If you’re vegan, it can certainly take some time, effort, and dedication to find those vegan-friendly foods you love – but the more work you put in, the more “insider knowledge” you have, no matter how long you’ve followed a vegan diet. And true vegans know which foods are truly vegan.
The truth is, aside from the obvious fruit, vegetables, grains, and other plant-based fare, there are lots of hidden gems out there that lurk behind the seemingly endless dairy-filled treats, animal products, and complicated ingredient lists. You just have to know what to look for, and once you do, it opens up a whole world of delicious foods that are completely vegan-friendly – most of them, surprisingly so.
There are a plethora of products that vegans have identified and locked in as go-to snacks and favorite foods – many of them, “accidentally vegan” – because they happen to be free of the main culprits that vegans watch out for. Candy without gelatin, cereal and granola bars without honey, and seemingly creamy or buttery sweets without any dairy products…all up for grabs.
While this doesn’t cover off on all of those hidden gems, you can treat yourself with this extensive list of 50 tasty, nostalgic, and slightly surprising vegan foods that only a true vegan would recognize.
Chips, crackers, and snacks
| Vegan Food | Vegan-Friendly Varieties |
| Betty Crocker Bac-Os Bacon-Flavored Bits | |
| Cracker Jack | Original |
| Doritos | Spicy Sweet Chili Blaze |
| Fritos | Original Lightly Salted Scoops |
| Keebler Club Crackers | Original Reduced Fat Multi-Grain Bites Peanut Butter Cracker Sandwiches |
| Kettle Potato Chips | Backyard Barbecue Jalapeño Maple Bacon Pepperoncini Red Curry Roasted Garlic Sea Salt Sea Salt & Vinegar Spicy Thai Sriracha Unsalted |
| Lay’s Potato Chips | Original Wavy Original |
| Pop Tarts | Unfrosted Strawberry Unfrosted Brown Sugar Unfrosted Blueberry |
| Pringles | Original Lightly Salted Original Reduced Fat Original Wavy Classic Salted |
| Ritz Crackers | Originals: Original Roasted Vegetable Garlic Butter Reduced Fat Everything Whole Wheat Hint of Salt Crisp & Thins: Salt & Vinegar Barbecue Tabasco Toasted Chips: Multigrain Pita Cracker Sandwiches: Peanut Butter |
| Ruffles Potato Chips | Original Barbecue |
| Skinny Pop | Original Sea Salt & Pepper White Cheddar Twist of Lime Sweet & Salty Kettle Corn Sweet Vanilla Kettle Corn |
| SunChips | Original |
| Triscuits | Original Roasted Garlic Sea Salt and Olive Oil Dill, Sea Salt and Olive Oil Fire Roasted Tomato and Olive Oil Wasabi and Soy Sauce Avocado, Cilantro and Lime |
| Wheat Thins | Original Hint of Salt (Low Sodium) Reduced Fat Multigrain Sundried Tomato & Basil Spicy Buffalo Zesty Salsa Cracked Pepper and Olive Oil Multigrain Toasted Chips |
Candy, cookies, and sweets
| Vegan Food | Vegan-Friendly Varieties |
| Biscoff Cookies | Original Cookies Cookie Butter |
| Duncan Hines Cake Mixes | Classic Carrot Moist Deluxe Butter Golden Classic Yellow Dark Chocolate Fudge Devil’s Food Fudge Marble German Chocolate Red Velvet Swiss Chocolate Coconut Supreme Lemon Supreme Pineapple Supreme Strawberry Supreme |
| Duncan Hines Frosting | Whipped: Chocolate Vanilla Creamy Home-Style: Butter Cream Caramel Classic Chocolate Vanilla Coconut Pecan Dark Chocolate Fudge Lemon Supreme Strawberry Cream |
| Famous Amos Sandwich Cookies | Chocolate Oatmeal Macaroon Peanut Butter Vanilla |
| Fruit By The Foot | All varieties |
| Fruit Roll-Ups | All varieties |
| Ghirardelli Brownie Mix | Double Chocolate |
| Girl Scout Cookies | Thin Mints Peanut Butter Patties (Tagalongs) S’mores Lemonades Toast-Yay! |
| Gushers | All varieties |
| Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup | |
| Jell-O Instant Pudding Mix | Vanilla Chocolate Lemon Pistachio Banana Cream |
| Lindt Chocolate | 100% Dark Chocolate 99% Dark Chocolate 95% Dark Chocolate 90% Dark Chocolate 85% Dark Chocolate 70% Dark Chocolate 70% Madagascar Dark Chocolate 75% Ecuador Dark Chocolate |
| Marie Callender’s Pies | Apple Crumb Cobbler Blueberry Cherry Crunch Dutch Apple Lattice Apple Lattice Cherry Lattice Peach Peach Cobbler Razzleberry Fruit Strawberry Rhubarb Streusel |
| Nabisco Graham Crackers | Original |
| Nutter Butters | Traditional Bites Creme Patties |
| OREO Cookies | Classics: Double Stuf Mega Stuf Golden Golden Double Stuf Gluten-Free: Gluten Free Gluten Free Double Stuf Gluten Free Mint Flavors: Mint Chocolate Dark Chocolate Chocolate Hazelnut Chocolate Marshmallow Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie Peanut Butter Java Chip Lemon Birthday Cake Caramel Coconut Toffee Crunch Carrot Cake Thins: Golden Dark Chocolate Mint Lemon Extra Stuf |
| Sara Lee Frozen Pie | Apple Cherry |
| Skittles | Original Sour Sweets & Sour Sweet Heat Wild Berry Tropical Brightside Darkside |
| Smucker’s Marshmallow Ice Cream Topping | |
| Sour Patch Kids | Sour Patch Xploderz X-Treme Sour Patch Sour Patch Connectors Tropical Sour Patch Kids Xmas Sour Patch Kids Sour Patch Chillerz Sour Patch Line Ups Zombie Sour Patch Kids Watermelon Sour Patch Kid Blue Raspberry Sour Patch Peach Sour Patch Cherry Sour Patch Sour Apple Sour Patch Kids Sour Patch Bunnies |
| Swedish Fish | All varieties |
| Teddy Grahams | Cinnamon Chocolate Chocolate Chip |
| Twizzlers | Strawberry Pull-n-Peel Cherry Bites Cherry Cherry Nibs Cherry Licorice Chocolate |
Cereals, breads, and everything else
| Vegan Food | Vegan-Friendly Varieties |
| Bisquick Pancake & Baking Mix | Original Gluten Free |
| Cap’n Crunch | Classic Peanut Butter Berries Oops! All Berries Chocolate Caramel |
| Cheerios | Original |
| Clif Bars | All varieties except for Peanut Butter & Honey |
| Kashi | Organic Whole Wheat Biscuits, Vanilla Strawberry Fields Organic Blueberry Clusters Go Cinnamon Crisp PB Crunch 7 Whole Grain Toasted Berry Crisp Chocolate Crunch Cinnamon French Toast |
| Kellog’s Mini Wheats | Unfrosted |
| Nature Valley Chewy Trail Mix Granola Bars | Dark Chocolate & Nut Dark Chocolate Cherry Fruit & Nut Cranberry & Pomegranate |
| Nature Valley Crunchy Granola Bars | Apple Crisp Cinnamon Peanut Butter Pean Crunch Roasted Almond Maple Brown Sugar |
| Pillsbury Crescent Rolls | All varieties |
| Quaker Life Cereal | Original Cinnamon |
| Smucker’s Uncrustables | Peanut Butter and Grape Jelly Peanut Butter and Strawberry Jelly |
| Thomas’s New York Style Bagels | Blueberry Cinnamon Swirl Everything Plain |
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Yes, most varieties and flavors of Oreos are considered vegan-friendly. The Oreo “creme filling” does not actually contain cream; it is made of the following ingredients: sugar, palm and/or canola oil, high fructose corn syrup, soy lecithin, and vanillin.
There are plenty of vegan cereals and vegan cereal brands on the market today. Some popular cereals that you may not realize are vegan are Original Cheerios, Kellog’s Unfrosted Mini Wheats, Quaker Life Cereal, and several varieties of Cap’n Crunch and Kashi.
No, not all varieties of Lay’s Potato Chips are vegan, as many of the flavors contain dairy or animal products. However, Original Lay’s and Wavy Original Lay’s are both vegan-friendly potato chips.
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