Gluten Free Easter Eggs and Treats 2026
It’s that time of year when our bunny noses start twitching for chocolate, so here is a round-up of some gluten free Easter eggs and other treats available in New Zealand.
When there are foods you need to avoid, celebrations and special occasions can feel overwhelming, especially when trying to find out which treats you can eat and which old favourites you need to avoid. While it seems like any chocolate Easter egg should be gluten free, there are many that aren’t.
Luckily, there are a lot of options for Easter eggs that are gluten-free, either labelled gluten free or gluten free by ingredient (more on the difference below if you’re unsure).
This is not an exhaustive list of allllll the gluten free Easter eggs available in New Zealand, but hopefully, it will give you some options to consider, and help you recognise what to look out for when shopping for gluten free Easter eggs and treats.
Reading Ingredient Labels
Make sure you check the packet ingredients to ensure that what you’re buying is gluten free, don’t just take the word of someone on the internet (even if it is me, I’m still human). I’ve added the info available to me on the packets of the products I purchased and on the brand’s websites, but sometimes labelling and ingredients change, so always make sure that what you’re buying is safe.
When checking labels for gluten, remember the acronym BROW – barley, rye, oats and wheat. Labels must state if they contain these ingredients.
Some products may state “may contain gluten” or “may contain traces” of gluten, due to being made on the same equipment as products that do contain gluten. This statement doesn’t make them any more or less safe than those without that label, as it is a completely voluntary label that the manufacturer can choose to include (or not).
Many Coeliacs (including my Dad) comfortably eat “may contain” products, however, always assess your own (or the person you’re buying for’s) risk appetite for products made on shared equipment.
Note: In New Zealand, glucose syrup from wheat is considered by Coeliac NZ to be so highly processed that it is gluten free. However, Coeliac Australia notes that there is a small chance some highly sensitive Coeliacs may still react to it and that it is an individual’s choice whether to consume it.
Glucose syrup from wheat is not safe for those with a wheat allergy.
There are two kinds of gluten free Easter treats in this list – the first are those that are labelled gluten free, which means they meet the gluten free labelling regulations in New Zealand and Australia.
The second are those that are gluten free by ingredient, which means that they are not made with any gluten-containing ingredients, but have not been tested for gluten and may be made on equipment that also handles gluten.
KEY
✅✅ = Gluten free (includes those with the Crossed Grain logo, and those labelled gluten free).
✅ = Gluten free by ingredient (no gluten-containing ingredients, with or without a “may contain” gluten statement).
💟 = Labelled suitable for certain allergies or dietary requirements, or other notable points.
‼️ = Other allergen warnings and may contain statements from the packaging.
Right, let’s talk treats!
Gluten Free Easter Eggs and Chocolate
Please note: the treats photographed on the blue/green background were photographed in 2023, the ones on the purple background were added in 2024, those added in 2025 are on a blue background, and the new ones added in 2026 are on a pink and white background.
I’ve made sure the previous years’ products are available in 2026; however, be aware that the packaging may have changed slightly over that time.
NOMO
NOMO is an excellent option for those with multiple food allergies or intolerances, as their products are free from gluten, dairy, eggs and nuts. They have large eggs and little bunnies as well.
They are some of the priciest of all of the products in this post, but for those with multiple foods they need to avoid, this could be the safest option.
These are now available in most supermarkets, The Warehouse, Kmart and specialty/vegan stores.
✅✅ Gluten free
💟 Dairy free
💟 Egg free
💟 Nut free
💟 Vegan
💟 NOMO products do not contain soy as an ingredient; however, they can’t guarantee that there is no cross-contamination with soy products, so they do not label their products as soy-free.
Sweet William
Sweet William products are another good option for those with multiple allergies or intolerances. They’re gluten, dairy, nut and egg free and soy-free by ingredient.
This large bunny is one of the most expensive products I bought for this post, but they have hollow eggs and smaller chocolate bunnies that cost less. The little “mylk choc” bunnies would be great for an easter hunt as they are individually packaged and there are 12 in a pack.
These are available mostly from organic shops and online, however, this year I have also seen them in some supermarkets (including our local Fresh Choice).
✅✅ Gluten free
💟 Dairy free
💟 Nut free
💟 Vegan
💟 Egg free
‼️ May contain soy
Rainbow
Made here in NZ, the Rainbow range of marshmallow Easter eggs are all labelled gluten free.
They have several different flavours of marshmallow eggs, including the original ones (with yolks), raspberry choc and “scrambled” eggs.
Available from most supermarkets, the Warehouse and Crackerjack.
✅✅ Gluten free
‼️ Contains soy
‼️ Contains dairy
Queen Anne
Queen Anne has a range of gluten free marshmallow eggs in a variety of flavours. There are boxes of 8 half eggs, and individually wrapped eggs and bunnies. Their marshmallow is really top-notch, super fluffy and light.
Available from New World, Pak n Save and online.
✅✅ Gluten free
‼️ Contain soy
‼️ May contain eggs, nuts and sulphites
Moo Free
Moo Free’s Easter range is one of the few Easter ranges that are sold as soy-free, so if you need guaranteed soy-free products, these could be the ones for you.
As with the other multiple-things-free products on this list, these are on the more expensive side, but considering how tricky it is to guarantee products are free from so many allergens, you can see why they are more expensive.
Available from health food/organics shops and also now in some supermarkets 🎉 If you’re on a budget, I recommend trying supermarkets first, as they do tend to be cheaper there.
✅✅ Gluten free
💟 Dairy free
💟 Soy free
💟 Vegetarian and vegan
Whittaker’s
I was very excited to see that Whittaker’s has their hollow kiwis back again after a couple of years. They come in milk or dark chocolate, and 30c from each one sold is donated to Save the Kiwi.
Whittaker’s have quite strict cleaning processes, so while the chocolate kiwis do have a “may contain” warning for gluten, I’m generally pretty confident in recommending Whittaker’s products to Coeliacs.
Available from most supermarkets.
✅ Gluten free by ingredient
‼️ The milk choc kiwi contains milk, and both contain soy
‼️ May contain peanut, tree nuts, gluten and the dark kiwi may contain milk
💟 Dark kiwi is milk/dairy free by ingredient
Cadbury
We’ll start with Cadbury because they are ubiquitous when it comes to easter eggs in NZ, and many Cadbury Easter products are gluten free by ingredient. This year the mini eggs aren’t available in the little cardboard boxes, they’re only in bags.
Available from pretty much anywhere that sells Easter eggs.
Avoid the products with biscuit pieces (such as Oreo), and any Moro products, as they contain barley, and avoid eggs that come with Favourites or Roses chocolates, as some of those contain gluten.
✅ Many are gluten free by ingredient
💟 Many are egg free by ingredient
‼️ Most contain soy and may contain nuts.
Are Cadbury Creme Eggs Gluten Free?
The 40g Cadbury Creme Eggs state “contains gluten” on the wrapper; however, when I contacted Cadbury to ask about it in 2024 and 2025, they confirmed that the “gluten” referred to is in the glucose syrup, which is derived from wheat. As mentioned above, glucose syrup from wheat is considered to be gluten free in NZ and safe for Coeliacs; however, there is a very small chance that some Coeliacs who are highly sensitive to gluten may still react to glucose syrup.
Their mini Creme eggs and Creme egg bar do not have a contains gluten warning, and the glucose syrup is not declared as being from wheat.
So the long story short is that the 40g Creme eggs are most likely fine for Coeliacs; however, if you are concerned about the “contains gluten” warning, you may prefer to try the other Creme egg products that don’t have that warning.
KitKat
You might be surprised to hear that these KitKat products don’t contain gluten, considering most KitKat products have gluten in their signature wafers.
However, the crunchy pieces in these KitKat bunnies and mini eggs are made with rice, corn and potato starches, making them gluten free by ingredient 🎉
There are two different packets of the mini bunnies available, one has six bunnies and is made in Italy for the Aus/NZ market, and one has five bunnies and is made in the UK. The UK ones have a crossed grain logo on them, however, it isn’t the NZ/Aus crossed grain logo, meaning they can’t be sold as gluten free here.
Available from supermarkets, The Warehouse, Kmart and Crackerjack.
✅ Gluten free by ingredient
‼️ All contain milk
‼️ Bunnies all may contain tree nuts
‼️ Mini eggs may contain almond, Brazil nut, cashew, hazelnut, macadamia, pecan, pistachio, walnut
In previous years, the larger 29g Kit Kat bunnies did contain gluten. I have not seen any in stores this year that do; however, I have seen advertised online some “Extra Crispy” bunnies that do appear to contain gluten. So I recommend that if you’re buying the larger bunnies, you double-check the ingredients.
After Eight
I’m sad that one of my favourite Easter treats, the After Eight hollow bunnies aren’t available this year, but I spotted these After Eight mini eggs at Crackerjack, and was pleasantly surprised when I read the back and saw they are gluten free, with the UK crossed grain logo.
Note: As with the Kit Kat products above, this product has the UK crossed grain logo, which meets the UK gluten free requirement of less than 20ppm. The NZ/Australia requirements are less than 3ppm, so this product can’t be sold as gluten free in NZ.
Available from Crackerjack (in-store and online).
✅ Gluten free (UK crossed grain logo)
‼️ Contains milk and soy
‼️ May contain nuts
Ma Baker
I love a speckled egg, and these Ma Baker ones are very cute. The Mallow Speckled Eggs have a marshmallow centre, and the multipack eggs have a jelly centre.
Available from supermarkets and Crackerjack.
✅ Gluten free by ingredient
‼️ Contains milk and soy
‼️ May contain wheat, gluten, eggs, peanut
Waikato Valley Chocolate
Waikato Valley Chocolates have some Easter treats that are gluten free by ingredient, including these milk chocolate hunting eggs and raspberry lamington flavoured egg.
Available from The Warehouse.
Please note: they also have products that are not gluten free, so if you’re looking at one of their other products, always check the ingredients.
✅ Some are gluten free by ingredient
‼️ Contain soy
‼️ May contain traces of peanuts and tree nuts, made on equipment that also handles gluten.
Kinder Surprise
Surprise, these are all gluten free by ingredient (as are regular Kinder Surprises). The bunny has a surprise toy inside, the little bunnies are hollow with the Kinder milk and white layers, and the eggs have a milky filling with crushed hazelnuts.
Note: Avoid any of the Kinder Bueno products, which have wafer pieces that are not GF.
Available from most supermarkets and The Warehouse.
✅ Gluten free by ingredient
‼️ Contain milk and soy
‼️ Mini eggs contain hazelnuts
‼️ Kinder Surprise toy not for children under 3 due to risk of choking.
Sweetie Pie
I can’t tell you how excited I was to see these pastel mini eggs in nice shades after Cadbury ruined the colours of their Mini Eggs in 2020 😂
From the top, these are the Monster Gems (fruity-flavoured jelly centre with milk choc* and candy shell), Monster Rocks ( strawberry flavoured jelly coated in milk choc* with a candy shell) and Monster Peanuts (peanuts coated with milk choc* and candy shell).
*technically they can’t call it “chocolate” in these eggs, because it doesn’t contain cocoa solids, just cocoa powder, so they call it “milk confection”.
Available from Woolworths and Fresh Choice.
✅ Gluten free by ingredient
‼️ All contain milk and soy
‼️ Monster Peanuts contain peanuts
‼️ All may contain wheat, gluten, egg
‼️ Monster Rocks and Monster Gems may contain peanuts
Terry’s Chocolate Orange
Along with the regular Terry’s Chocolate Orange, these Chocolate Orange Mini Eggs are gluten free by ingredient. Classic chocolate orange flavour mini eggs with a crispy sugar shell. I haven’t spotted the white chocolate ones in stores this year, but the milk chocolate ones are definitely available.
✅ Gluten free by ingredient
‼️ Contains milk
‼️ May contain soya, nuts and peanuts
‼️ Not recommended for small children (choking hazard-sized)
Available from supermarkets and The Warehouse.
Milky Bar
For the white chocolate fans, these Milky Bar products are both gluten free by ingredient. The mini eggs contain an unspecified starch, but remember that if it contains gluten it must be specified as such in the ingredients list, and in this case, it is not, so it must be gluten free. However, if you’re concerned, the Easter Friends do not have the starch in them.
Available from Crackerjack.
✅ Gluten free by ingredient
‼️ Both contain milk and soy
‼️ Easter friends may contain nuts, mini eggs may contain gluten
Fabulicious
I love fruit tingle lollies and these Fabulicious Fruit Tingles Hunting eggs have fizzy fruit tingle pieces in milk chocolate eggs.
Available from supermarkets.
✅ Gluten free by ingredient
‼️ Contains milk and soy
‼️May contain wheat, gluten, egg, peanuts and tree nuts
Violet Crumble
These Violet Crumble Honeycomb Cream eggs are milk chocolate eggs filled with a honeycomb cream.
Available from Woolworths and The Warehouse.
✅ Gluten free by ingredient
‼️ Contains milk and soy
‼️ May contain peanut, almond, hazelnut, wheat, gluten
RJ’s
These RJ’s raspberry eggs were kindly bought by Ruth from the Alternative Bread Co for me to include in this list as they’re a favourite in her house. I spotted the licorice version and decided to add them because you can’t often find gluten free licorice-flavoured products. Also because licorice is a polarising flavour, and there has to be at least one item like that in any list, right? 😂
Available from supermarkets, The Warehouse and Kmart.
✅ Gluten free by ingredient
‼️ Both contain milk and soy
‼️ Both may contain wheat, gluten, egg, peanuts, tree nuts
Reese’s
If you’re nutty for peanuts, these Reese’s Pieces eggs might be for you. A peanut filling in a crunchy shell.
These are available from Crackerjack, and I also spotted that Woolworths has packets of milk chocolate coated peanut eggs.
✅ Gluten free by ingredient
‼️ Contains peanuts, milk, soy
Potter Brothers
These Potter Brothers marshmallow eggs are individually packaged half-eggs, but they also have boxes of 4 whole marshmallow eggs in various flavours.
Available in supermarkets.
✅ Gluten free by ingredient
‼️ Contains milk and soy
‼️ May contain traces of peanuts, wheat, gluten and tree nuts
Gluten Free Easter Lollies
For those who aren’t into chocolate (yes, I know they do exist!), here are a few Easter sweets that don’t include chocolate.
Ma Baker
These Ma Baker Easter marshmallows are individually packaged, so they could also be used in an Easter hunt. They’re shaped as bunnies, chicks and eggs, and the egg ones are filled with strawberry jam. I’ve also included their multi-coloured mini marshmallows, which are available year-round, but I thought the colours would make them perfect for any Easter baking you might be doing.
Available from most supermarkets and Crackerjack.
✅✅ Gluten free
💟 Soy free by ingredient
‼️ May contain traces of milk, tree nuts, sesame, peanuts and soy.
Lolliland
Lolliland have quite a few gluten free labelled products, including these cute little marshmallows.
Available from Crackerjacks (in-store and online).
✅✅ Gluten free
‼️ May contain peanuts, walnuts, milk, soy, sesame
Nice
Nice have quite a few products that are gluten free by ingredient, including these gummy bunnies, lollipop rings and jelly beans. They do also have products that contain gluten, so make sure to check if you’re looking at other products in the range.
Available from The Warehouse.
✅ Gluten free by ingredient
‼️ Contains sulphites
‼️ May contain milk and soy
Trolli
These are pretty much just the regular Trolli lollies in easter packaging, but if your kid is already a fan of Trolli gummy lollies then this could be a hit.
Available from Kmart and Crackerjack.
✅ Gluten free by ingredient
‼️ May contain milk and soy
Products to Avoid
We’ve talked about some safe options, so let’s quickly cover a couple that aren’t safe, particularly ones that are common traps that people fall into.
❌ Lindt – Many of Lindt’s chocolate products contain barley malt syrup, which isn’t safe for Coeliacs. Their milk chocolate bunnies and chicks are definitely not safe, but some of their dark and white chocolate products are gluten free by ingredient, so if you’re perusing the Easter aisle, you can always check the ingredients on the products they have available.
❌ Malteser – All Malteser products contain barley malt (of course, they’re Maltesers).
❌ Ferrero Rocher – Most Ferrero products are not gluten free as they contain wafer pieces that contain gluten.
❌ Oreo, and pretty much anything else that contains biscuit pieces – For obvious reasons, they’re very rarely gluten free.
Extra Tips
Don’t forget that there are a lot of fun non-food Easter products in stores now, which can make great Easter gifts without having to hunt down a lot of different gluten free treats.
Kmart, The Warehouse and Spotlight all have cute products like cups, baskets, bunny ears, and activities for children.
There are also heaps of cute Easter cookie cutters around if you fancy doing some gluten free baking. I have a recipe for gluten free sugar cookies (on my other website Sweetness and Bite), which don’t spread and are perfect for cut-out cookies.
🐰 Happy Easter! 🐰
Please let me know in the comments if I have missed any of your favourite gluten-free Easter eggs or other treats!
And if you’re looking for some gluten free hot cross buns, check out my comparison post of hot cross buns in NZ.
Thank you for all the information. That will help a lot of people to choose the gluten-free eggs and treats easily.
Hi Natalie, Great idea having these up on your website. I am wondering if you know whether or not the Walkers candy coated easter eggs are gluten free or not. They come in packets with mini candy eggs or packs with larger eggs.
Hi Marg. Apologies for the delayed reply, I couldn’t find the ingredients for the Walker’s candy eggs online so I had to wait til I was at a supermarket that sells them and I could check the packet.
Yes, it looks like both the larger ones and the mini ones are gluten free by ingredient according to the packets I looked at 🙂 They only have allergen warnings for milk and soy, and a may contain statement for peanuts and tree nuts. Hope that helps 💜
one of the children I look after sometimes (cannot have gluten) has just reacted badly to a Cadbury creme egg, so it must be the gluten syrup for her. I’ve not seen her have any reactions before so she will have to be even more diligent I guess.
Hi Cathy, it definitely seems to be that some people are more sensitive to glucose syrup than others. Since first posting this list last year I’ve had chats with a few people that have reacted to Creme Eggs. I actually chatted with someone from Cadbury’s support team about this recently and I will add a note to the post but you might want to pass on that the same glucose syrup is used in other Cadbury eggs that have a soft filling, like their mini Caramello, peppermint, Turkish delight, strawberry, salted caramel and mini Creme eggs. So I’d recommend that anyone who has reacted to Creme eggs might want to avoid those ones too 💜
Thank you Natalie. It’s lovely to see such a thorough write up by you. This will be helpful for whanau who may need assistance knowing what treats to look for this time of year.