article_snippet.sent: A selection of 36 sweets - including liquorice sticks, cola bottles, jelly beans and gummy bears - are on sale, all guaranteed to be free of animal products or alcohol-based ingredients.
article_snippet.sent: Two-year-old Faizaan Ali (right) was among the first to sample the sweets in the chain's Blackburn store.
article_snippet.sent: Husnaa Ali, nine, tucks in to the treats at one of 10 stores around Britain chosen to trial the new scheme .
article_snippet.sent: Salim Mulla, chairman of the halal sub-committee at the Lancashire Council of Mosques, said: 'I think there are quite a few manufacturers who sell halal sweets
article_snippet.sent: Halal sweets include only gelatin from halal slaughtered animals and do not contain any other animal-derived ingredients from non-halal animals. '
article_snippet.sent: Sweets are very popular with the Muslim community.
article_snippet.sent: Until now, Muslims have had to look at the ingredients to see if the sweets are suitable to eat as some contain animal products which are not halal.
article_snippet.sent: Tolu Oshinowo, Deputy Store Manager, at Morrisons, Blackburn enjoys some of the 36 sweets on offer .
highlights_snippet.sent: Counters will sell 36 types of gelatine-free and alcohol-free sweets .
  