Just about every house will have the standard fare, so don’t worry about kids getting enough peanut butter cups or Snickers. Instead, surprise the trick-or-treaters in your neighborhood to something truly novel with our choices for the best unique Halloween candy.
If you want something totally goofy, go with this option. Here we have brightly colored mini marshmellows billed as unicorn poop. You’re likely to be the only one in the neighborhood offering this, and you should easily get smiles from kids and adults alike. In addition to this 24 pack, you can opt for 36 or 48 pack sizes.
Okay, technically, this isn’t candy. But in terms of uniqueness, this is a good way to mix it up among the usual fare of chocolate bars of all kinds and assorted frutiy candy. It’s still a sweet, and they’ve put them in festive wrappers to help them fit in with the theme. Also handy for being wheat and peanut free.
Halfway between candy and cookie, this is like the modern interpretation of the old Hershey’s Cookies’n’Creme bars, but for those that prefer milk chocolate. Oreo filling is covered with milk chocolate and surrounds Oreo cookie chunks. A nice departure from standard Halloween candy fare and can occasionally even be found in Halloween packaging.
Here’s a very unique approach to Halloween candy. Each package contains some glow-in-the-dark plastic fangs for use with the included blood bag of liquid watermelon candy. Bite down and ooze blood out your mouth. As good for the host handing out candy as for the trick-or-treaters. (Though not a great idea for the younger set — be mindful who you hand these out to!)
Without a doubt, this is my favorite candy. It stole the crown from Reese’s Peanut Butter cups, which is really saying something. I think it’s because the texture is so interesting and because it does the salty/sweet thing better than a lot of other candy.
Like Reese’s, there’s still peanut butter in here, in addition to pretzel, caramel, peanuts, and milk chocolate. It’s like adding pretzels and peanut butter to a Snickers bar and it completely works. You don’t see these very often, so be the intrepid house that offers them up. You could also go full size on these, too.
Sometimes unique means going retro. Rock candy is among the oldest forms in the game, so standout from the rest of the neighborhood by offering these this year. These are individually wrapped and larger than the average rock candy sticks. Packages vary somewhat, but the following flavors are likely to be in the container you buy: Grape, Original, Blue Raspberry, Strawberry, Cherry, Cotton Candy, Watermelon, Green Apple and Orange.
Lest we delve into the hotly debated topic of whether or not candy corn is good, we’ve opted for a neutral path. This unique Halloween candy brings the best of both worlds while be distinct from any actual candy corn and from the many plain and peanut M&Ms packets likely to be given out on Halloween night. Make everyone happy (or upset) with this interesting choice that is certainly festive enough.
Surely this qualifies as unique no matter what the time of year. There’s no candy quite like it. Ring Pops make it possible to wear an enormous diamond of sugar on your hand while you’re going about your business, such as collecting further candy from other houses. What kid doesn’t want that? This is a variety pack with the following flavors: Cherry, Strawberry, Watermelon, Blue Raspberry, Berry Blast and Twisted Blue Raspberry Watermelon.
Speaking of gummies, if you want to get really weird and delightful, opt for these mini gummi pizzas. Not only are they shaped like very small personal pizzas, they’re sliced into five slices to complete the gag. These are fun on their own, but if you want to really go all out, consider mixing up a bowl that also includes hot dogs, cupcakes, and hamburgers for a complete gummy feast.
While not exactly Halloween-themed, at least the zombie sports players shambling around your neighborhood on Halloween will be entertained by getting a pouch of this bubble gum. Of course I remember getting this when I played in little league, but I would’ve thought this was really novel to get as Halloween candy. This is a variety pack that includes five bags of the following flavors: Swingin’ Sour Apple, Ground Ball Grape, Wild Pitch Watermelon, Outta’ Here Original and Curveball Cotton Candy.
If you really want to go unique and boutique, try this option. With Halloween-themed names, this is sure to get all the trick-or-treaters in your neighborhood in the spirit. The Vampire Blood, Monster Slime, and Witches Potion are all liquid candies, while the Jack’s Ashes, Devil Dust, and Werewolf Dandruff are all powdered candy. All come in large test tube-style vials, which could make them a great addition to your homebrew haunted house. Definitely on the pricey side, but extremely unique.
Another option that isn’t quite candy, these Halloween-themed Welch’s fruit snacks are nevertheless up to the challenge. I can’t think of a time when fruit snacks aren’t appropriate, except for maybe right before the dentist. Almost everyon loves them and they make an interesting contrast to the rest of a trick-or-treater’s bag of goodies.
Jelly beans really don’t get the billing they deserve anymore. What makes this package unique is that Jelly Belly put 20 of the flavors kids prefer into fun size bags, perfect for doling out on Halloween. The flavors are: Berry Blue, Blueberry, Bubble Gum, Buttered Popcorn, Chocolate Pudding, Cotton Candy, Green Apple, Lemon Lime, Sunkist Lemon, Orange Sherbet, Peach, Raspberry, Red Apple, Sour Apple, Sour Cherry, Strawberry Jam, Toasted Marshmallow, Tutti-Fruitti, Very Cherry, and Watermelon.
You just know that fun size Snickers are going to be everywhere on Halloween night. I ate hundreds, if not thousands, of them as a kid. Give something unique but familiar with these pumpkin-shaped Snickers bars. You can also get Twix Ghosts, if you prefer. The obvious answer is to get both and mix them together.
Want to go truly unique? Go international. Import some of the many, many interesting Kit Kat flavors that are available in other markets, such as these green tea ones. I’ve had these and found them to be very mild and an interesting departure. Every kid’s bag will have 1,000 traditional Kit Kats in it, so give them something interesting to shake it up. If the green tea option doesn’t do it for you, consider the strawberry or raspberry options.
Here’s something really cool: edible spider webs. Okay, it’s cotton candy, specifically sour apple cotton candy, but still. The effect works very well on Halloween night. There’s also a Scaredy Cat variant.
What better way to celebrate a horror-based holiday than with gruesome severed body parts in candy form? These fruit-flavored gummies come in five shapes: Finger, Foot, Brain, Ear, and Eyeball.
