Welcome to my gluten free Easter eggs Australia list for 2022. Holy heck! I don’t even know when Easter is this year but with the way supermarkets work I’ve seen all the Easter eggs and goodies in store since the 26th of December – yikes! Show
I’ve spent an entire afternoon (and then some) reading through Easter egg ingredients online and in-store so you can shop with confidence. Please always double-check before buying just in case, I am only human! I’ll keep updating this in the lead-up to Easter – sign up to my newsletter to ensure you don’t miss any new finds! By the way, there’s a pretty amazing newcomer one so make sure you read the whole article! Psst, it’s by KitKat! If this list is too big for you then check out my top ten Aussie Easter treats for 2022. Happy gluten-free Easter eggs hunting! How to use this listI’ve grouped the chocolates by brand and listed them alphabetically so you can use the search function to find your favourite. I’ve grouped the dairy free and vegan eggs together, you can jump to it here. You’ll be able to find most of the big brands in Coles and Woolworths (Woolies). Where something is a bit trickier to find or an exclusive item I’ve listed the location after the product – such as white chocolate Lindt bunnies at Kmart. If you’re having trouble finding something, drop me a message on Instagram. BonvitaA relative newcomer to the gluten free Easter eggs scene in Australia. Or perhaps I’ve just never heard of them! Bonvita is a speciality chocolate brand making vegan chocolates that are also gluten free. I have not put them into the diary free list as they note a may contain for dairy on their ingredients. I’ve seen Bonvita available from a number of online speciality retailers, including Happy Tummies.
CadburyCadbury is normally a no-go on their regular chocolates due to ‘may contains’ however much of the Easter range by Cadbury are coeliac-safe. So far, the best allergen information I’ve come across online is the Coles website, this is because it lists the may contains – the Cadbury website does not do this on all listings. I’ve had to zoom in and look at the back of the packet! Here’s my list of coeliac-safe gluten-free Cadbury Easter items, including all the mini eggs. Little egg bags
Eggs
Bunnies
Other items
The following Cadbury products are not safe, do not buy them for your beloved coeliac!
ChocolatierAnother iconic Aussie brand, this is a late addition to my list (added 5th March). Using the Chocolatier website has been a bit hit and miss – it has an allergen listing for every chocolate and also lists may contains, however after verifying some in person I discovered it wasn’t accurate – for example the honeycomb bunny. I went through the entire Chocolatier Easter range on their website, so you know exactly what you can get, unfortunately only about 5 items out of 28. I’ve since checked
Darrel LeaWhile there are a number of new items out for Easter I haven’t been able to find ingredients listed online for any Darrel Lea products! However, given the statement below I wouldn’t get your hopes up. Most of our block and chocolate products do not contain gluten. Due to shared equipment with some gluten ingredients, we cannot make a gluten free claim on our products. – Darrel Lea website Update: I got in touch with Darrel Lea via email and they confirmed what I suspected – all items will have a ‘may contain’ due to wheat at their production site. No gluten free Easter eggs from Darrel Lea. FerreroI’ve now got enough listings that Ferrero and Kinder need their own group.
Free-from eggs (dairy free and gluten free)For those of us that need Easter eggs that are both dairy free and gluten free I’ve created this sub-group. Most of these will also be vegan! If you’re trying to find the Sweet William brand I’ve seen it available online and in store from David Jones.
HaighsHaigh’s Easter eggs offerings have finally been released and you’ll be happy to know their website has a gluten-free filter that actually works. The items listed below all have a gluten free marker on the website. I will try to get into a Haigh’s store as soon as possible to verify in person but as I’m sure you know the weather in Sydney is a little bit wild right now. Regarding gluten free and dairy free – in the dark chocolate range I noticed that while dairy isn’t used there is a may contain for dairy on every item. As such I’ll label what I see that is vegan but I’ll list may contain dairy if applicable. Milk chocolate
There are numerous soft toys that come with plain eggs mini eggs or a single small egg in milk or dark chocolate (vegan, but may contain milk). Animals include, sheep, cows, ducks, and of course, bilbies. The Haigh’s egg included is gluten free.Dark chocolate
White chocolate and other itemsJust the one white chocolate item, a bag of white chocolate mini eggs in a 120g bag. There’s a few omissions when you use the filter on the Haigh’s website. One I noticed was a lack of peppermint chocolate, which is my favourite. Wheat glucose syrup is suitable for coeliacs.Looking at the ingredients for the peppermint-filled dark mini eggs it lists wheat glucose syrup – which is fine for coeliacs (as per Coeliac Australia). The same is true for caramel-filled milk mini eggs. Finally the milk chocolate baby bilby (20g) is missing the gluten free tag but does not contain or may contain any worrisome ingredients. Koko BlackAs a homegrown Aussie brand I’d hoped to include some Koko Black Easter treats in this list, however I haven’t had much luck. I used the gluten ‘friendly’ filter on their website, it gave me a short list of products however when I looked them they have a may contain for gluten. So really it’s a no-go for coeliacs. LindtMany Lindt chocolates are not safe due to the presence of barley malt extract in the ingredients. Please be warned, the gluten-free filter on their website does not work! Nor does their vegan
filter, it actually listed milk chocolate! So please do not trust their filters if you are ordering online from Lindt.
Miscellaneous brandsThis little list covers some of the smaller batches of gluten-free Easter eggs and no-name or unknown brands in Australia.
The full Pana range is available in Target, and I’ve seen the dark egg available at Woolworths.
Pink Lady have a few good gluten-free items for us, with the bibly being a lovely Aussie item. Do make sure you buy the 150g size as the smaller one has a may contain.
While checking out the Big W website I came across two really cute kids sets. The website shows the allergens under ‘warning label’ on the product which is really useful.
NestleI have three words for you: Kit-Kat Easter Bunny. Yes, you read right, there is a gluten-free Kit-Kat bunny available. However, it comes with a massive caveat – only one of the four products in Australia is gluten free. This is completely different to the UK / Europe where all of the bunnies are gluten free.
This requires a bit more information – looking at the packet this set is made in Italy. In Europe all of the Kit-Kat bunnies (all sizes) are gluten free. I think because they have imported this size it is safe, whereas all other sizes were made in Australia using the Australian recipe. The only gluten-free Kit Kat item in Australia.Not gluten free
Park AvenueOkay, you might be thinking whaaaaat is this brand I’ve never heard of – me too. It’s sold at Kmart and covers a range of kid friendly products with various toy and TV show themes. Please note, I’ve only seen these online but the allergen details include both contain and may contains so I’m confident they are safe for little ones.
Red TulipI love that Red Tulip is still around, I definitely remember them from my childhood. These little eggs with the red band around them are perfect for an Easter egg hunt. Gluten-free eggs and bunnies include:
I’ll keep adding to this list in the lead up to Easter 2022 – be sure to bookmark this page and check back for updates. Please let me know in the comments if you’ve found any other great gluten-free Easter chocolates and tag me in your finds on Instagram @kati_keksi 🙂 Sign up to my newsletter 🙂 Which easter eggs are gluten free Australia?Creme Eggs – all sizes (wheat glucose syrup is coeliac-safe). Cadbury Easter Mini Eggs – all sizes 41.5g, 125g.. Dairy Milk Easter Egg Bag – all sizes 114g, 440g.. Dream Egg Bag 110g.. Top Deck Egg Bag 114g.. Cadbury Triple Pack 649g.. Cadbury Turkish Delight Egg Bag 117g.. Are Cadbury easter eggs gluten free in Australia?Yes, Cadburys Mini Eggs do not have any ingredients that contain gluten. Meaning that Mini eggs are gluten-free. Always be sure to check the label for the most up-to-date information as ingredients may change over time. Yes, Cadburys Creme Eggs do not have any ingredients that contain gluten.
Are Cadbury eggs gluten free 2022?Yes. Cadbury eggs are safe to eat as they do not contain gluten.
Which Cadbury easter eggs are gluten free?There's a Cadbury's Caramel Egg in this post that's gluten-free. BUT other Cadbury's Dairy Milk Caramel eggs (which come with a bar and have the extra text 'Dairy Milk' on the front) are NOT gluten-free. There's an Aero Peppermint Egg in this post that's gluten-free.
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