Itβs Smart Sweet’s 6th birthday! Join us in celebrating this SWEET (+ SOUR) milestone, and enter to win your own Smart Sweets Variety Kit! To enter the giveaway, head to Instagram and make sure to do the following: π Follow @SmartSweets + @YourNeighborhoodVegan π Like our giveaway post π Tag up to 10 friends! (1 […]


Get ready to keep candy, but kick the sugar! I was gifted a box of Smart Sweets plant-based candy, and am so excited to share it with you! In 2015 the founder of Smart Sweets was on a mission to out-sugar candy and began testing better-for-you versions of our childhood favorites. Flash-forward to 2022, and […]
It’s snowing at Candy Mountain, Charlie! From references to sugar plum fairies to candy cane forests set in sugary snow, when I think of the holiday season, I think of sweets! Katjes sent me a box full of their Plant-Based Gummies in all three flavors, and I can’t wait to share them with friends and […]


All the way from Germany and now in a Walgreens near you, Katjes Gummies are officially sold in the US! Founded in 1950 in the Netherlands, “Katjes” was coined after the Dutch word for kittens and favoring the black licorice kitties the brand still makes today. In 2016 Katjes went plant-based, exchanging all animal-derived gelatin […]