Tokyo, Japan — A Nightmare Before Christmas cafe opens Nov. 19 at OH MY CAFE in Tokyo’s Omotesando Hills, the first time the themed cafe
The holidays are a time for family, tradition and, of course, holiday food from your favorite chains. Many 2026 menus bring back items from past
Christmas candy is already on shelves, and Brach’s 2026 Candy Cane Report says 73% of shoppers start their holiday candy shopping in October or November.
Doctor Doom is taking over Dunkin’ and Dave & Buster’s ahead of Avengers: Doomsday, which opens December 18. Dunkin’ has a Doomsday menu and a
Burger King’s Advent Calendar is back, with 12 little doors that open to miniatures you put together into your own tiny Burger King, from a
McDonald’s and Pokémon are teaming up for Pokémon’s 30th anniversary with a Pokémon Happy Meal, at participating U.S. restaurants since November 10. Every meal comes
Jack in the Box’s Doomsday Dipping Box is on the menu as of November 5, with popcorn chicken, two mozzarella sticks, two tacos, curly fries, a drink and three dipping sauces, including the new Assemble Sauce. Each box comes with one of eight blind-bagged Avengers: Doomsday magnets that connect like puzzle pieces, while supplies last. It’s $14.75 on Jack in the Box’s online menu at the San Diego and Houston restaurants I checked.
Leftover Halloween candy can go to the troops or into the freezer, and Operation Shoebox takes every type of candy year-round, though you pay the shipping. Soldiers’ Angels’ Treats for Troops map lists about 200 drop-off sites in 39 states this month, and about 80 of them stop by November 7.
A Nightmare Before Christmas pop-up was open at Carne, a Latin live-fire steakhouse at The Collection at RiverPark, through Sunday, Nov. 1, with Jack’s Midnight Margarita, Sally’s Sweet Escape-Tini and Graveyard Fries on a Halloween menu. There was no ticket: A Nightmare at CARNE was regular dining, in a room decorated with ghosts, cobwebs and a Jack Skellington figure.
Chipotle’s Boorito returned for Halloween 2026: Chipotle Rewards members who came in costume after 3 p.m. on Saturday, October 31, got a $6 entree at participating restaurants. Krispy Kreme, Red Lobster, Keke’s Breakfast Cafe and Shake Shack had Halloween deals too, from a free doughnut in costume to free kids’ meals.
Papa Johns’ Jack-o’-lantern Pizza is back for Halloween 2026, starting at $11.99, and Papa Murphy’s, California Pizza Kitchen, Chuck E. Cheese, Peter Piper Pizza and Stoner’s Pizza Joint all have pumpkin-shaped pizzas too, from a $5 kids’ pizza at CPK to Papa Murphy’s $10 take-and-bake. Target and Aldi sell ghost- and pumpkin-shaped pizzas to take home.
McDonald’s Boo Buckets are back for Halloween on Tuesday, October 20, and this year the five Happy Meal pails are Disney villains: Jafar, Ursula, Scar, Cruella and Maleficent. Each bucket comes with a villain-inspired lid and stickers, for a limited time while supplies last.
Starbucks’ holiday menu is here as of November 5, with a new Tiramisu Velvet Latte and a Bearista Cake Pop, and the original Bearista Glass Cold Cup, which sold out in less than a day last holiday season, comes back to select coffeehouses on December 1. Mystery Bearista cups in $39.95 surprise boxes arrive November 10, and Red Cup Day is November 17.
Raising Cane’s limited-edition Halloween Cup came back for 2026, a purple cup covered in skeletons, at $1.49 with the purchase of any combo or 32-ounce drink. It arrived on October 14 and was sold while supplies lasted, so ask at your restaurant if any are left.
Wingstop’s Halloween flavor for 2026 was Sour Patch Kids Wicked Punch, a sour-then-sweet Redberry glaze finished with Sour Patch Kids Bitz. It went on the menu nationwide on Tuesday, October 27, four days after Club Wingstop members could first order it, and Wingstop said it would disappear after November 5. Wingstop’s flavors page still listed it on November 10, so check with your location.
Atlanta, GA — Tropical Smoothie Cafe’s first Halloween menu item is an orange smoothie made with Fanta: the Fanta Phantom blends Fanta Orange syrup with
Dave & Buster’s Halloween is two ticketed parties on Saturday, October 31: Boo Bash, a family pancake breakfast with a costume contest from 10 a.m.
Bojangles’ chicken bites come in a haunted house this Halloween. The new Boojangles Bite Box is a dinner box in three designs that stack into a haunted house, with a biscuit, a side, a drink, a dipping sauce, and six, nine, or 12 Bo Bites inside. At participating restaurants it also has three of the chain’s new Donut Bites with salted caramel dip.
Candy corn pizza is real, and it costs $1.31. The kit, from Tombstone, comes with a frozen pepperoni or five-cheese pizza and three packets of candy corn to put on top, and it goes on sale again at 2 p.m. Eastern on October 9 and October 23.
Any kid who walks into Chuck E. Cheese in costume this October gets 500 free prize tickets, on every visit. The chain’s Halloween Boo-tacular runs through November 1 with a new Boo-Meal Deal from $34.99: a pumpkin-shaped pepperoni pizza, two drinks, and a Boo-Bucket holding two cotton candies.
Papa Murphy’s Jack-O Pizza, a take-and-bake pepperoni pizza shaped like a jack-o’-lantern with black olive eyes, is back through October 31 at $10 for a large. A $15 bundle adds chocolate chip cookie dough.
Cold Stone Creamery’s Boo Batter, its Cake Batter ice cream turned black, is back through October 31 in three forms: mixed with Kit Kat, Halloween Oreos, and M&M’s, blended into a shake, and wrapped in an orange waffle taco. At one Los Angeles store on October 1, they ran $9 to $11.
Buffalo Wild Wings’ Halloween menu is built on garlic: Vampire Hunter Wings tossed in a new Black Garlic Glaze, cheese curds with the same glaze,
Heidi Klum came to her 25th Halloween party as a giant severed hand, modeled on her own left hand, at Cathédrale in New York on
Tim Hortons’ Timbits Trick-or-Treat Bucket is back for Halloween 2026: $11.99 filled with 31 Timbits, with $6 refills while supplies last. It arrived September 30
If you don’t want to make your own pumpkin-shaped pizza this Halloween, you can buy one at Target. The Market Pantry Pumpkin Shaped Pizza is
Walt Disney World added a new set of Halloween treats on October 1, 2026. Disney’s Animal Kingdom had a Halloween menu of eight treats through
A family-owned taquería in Chicago’s Hermosa neighborhood is serving tortas on orange, pumpkin-shaped bread, and its video of them on the grill is going viral.
Hidden Valley turned its ranch black for Halloween. Spooky Ranch, launched September 24 at $3.97 and sold only at Walmart, is the brand’s Original Ranch
Cup Noodles is getting spooky this season with a new Halloween flavor. The Vampire Noodles, out since September 24 for $1.18 at Walmart, is a
Six Flags Magic Mountain added 11 limited-time dishes for Fright Fest this year, from Cajun frog legs to a Worms in Dirt funnel cake, and
At Clarabelle’s Enchanted Halloween Dinner, Clarabelle Cow and her friends come to your table in fall outfits while you eat from the buffet at Storytellers
Dairy Queen’s first Halloween collection comes with a purple ube-flavored Oreo Blizzard, a sparkling blood orange lemonade that foams as you stir it, a ghost
A free, immersive Scream pop-up ran in Manhattan on October 2 and 3, letting fans 21 and older step into the franchise for its 30th
Shock Top and Spirit Halloween have brewed up a Halloween collaboration: a limited-edition Candy Corn Wheat Ale and a $69.99 costume of Shock Top’s mascot,
Costco’s Halloween pumpkin-and-bat ravioli is back for the season. The cheese-filled ravioli features dual-colored pasta shapes: orange pumpkins and black bats. The 2-pound pack sells
A Las Vegas lounge is spending October as a Halloween cocktail bar. The Sand Dollar Lounge’s “The Haunting on Spring Mountain” runs October 1 through
Oreo’s new Halloween monster cookies cost nearly $5 apiece. The OREOiD Monsters box packs 12 fudge-dipped, hand-decorated Oreos in four monster designs for $39.99, and
Pumpkin spice popcorn is back for fall at Prospector Popcorn, and every bag helps employ people with disabilities. The Connecticut non-profit tops its classic caramel
For Spooky people who train through haunt season (like myself), Bucked Up just announced Halloween Pre-workout. Bucked Up already offers 5 levels of pre-workout, and
Pumpkin is back at Playa Bowls. The new Jacked 4 Pumpkin menu includes three new items, now available at 400+ shops: Happy Pumpkin Acai Bowl,
The Wolf Man has a new wine this Halloween season, and the bottle glows in the dark. The Wolf Man is the fourth Universal Monster
Oreo has brought its Halloween cookies back for 2026, led by the Orange Creme “BOO!” pack, a glow-in-the-dark package of chocolate sandwich cookies with orange
Biggby Coffee’s 2026 fall menu is out, a pumpkin, apple cider, and maple bourbon spread that runs through November 1 at participating locations, with a
Shake Shack put its Halloween item on the menu on Tuesday, September 1, and it is a shake you break into. The Reese’s Peanut Butter
First Watch’s fall seasonal menu ran at more than 660 restaurants through October 26, 2026. Pumpkin came back in two forms, the returning Pumpkin Pancake
McDonald’s Pumpkin & Crème Pie is showing up at restaurants again for fall 2026, the seasonal cousin of the year-round Baked Apple Pie. There is
The Spooky Pizookie is back at BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse for 2026, the Halloween version of the chain’s warm cookie-and-ice-cream dessert. BJ’s is listing it
Halloween Horror Nights ended at Universal Studios Hollywood on November 1, 2026, and Universal has set Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood 2027 for September 2 to
Costco is selling a 5.5-pound chocolate monster head that you smash open with an included wooden mallet, and it is packed with over a pound
Trader Joe’s published its official fall lineup, a story it calls “All the Fall Things,” on September 3, and it is enormous. The pumpkin wall
