Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Chocolate Chips

I often forget that there are many people out there that are not only gluten-free, but dairy-free as well.  I can’t even begin to imagine what a challenge that is in addition to maintaining a strict gluten-free diet. I often rejoice about finding amazing gluten-free products only to find out that many others can’t share in my excitement. I have made a mission to start keeping my eyes opened for more products that aren’t only gluten-free but dairy-free (and may be free of many other allergens as well).

I recently saw that Hain Celestial has a new gluten-free, dairy-free chocolate chip on the market – Chocolate Dream Semisweet Chocolate Baking Chips. While they also distribute gluten-free, dairy-free chocolate chips from Tropical Source, the Chocolate Dream chips are made by the same people (Taste the Dream) that make Rice Dream, Soy Dream, Almond Dream, etc. I love the Chocolate Dream Dairy-Free Chocolate Bars, so I would imagine that the chocolate chips were equally as good.

Enjoy Life Foods makes a gluten-free, dairy-free chocolate chip that is also free of peanuts, tree nuts, soy and egg.  While the others don’t have those ingredients added, they are made in a facility where nuts (almonds) may be present.  I have used these as a topping for ice cream and in baked goods and they work nicely.  A coupon is available on the Enjoy Life home page for $.55 off any Enjoy Life product.

Tropical Source by Sunspire makes a wonderful gluten-free, dairy-free chocolate chip.   Like the Chocolate Dream, they are made in a facility that processes nuts, so they may not be safe for those with nut allergies.

If I had to choose a favorite from the list above, it would be the Tropical Source by Sunspire Chocolate Chips.  Even though I haven’t tried the Chocolate Dream Chocolate Chips, I have tried the chocolate bars.  The Tropical Source chips are amazing.  I love the taste & texture and would be willing to bet that it would be hard to tell them apart from a Nestle or Hershey’s Chocolate Chip.

If you can have dairy, the following list compiles some of the gluten-free chip varieties:

Here are a list of verified gluten-free chips from Nestle:

• milk chocolate chips
• semi sweet morsels
• chocolate chunks
• semi sweet mini morsels
• milk chocolate morsels
• premier white morsels
• peanut butter & milk morsels
• milk chocolate & peanut butter swirled morsels
• semi sweet & premier white swirled morsels

***The Nestle butterscotch chips are not gluten-free.

If you are looking for a butterscotch chip, Hershey’s are gluten-free, as are these others:

• Special Dark
• cinnamon
• semi sweet
• milk chocolate

All of this talk about chocolate chips has me wanting to bake some cookies now!