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13 Old-School Halloween Treats Unrecognizable To Today's Kids By Holly Riddle Oct. 28, 2025 10:40 am EST
Every year, candy brands roll out new, novelty Halloween treats . Maybe it's a KitKat shaped like Dracula or simply trendy seasonal flavors, like pumpkin spice Hershey's chocolate or pumpkin pie Cow Tales. However, trends and novelties come and go, with the in-demand, most popular Halloween candy changing up every decade or so.
As such, if you're rooting around in your kiddo's candy, hoping to snag some particularly nostalgic treats from your own trick-or-treating days, you're unlikely to find them. Today, while kids might find some novelty treats rolled out for this year and this year alone, their buckets are overwhelmingly filled with candy classics that have

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