Those Hard Sugar Candies That You Decorate Cakes With....

[princessjessie]

Are the hard sugar cadies that you decorate cakes with (I really would like to get some hello kitty shaped ones), gluten free? What are they made out of? Does anyone know? And what are they called exactly? I tried searching for things online, but as soon as "hard candy" is in the search, its useless. My birthday is this weekend and I am making my cake and getting gluten free frosting, so I don't want to mess it up with some silly candies being glutened! But I think it would be really cute if I could use them.

[princessjessie]

Manufactures Ingredients: Sugar, Egg White Solids, Distilled Vinegar, Sodium Benzoate (preservative), FD&C Blue #1, FD&C Red #3, Natural Mint Flavor, FD&C Yellow #6, FD&C Yellow #5, & FD&C Red #40

I found this!!! I would probably just need to check because of the distilled vinegar, right?

[Juliet]

Distilled vinegar is fine, as are distilled alcohols. It's malt vinegar that's a problem. So, you're good to go!

[Khara33]

Distilled vinegar is fine, as are distilled alcohols. It's malt vinegar that's a problem. So, you're good to go!

That isn't true about the distilled alchohols. The only alchohols I've found that don't make me sick are: Kahlua, rum and tequila. It's a major bummer.

[psawyer]

That isn't true about the distilled alchohols. The only alchohols I've found that don't make me sick are: Kahlua, rum and tequila. It's a major bummer.

There are a small minority of celiacs who react like you do, but for the vast majority of us, distilled spirits are fine.