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Early Bird Gets The Discount Halloween Candy Worm
By Ben Popken on November 1, 2011 10:00 AM
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The best time to stock up on Halloween candy is today, the day right after Halloween. But you better get to the store early if you want to snag the best deals, and the best candy, before they get looted by everyone else. More »
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Americans Spend About $6.8 Billion Total On Halloween
By Mary Beth Quirk on October 31, 2011 10:30 AM
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Even when the economy is shuffling along like a zombie, American aren't scared to spend big bucks on Halloween. A recent survey says the average person will spend $72.32 on Halloween — or about $6.8 billion nationwide. More »
Make A Fog Machine For $5
By Ben Popken on October 28, 2011 4:00 PM
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Forget tossing down the sawbucks at Guitar Center, you can make your own fog machine at home for just $5 with stuff you get from the store. Nope, there's no dry ice, smarty pants. This video shows you how to do it. More »
This Halloween Toy Could Also Be Used To Harden Dental Composite Material
By Chris Morran on October 26, 2011 12:15 PM
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A dentist in California was recently looking at the little Halloween toy — a black cat whose eyes glow blue when you press a button — and thought there was something familiar about that bright light: it looked just like the one he uses to harden dental composite material used to repair his patients' chompers. More »
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Target Recalls Frog Masks That Could Suffocate Kids
By Phil Villarreal on October 24, 2011 8:30 AM
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Some early bird parents who indulged their kids' wishes to dress up as frogs for Halloween will have to re-do their costume shopping. Target recalled 3,400 products called Children's Frog Masks due to a potential suffocation hazard. More »
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Liquidated Borders Store Reincarnated As Temporary Halloween Shop
By Ben Popken on October 21, 2011 1:00 PM
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What happens to old Borders stores now that the book chain is bankrupt and liquidated? In Kennesaw, Georgia, one old Borders shop has been brought back from the dead as a temporary Halloween supply warehouse. It makes reader DW sad. More »
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How To Protect Your Car From Halloween Tricks
October 20, 2011 3:45 PM
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If your biggest Halloween fear is waking up the next morning to discover that your car's been egged into oblivion, our car-care cousins at Consumer Reports have a few ideas that may offer some protection. The most effective (and obvious): stash your car in the garage overnight if you can. More »
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Make Your Own Captain America Shield At Home
By Ben Popken on October 19, 2011 4:00 PM
47 Comments
Who needs to plunk down hard-earned cash for a cheap plastic Captain America shield for a Halloween costume? It's probably going to break before the end of the night anyway. Instead, make your own at home! More »
Every Halloween Costume Can Be "Sexy." Every. Single. One.
By Ben Popken on October 19, 2011 11:00 AM
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Every Halloween they come out with another batch of "sexy" costumes. We've seen sexy pirate wench outfits for little girls, and sexy Catholic School girl costumes for dogs, but illustrator Jillian Tamaki doesn't think we've gone quite far enough. More »
Family Sticks Block Party Invites In Neighbors' Mailboxes, USPS Charges Them Postage
By Ben Popken on October 12, 2011 2:00 PM
232 Comments
A Connecticut family that put invites for an upcoming Halloween block party in their neighbor's mailboxes got spooked when the USPS figuratively rang their doorbell holding a big open bag. It was a bill from the USPS charging them 44 cents for postage for all the invites they had put in the mailboxes. More »
Batman Costume Package Vs Reality
By Ben Popken on September 30, 2011 12:00 PM
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It's not exactly the kind of crime the caped crusader would go after, but reader synimatik was a bit pissed when she opened her son's Batman costume and found it didn't match up with the image on the outside of the package. More »
Northeast Having A Pumpkin Shortage
By Ben Popken on September 19, 2011 2:00 PM
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If you live in the Northeast you'll want to buy your pumpkins early this year because they're going to run out fast, as farmers predicted last week. A rainy summer and flooding from Irene have ruined many pumpkin crops. Now that the official harvest has come in, it looks like instead of hunting for The Great Pumpkin, most people will just be hunting for "a" pumpkin. More »
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Flooding Could Result In High Pumpkin Prices This Halloween
By Ben Popken on September 13, 2011 3:04 PM
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The Northeast could be paying higher prices for pumpkins this Halloween. Hurricane Irene and subsequent flooding have submerged fields and drowned crops, and that could lead to a pumpkin shortage. That could mean people having to pay a higher cost per "boo." More »
Dentists Launch Halloween Candy Buy-Back Program
By Chris Morran on November 2, 2010 12:30 PM
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A pair of Philadelphia-area dentists want to pay you cash for whatever Halloween candy you have left and send it overseas to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. More »
Don't Toss Those Halloween Candy Wrappers Just Yet
By Chris Morran on November 1, 2010 2:20 PM
25 Comments
Even if you didn't go trick-or-treating last night, there's a decent chance you have some candy and chocolate sitting around the house. Perhaps you're like some Consumerist staffers who just can't help but be tempted by the bulk bags of Kit Kats that go on sale at their local Walgreens? Regardless, before you toss those empty wrappers in the garbage, you might want to consider using them to help out a good cause. More »
Dollar Tree Recalls 682,000 Halloween Lanterns Because 'Burning Child' Is Not A Great Costume
By Chris Morran on October 28, 2010 2:14 PM
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With only days to go before Halloween, Dollar Tree has issued a recall for 682,000 Pumpkin, Ghost and Skull Halloween Lanterns over fears of a possible burn and fire hazard. More »
Sears Finally Runs Out Of Living Customers, Reaches Out To Zombies
By Laura Northrup on October 28, 2010 12:30 PM
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In an encouraging step, Sears has made its merchandise and web shopping experience more accessible to a marginalized population that most retailers ignore: zombies. They've even translated the site into Zombian. As they put it, "Zerger bargarz zambah barg!" Yes. More »
At Least It Isn't Oozing Blood
By Laura Northrup on October 28, 2010 10:30 AM
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Aaron discovered this item in the Halloween costume department of his local Target. It is supposed to create the illusion of a wound beneath your clothing. On the shelf, it looks like... um.
Scare The Crap Out Of Your Friends In The Costume From Creepiest Snickers Commercial Ever
By Chris Morran on October 26, 2010 3:45 PM
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More than a few of you have expressed feelings of fear and horror at that Snickers TV ad we wrote about a few weeks ago. And just in time for your last-minute Halloween needs, you can bid on the actual creepy costume from the commercial. More »
The 4,000 Calorie 3-Pound Mondo Gummy Worm
By Ben Popken on October 26, 2010 11:00 AM
64 Comments
The most truly frightening candy this Halloween doesn't have razor blades or metal flakes in it, but 4,000 calories. More »
