as there are no obvious animal-derived ingredients. However, the colouring 120/E120 is cochineal (made from beetles). It's in m&ms too, sadly (so I stock up when I go back to Australia!).

thanks all - I would have forgotten to look for cochineal

All the Jewish sweets will be free from any animal gelatin (except sometimes fish..) and def no cochineal either

Starburst are veggie.

What was it in party rings that wasn't veggie? It wouldn't occur to me to look at biscuits, I would just assume they were veggie (veggie here, but not as strict at label checking as I used to be)

Huevos, it'll probably be the red/pink colouring being cochineal.

Yoghurts are the one thing that I can't get over. Mind you, after what happened on Sunday. I don't believe packaging anymore. Mentioned this on another post, but bought some cheese and onion pasty type things from a well known supermarket, bit into them and they had chicken in them. Livid. Waiting for a response from their complaints team...

Party rings are now veggie, but that's a recent thing, so old packs might not be. Goody good stuff sweets are nice...and sometimes in Poundland. Supermarket strawberry/cola laces are normally safe, Sainsbury's fizzy fangs, some American hard gums, polos, some tic tacs, some Haribos - the weird ones, not the mainstream mix packs!

Jammie dodgers are vegan!

I think being vegetarian is good for our health and it seems like you are thinking on global way. I love to taste some sweet dishes every day and I can't miss a single day without sweet items but my last option for sweet is chocolate, I think you should try Mexican mushroom with Tequila.

Oreo's and nobnobs. Loads of great info onn sweets, biscuits, snacks etc on The Vegan Womble website