50 Halloween Candy Alternatives
I imagine most parents are in agreement with the reality that Halloween is both fun and challenging. It’s super fun to see kids (and families!) costumed up and super not fun to deal with candy battles. Over the years I have experimented with all manner of candy bowls: full out traditional candy, all organic, non-candy alternatives…ultimately deciding that a mixed bowl is ideal given that food allergies are a very real thing (Violet has a tree nut allergy so our awareness has become heightened on that count) and some kids actually don’t like candy (really, I know some of these kids!). As I’m thinking about stocking up for next week, I thought it would be fun to share a list of Halloween candy alternatives. There are 50 ideas for you, and feel free to add any other favorites via the comments below!
The list is split into food and non-food items and you can offer the regularly packaged versions or many of them are available in Halloween-themed packaging/shapes. I think for the non-food items I’m going with glow sticks and slap bracelets!
Halloween candy alternatives: Food items
Animal crackers
Bunny grahams
Cheddar bunnies
Cheese crackers
Chex mix
Fortune cookies (Halloween themed!)
Fruit leather
Fruit pouches (squeezable, for younger trick or treaters)
Fruit snacks
Goldfish crackers
Graham sticks
Granola bars
Gum
Honey sticks
Juice boxes
Microwavable popcorn packs
Pirate’s Booty
Popcorn
Popcorn balls
Pretzels
Pretzel crisps
Rice krispie bars
S’mores bars
Veggie chips
Yogurt covered pretzels
Yogurt covered raisins
Halloween candy alternatives: Non-food items
Bouncy balls
Bubbles
Coins (put them in plastic eggs!)
Craft kits (hit the $1 bins!)
Erasers
Fake fingers
Fidget spinners
Flashlights (mini/key chain)
Gliders
Glow bracelets, necklaces, or sticks
Mini-notebooks
Mini-puzzles
Pencils
Plastic fangs
Play dough
Slap bracelets
Slime
Spider or skull rings
Stampers
Stickers
Temporary tattoos
Toothbrushes (I know, I know!)
Yo-yos
Whoopie cushions
