Even the joy of Halloween will cost more this year, with less chocolate than in years past. Expect more packages of tangy gummies, riding off a meteoric high last year. Your kid’s trick-or-treat bag ...

Halloween may be synonymous with horror movies and creepy costumes, but let's be real: it's all about the candy. Trick-or-treating is a sacred ritual almost always followed by a family candy swap.

Whenever Halloween rolls around, there's so much candy on store shelves that it's impossible to miss. Candy is certainly a quintessential part of the holiday now, but that wasn't always the case.

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Prices have risen 78% since 2020, with chocolate costs soaring due to tariffs, inflation, and West African weather issues. ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich. (WXYZ) — The ...

Halloween is just four days away, but this year, the scariest part might not be the costumes, it’s the candy prices. And the cost keeps climbing, especially for chocolate. “It’s been mostly due to ...

EAST LONGMEADOW, Mass. (WWLP) – Halloween candy is costing more this year as cocoa prices have surged, affecting both large retailers and local businesses like Maureen’s Sweet Shoppe in East ...

Halloween candy seems particularly unhinged this year. (And it’s not just the prices, which are indeed wild: Candy and gum cost nearly 10 percent more than they did in 2024, according to the Bureau of ...