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 arrives 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, is coming back. Its return date is still to be announced, but the new Holiday Bearista collection of drinkware and a plush keychain arrives with the menu.
Jack Skellington and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas are joining LDD Presents, Mezco Toyz’s line of licensed characters made in the style of its Living Dead Dolls. The 10-inch dolls are $60 each on preorder and ship April to June 2027, and Jack gets an all-new body built for his tall, skeletal frame.
Art in the Attic, a Terrifier holiday doll of Art the Clown, is turning up at Spirit Christmas stores. Its box shows Art in an elf hat in a rocking chair in an attic, the Terrifier 3 image director Damien Leone took from Black Christmas.
Buddy the Unicorn, the kids’-show host from the horror movie Buddy, is the No. 1 trending Halloween costume of 2026 on Google’s Frightgeist list, ahead of NeeDoh and Nikki from Obsession. Buddy also tops Frightgeist’s horror movie list, and Michael Myers and the Headless Horseman made the kid and pet lists.
Tesla’s Halloween Mode is out in software update 2026.38.3: the car’s on-screen avatar wears a ghost costume, and a Trick or Treat setting plays spooky sounds and flickers the lights when someone walks up to the parked car. Tesla announced it on October 6 with a new light show, wraps, a lock sound, a photo booth, and a way to speak through the car from the app.
Rivian’s Halloween mode for 2026 is Ghostbusters: a software update gives every Rivian proton beam headlights and ghost trap sounds through November 1, and a
A Halloween display works in five layers, according to Light Up Your Holidays, a Chicago company that designs and installs them: foundation lighting, one focal
Santa is a zombie again at TWIX. Zombie Claus is back for a second year of Hallowmas, the candy bar’s Halloween-meets-Christmas campaign, with a photo and video contest that pays $20,000 in prizes through November 8, new skull-shaped TWIX, and a trick-or-treat stop in New York’s Williamsburg neighborhood on Halloween.
Ghost Face, Jason, Billy the Puppet, and Pinhead are fashion dolls now. JAKKS Pacific’s new Doll Haus of Dread line turns the four horror characters into 11-inch collector dolls, with Pinhead in a gown and Billy the Puppet in a pinstripe tuxedo, and each is $39.97 at Walmart.
Free Halloween events for kids at national chains this October include 500 free prize tickets for kids in costume at Chuck E. Cheese all month, free trick-or-treating for pets at PetSmart on October 25, and two more free online craft classes from Michaels. The Home Depot’s free October workshop was on October 3, and its next one is a dump truck on November 7.
Toy Story, KPop Demon Hunters, and Spider-Man costumes are among the 11 costume trends Spirit Halloween named for 2026. The list, released October 1, also includes varsity jackets, Greek armor, Fortnite and Halo, and a Dungeon Crawler Carl look built around boxers and Crocs.
Reese’s has named E. Dudley Ave. in Westfield, New Jersey, the Trick-or-Treatiest Street in America, chosen on October 21 from 150 streets, at least two in every state and Washington, D.C. Reese’s scored each street twice, a Haul Score for candy and a Haunt Score for how haunted the street is, and the top Haul Score, 99.0, went to S 13th St. in Philadelphia.
PetSmart’s free pet trick-or-treating is back on Saturday, October 17, and Sunday, October 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at every store, with treat stations, a photo backdrop, and a tote bag for the first 50 people. A new event on October 18 lets families meet the store’s snakes, spiders, and death-feigning beetles.
Home Depot’s Halloween bucket has a Christmas version for the first time: a white 2-gallon bucket printed with a Christmas tree and fireplace on one side and Santa’s sleigh over a Home Depot store on the other. It went on sale online on October 1 for $2.98 and is in stores now.
Anaheim, CA — Disneyland has four new Halloween popcorn buckets for 2026: the Headless Horseman on his black horse, Mickey as a vampire in a
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
Universal’s official Obsession Halloween costumes are on sale at the NBCUniversal Store for $74.95 each, and Bear’s set has already sold out in every size.
Spirit Halloween is selling an officially licensed Dungeon Crawler Carl costume for $59.99, built around what Spirit calls Carl’s signature heart-print shorts. The adult costume also comes with a black vest, a cape, a bandana, knee pads, a glove, and a character patch.
M&M’s and Sour Patch Kids are the most popular Halloween candy in 10 states each on CandyStore.com’s 2026 map, which ranks candy by projected pounds sold, and NERDS Gummy Clusters wins Indiana in its first year on it. On DoorDash’s map of October orders, Reese’s leads 17 states.
Spirit Christmas is selling a singing Snow Miser and Heat Miser this year, $349.99 each, and the two can interact when they’re connected. They’re 2
Spirit Christmas has 43 stores on its 2026 locator as of October 20, in 15 states, and 38 are Spirit Halloween stores reopening for the
Nike’s Halloween Air Force 1 borrows from Scream without saying so: a slashed Swoosh, a tongue logo in the movie’s lettering, and a tiny cordless-phone
The Nightmare Before Christmas returned to theaters October 2, and it comes with a light-up Jack Skellington popcorn bucket. AMC started selling it that day
This fall, the pet aisle is full of Halloween. Glow-in-the-dark dog harnesses, viral ghost-dog yard decorations, and bacon-shaped treats have all arrived for 2026, and
Purina’s Beggin’ has three new limited-edition Halloween dog treats out now, all made with real bacon and shaped for the season: ghost-shaped Ghoulish Ghosts, pumpkin-shaped
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
Nine of Jellycat’s 19 Halloween plush are sold out, and on eBay two of them cost much more than they did new: Hocus Crow, a
Betsey Johnson’s new Halloween purse is shaped like a haunted house, complete with a small front window that opens to reveal a mirror, for $148.
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
Jason Voorhees is slashing back onto screens in Peacock’s Crystal Lake prequel, which premieres October 15, and the merchandise is already here. Cinemark is selling
Seattle, WA — Grab your broom because Starbucks’ Halloween collection this year celebrates black cats with special merch, a Black Cat Frappuccino and a large,
Spirit Halloween’s official A24 Backrooms costumes are out of stock to ship on SpiritHalloween.com. As of October 20, all four pieces, a Captain Clark costume,
Spirit Halloween’s new 6-foot-10 Pennywise animatronic is already sold out online. Tied to the series IT: Welcome to Derry, the $299.99 clown bends into a
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
Spirit Halloween’s “10-for-10” coupon takes 10% off your entire purchase, and Spirit donates a matching 10% to a children’s hospital in your area. It’s the
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
You can be the Goodyear Blimp this Halloween. Spirit Halloween and Goodyear have teamed up on the first officially licensed Goodyear Blimp costume: a $79.99
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
If the smell of classic candy corn is something that brings you autumn joy, good news: Brach’s turned it into a perfume. Yes, now you
Blind-box collectibles have become one of the fastest-moving corners of Halloween shopping, and the 2026 season is just getting started. A few spooky series are
The animated candy bowl has grown up. Gemmy’s two new Halloween figures for 2026 are three feet tall, hold a candy bowl, and react when
Amazon, Target, and Walmart have removed a “German Army Soldier Adult Costume” from their websites after shoppers circulated screenshots of the listings and said the
Crocs’ Michael Myers and Saw clogs are out now on crocs.com at $69.99 each, and the Michael Myers pair has already sold out in men’s
The $39.95 Snoopy Glass Cold Cup, the piece Starbucks led with in its new Peanuts fall collection, sold out at many U.S. stores on its
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
Aldi’s 2026 Halloween assortment is in stores now, and it lands where the grocery chain always aims: cheap. The Finds aisle carries a licensed-character collection
Spirit Halloween has an officially licensed Off Campus costume line, built around the Prime Video hockey romance based on Elle Kennedy’s novels. There are four
