8 Non-Candy Trick-or-Treat Goodies To Delight Halloween Kiddos — from Whimsical Wind-Up Toys to Creepy Coloring Books


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Oh, the sugar rush of trick-or-treating! Your little costumed creatures are most definitely looking forward to it — but you, perhaps not so much. At least having some non-candy Halloween treats in the mix sounds like a pretty good compromise, huh? Go ahead and start with your own front door. We found a whole slew of non-candy options, including Halloween-themed pencils and erasers, ghoulish wind-up toys, spooky slap bracelets (remember those?!) and stickers galore.

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Even better, place a teal pumpkin, like this one from Target, on your doorstep as a universal signal to the neighbors that there are allergy-free edible options in your trick-or-treat stash — as well as candy-free. Because honestly, how many chocolates and candy corns can a kid handle, anyway? Mix it up!

Squishy Creepy Crawlies

File this under too cute to be spooky: these adorable, marshmallow-y characters — the Halloween Squishees. Skeleton, black cat and Jack o’ Lantern are ready to get the party started in a trick-or-treat bag near you!

Squishee Halloween Character Party Favors – 3ct

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Coloring Books with That Creep Factor

What color should the grim reaper’s robe be, what is the most bewitching hue for a witch’s broomstick and more pressing Halloween questions come up thanks to these spooktastic mini coloring books.

ArtCreativity Halloween Coloring Books

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Glow-In-the-Dark Halloween Orbs

These glowing bouncy balls remind us of a zombie’s light-up eyes on a spooky Halloween night. Kids will have a ball bouncing them around the yard at night.

Zcaukya Halloween Glow in The Dark Bouncing Balls

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School Supplies That’ll Make Your Skin Crawl

This 48-piece set of stickers, pencils, notebooks and erasers emblazoned with your favorite Halloween characters, from skeletons to Jack o’ Lanterns, will give kids a whole lot of heebie jeebies.

Notebooks/Pencils/Erasers/Stickers Halloween Party Favors – 48pc

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Walking Wind-Up Ghosts, Vampires and More

Delight your trick-or-treaters with a non-candy treat that goes a long way — literally. These ghosts, vampires, skeletons, mummies and more walk and wiggle when you wind them up. A little too cute to be scary, but a guaranteed Halloween hit!

JOYIN Halloween Wind Up Toy Assortment – 12 PCS

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Double, Double, Toil and Bubbles

Think of these tiny tubs as mini witch’s cauldrons from which kids can blow bubbles from their magic potion! Or just think of them as a fun outdoor activity post-trick-or-treat.

24ct Bubbles Halloween Party Favors

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Get Slap Happy

Millennials and Gen Xers, do you still have your slap bracelets? This set of 72 Halloween-themed ones are just the refreshing thing for trick-or-treat bags already filled to the brim with sweets.

JOYIN 72 Halloween Slap Bracelets

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Put It In Ink

Halloween art is even more fun with these collectible stamps featuring everyone from ghosts and owls to ghouls and bats. They come in compact plastic eggs that are easy to toss into trick-or-treat buckets, and the ink is nontoxic — just in case more of it ends up on their skin than anywhere else.

Halloween Stamps 18 Pcs

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