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.
For every chain’s Halloween menu, see my Fall and Halloween Fast Food 2026 guide.
500 Free Tickets for Kids in Costume
The costume reward is 500 free Bonus Tickets, which kids trade for prizes at the Prize Wall, and it applies on every visit in October. Chuck E. Cheese gave the same 500 tickets to kids in costume in 2025.
The Boo-Meal Deal and the Halloween Menu
The Boo-Meal Deal, which Chuck E. Cheese says is new this year, is a large Pumpkin-Shaped Pepperoni Pizza, two drinks, and a collectible Boo-Bucket filled with two Spider Web Cotton Candies. It starts at $34.99 and is for dine-in only.
The Halloween menu has four items:
- Pumpkin-Shaped Pepperoni Pizza
- Cookie Crunch Dippin’ Dots “Eye Scream”
- Giant Slime Cookie, served warm
- Spider Web Cotton Candy, in a Halloween take-home bag
The pizza, the Eye Scream, and the Slime Cookie were on the 2025 menu too.
Boo-Buckets, a Vampire Plush, and a Light-Up Cup
The Boo-Buckets come in green, orange, and purple, and they are sold while supplies last alongside a Chuck E. Cheese Vampire Plush, a light-up cup with free lifetime refills, and a light-up wand. The announcement gives no prices for them. For buckets with prices, from Home Depot’s $2.98 to Petco’s $1.50, see my Halloween buckets roundup.
Nightly Dance Parties, a Sensory-Friendly Morning, and Bonus Play Points
- Dance parties: every night in October, with Chuck E. on the dance floor every hour from 6 p.m. until close.
- Sensory Sensitive Sunday: on October 25, participating locations open two hours early with reduced noise and dimmed lighting. In 2025 it was October 26.
- Bonus Play Points: through November 1, a coupon at chuckecheese.com/Bootacular adds 30 free Play Points to a purchase of 60 or more, up to a $25 value.
- Fun Pass: from $7.99, with 20% to 50% off food, drinks, and Play Points, depending on the pass level.
“Kids get rewarded just for showing up in costume, parents get more for their money with the new Boo-Meal Deal and bonus Play Points, and with a Fun Pass, the celebration doesn’t have to end on Oct. 31,” said Mark Kupferman, chief insights and marketing officer at Chuck E. Cheese.
Halloween Spending and Other Kids’ Deals in 2026
In an Empower survey cited by Chuck E. Cheese, 52% of Americans say they are cutting back on Halloween spending this year because of inflation. The National Retail Federation expects Halloween spending of $13.5 billion, or $115.14 a person, and 26 percent of shoppers in its survey said they’ll look for coupons or sales if prices run high, as I reported in my Halloween spending article.
Wendy’s Frosty Frights Kids’ Meal has 12 toys and $1 Boo! Books this year, and Sonic’s Wacky Pack has seven Universal Monsters toys. For a pumpkin-shaped pizza at home, Papa Murphy’s Jack-O Pizza is $10 for a large, and Target’s pumpkin-shaped pizza is $6.
Boo-tacular runs through November 1 at Chuck E. Cheese’s nearly 500 U.S. locations. To find one, visit chuckecheese.com/bootacular.
