The Best Halloween Candy to Buy in 2019

With October 31 right around the corner, it is past time to start curating your candy offerings – for the kiddos and “big kids” alike. With these tasty picks from Good Housekeeping now available on your supermarket shelves, no one will walk away disappointed.

Hershey’s Glow in the Dark.  Scared of the dark? The latest from Hershey’s has you covered. Keep your eyes out for the new Reese’s and Kit Kats that glow in the dark, too.

SweeTarts Skulls & Bones.  Save these sour skulls from SweeTarts for the candy lovers who prefer a pucker-worthy punch.

Twizzlers Pull ‘n’ Peel.  Untangling these new orange and black cherry-flavored Twizzlers is scarily satisfying.

Jelly Belly Candy Corn.  Did you know that 9 billion kernels of candy corn are sold annually? Love it or hate it, it isn’t Halloween without a handful of them.

Reese’s Spooky Eyeballs.  The spookiest thing about these chocolate and peanut butter eyeballs is how quickly the entire bag can disappear.

HI-CHEW Caramel Apple.  Did you know Halloween is also National Caramel Apple Day? Celebrate both holidays with this limited edition flavor, which has an apple-flavored center that’s covered in sweet caramel.

Tic Tac Howlin’ Halloween Blend.  Keep things fresh with these festive tangerine and green apple-flavored Tic Tacs.

Orange Halloween Kit Kats.  The same sweet combo of white chocolate and crisp wafer cookies, all dressed up in orange for Halloween.

Unreal Milk Chocolate Gems.  Wanted, dead or alive: Unreal’s Halloween milk chocolate gems, found online or at Whole Foods. They’re responsibly-sourced and contain nothing artificial (the candy coating’s colored by extracts from ingredients like hibiscus and turmeric) so you can feel better about handing them out to little ones.

Cauldron Skittles.  Skittles’ seasonal Cauldron pack contains a mix of Lurking Lemon, Twisted Tangerine, Gripping Grape, Petrified Pear and Bogey Berry flavors.

M&M’s White Pumpkin Pie.  The latest limited edition M&M’s are white chocolate with a pumpkin pie candy coating. Don’t say we didn’t warn you: They’re addictive!

Cadbury Harvest Mix Milk Chocolates.  They’re the Cadbury Easter Eggs of Halloween … ’nuff said.

Peeps Marshmallow Spooky Cats.  Pop some of these kitties in the apple cider punch bowl for a creepy-cute cocktail garnish.

Welch’s Halloween Fruit Snacks.  Hand out pouches of these new fruit snacks and your trick-or-treaters may come back for seconds.

Nestle Butterfinger Fun-Size Peanut Butter Cups Skulls.  Butterfinger’s skull-shaped bites are individually wrapped, making them perfectly poppable for all haunted happenings.

Reese’s Bats.  People are really excited for this new offering from Reese’s: bat-shaped peanut butter cups, available in individually-wrapped pouches perfect for a little indulgence.

Hot Tamales Cinnamon Apple.  Hot Tamales is spicing things up with a new flavor, cinnamon apple. With just the right amount of heat, they’ll warm up chilly fall nights.

Mike and Ike Caramel Apple.  In the same vein as the Hot Tamale offering, these offer tangy and sweet green apple flavor plus caramel equals fall in candy form. Drop them into cider cocktails or use as a cute cupcake topper!

Lindt Lindor Pumpkin Spice Truffles.  It isn’t a true holiday party unless there are some sort of seasonally-flavored Lindt truffles on the table. These luscious pumpkin spice milk chocolates are the perfect Halloween treat.

M&M’s Cookies and Screeem.  I scream, you scream, we all scream for dark and white chocolate M&M’s covered in cookie-flavored candy.

Dove Milk Chocolate & Caramel Witches Mix.  Leave a dish filled with these milk chocolate caramels on your desk at work and watch yourself become the most popular witch in the office.

Reese’s White Pumpkins.  Not all pumpkins are meant for carving, especially when coated with white crème and filled with peanut butter.

Godiva Pumpkin Spice Truffle Flight.  Godiva’s new silky smooth milk chocolate truffles filled with pumpkin spice ganache are almost too cute to eat.


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