Oreo Ghosts Have Been Spotted, and They Are Not Cookies
August 4, 2026
Oreo Ghosts have started turning up in Halloween aisles, and the thing worth knowing before you go looking is that they are not a ghost-shaped
Oreo Ghosts have started turning up in Halloween aisles, and the thing worth knowing before you go looking is that they are not a ghost-shaped
Fall officially arrives at Starbucks on Tuesday, August 25 with the return of the Pumpkin Spice Latte. Alongside it come three new pumpkin spice beverages,
The Monster Cereals have made it to the Halloween tree. Old World Christmas, the Spokane, Washington ornament maker hand-blowing glass since 1979, is selling Boo
Disney Store’s Halloween Shop is up for 2026 with 537 items across costumes, apparel, plush, ornaments, pins, and home decor. That is a lot of
The short answer for anyone typing this into a search bar: no. Hobby Lobby does not carry Halloween decorations, and the company formally discontinued the
Old Navy has launched Haunted Harvest, a Disney collaboration built around Mickey and Friends in fall and Halloween mode. The collection page lists 45 items
Much of the American vintage-Halloween look, the grinning die-cut jack-o’-lantern, the arch-backed black cat, the honeycomb tissue witch crossing a moon, was drawn for one
Buc-ee’s has its 2026 Halloween line on shelves. It is called Quick Bites Spooky Nights, it runs 13 items, and Buc-ee is a vampire this
Pottery Barn’s 2026 Halloween collection is online. Unlike Grandin Road and At Home, Pottery Barn’s Halloween is tabletop and entertaining: dinnerware, lit ghosts, and terracotta
Target lists 73 Michael Myers items for Halloween 2026. The cheapest is a $13.08 mask. The most expensive Michael Myers product of the season is
New Hampshire has 7.86 Spirit Halloween stores per million residents, more than any other state in America. California, which has the most stores of anywhere
Spirit Halloween is running more than 1,550 stores for 2026 across all 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces, 1,575 by most counts, and as of
Spirit Halloween is opening 85 stores this season in buildings that used to be Party City, the party-goods chain that liquidated last year. It is
Funko has four new Halloween Pop! figures coming, each one a stitched-together ragdoll version of Coraline, Beetlejuice, Corpse Bride’s Emily, or Wednesday Addams. All four
Johanna Parker’s new Halloween ceramics are in stores now, and the collection is spread across multiple stores. The 2026 collection spans three dozen new designs,
Grandin Road released its Halloween Haven 2026 collection online, with some items already showing a low stock warning. Unlike Home Depot and At Home, Grandin
The most expensive animatronic in Halloween retail this year is HalloweenCostumes.com’s 13.75-foot Lord of the Rings Balrog, at $24,999.99. The most expensive piece in Distortions
The Halloween bucket hunt has been the retail story of the month, and it is no longer a one-store chase. Home Depot’s $2.98 printed bucket
Count Chocula, Boo Berry, and Franken Berry hit shelves nationwide later this month, marking the trio’s 55th anniversary. General Mills is running the Jim Henson
Mondo’s Over the Garden Wall Chapter 2 Figure Set is available now, and it brings the Pottsfield Pumpkin People from Hard Times at the Huskin’
LEGO has approved a Universal Monsters set, and it comes with six monster minifigures: Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, The Wolf Man, The Bride of Frankenstein, The
LEGO’s two small Halloween sets go on sale August 1, and taken on their own they are exactly what they look like: a $19.99 skull
Your dog can be Art the Clown this year. That is the single most useful thing to know about the 2026 pet costume aisle, and
Lemax’s Spooky Town village line has eight pieces for 2026 that you can only buy at Michaels, and they run from a $59.99 table accent
At Home has launched its biggest Halloween assortment ever: more than 1,000 items across five collections, all available now online and at all 228 stores
Mattel used San Diego Comic-Con to reveal the biggest horror wave yet for Monster High Skullector, its premium collector doll line: the Universal Monsters trio
The bucket hunt is on again. Home Depot’s $2.98 Halloween-print bucket – the 2-gallon orange utility bucket wrapped in ghosts, jack-o’-lanterns, bats, and spiders –
Lenox has released a Halloween version of its Spice Village collection: the Spice Village 6-Piece Halloween Set, six porcelain spice jars styled as haunted Victorian
Spirit Halloween is staffing up for its 2026 season, with more than 52,000 seasonal positions across 1,500+ stores in the U.S. and Canada, what the
Every major Halloween retailer has now revealed its 2026 animatronics lineup, and this is the largest, wildest, most licensed-IP-heavy class in years. There’s a 14-foot
The short answer: Spirit Halloween’s flagship store opens Saturday, August 1, 2026 in Egg Harbor Township, NJ. General pop-up stores open on a rolling schedule
Target’s 2026 Halloween drop is live on Target.com, most of it under the Hyde & EEK! Boutique label, and part of the broader Summerween wave.
Lush Cosmetics has released its 2026 Halloween collection earlier than ever this year for “Summerween” enthusiasts. The collection went live on the Lush app on
Poppy Playtime fans, you win Halloween 2026! HalloweenCostumes.com has released two full-size, officially licensed animatronics from the indie horror game franchise this year: a 7.5-foot
The story of 2026 Halloween retail isn’t a single big-box winner or a viral 12-foot skeleton. It’s the fandoms. This year’s shelves and search bars
HalloweenCostumes.com has released its 2026 animatronics lineup, and it is the largest and most ambitious the retailer has ever put out. This year’s collection tops
Anthropologie’s Halloween 2026 collection is live with 439 pieces from $12 to $498, including new Icon glasses, cat stoneware, and illuminated vines.
After years of Freddy Fazbear haunting screens, theme parks, and every Halloween aisle, Spirit Halloween is finally bringing him home. The retailer’s first-ever life-size Freddy
Costco has a lot of Halloween on shelves this year. The showstopper is a warehouse-exclusive 3.6-foot Mickey Pumpkin with Infinity Mirrors at $219.99. Around it:
LEGO Icons Mayor Manor 11383, the first set from the Midnight Valley Collection. (Photo: The LEGO Group) Billund, Denmark, The LEGO Group has debuted a
Home Depot’s 2026 Halloween collection launched online and in the app on July 16, 2026, with an in-store rollout starting in late August. The 12
The Scandi-styled collection, distinctly cute rather than scary, joins Bath & Body Works, Michaels, and Spirit Halloween in putting Halloween on retail shelves by midsummer.
The Egg Harbor Township celebration returns after a hiatus, adding a new digital registration system for early store entry. Egg Harbor Township, NJ — Spirit
Bath & Body Works, Michaels, and Halloween Horror Nights all landed on the same theme. Welcome to the circus. July 5 marks the official countdown
New Albany, OH — Bath & Body Works launched a 2026 Halloween collection that leans into the classic haunted-carnival theme, featuring three new carnival-inspired fragrances
Irving, TX. Michaels unveiled its 2026 Halloween décor lineup this week, framed as a “Halloween Rewind” and built around six themed collections that lean hard
Spirit Halloween has revealed its full 2026 animatronics collection, an all-new lineup that runs from small pieces to a 7-foot Michael Myers, plus new tech
Mooresville, NC — Lowe’s full 2026 Halloween collection is online now, and the headliner is a new 15-foot Talking Lighted Skeleton Watcher animatronic that stands
