The 20 Best Bulk Halloween Candy Buys to Nab Ahead of Spooky Season

Best candy variety pack

There's something for everyone in this fun mixed pack of sweet treats that's stuffed with a whopping 330 (!) individually wrapped candies. The array of Twizzlers Twists and Pull 'n' Peels, Sour Patch Kids and Jolly Rancher hard candy, chews and lollipops are sure to make your house a popular stop on Halloween night.

Best classic candy

Candy corn is practically synonymous with Hallowen candy—it was invented around 1880 and even has its own National Day on October 30th. Love it or hate it, these sugary little kernels, which are made with real honey, are a must-have every Halloween. Pick up this 2.5-pound bag to keep you in the spooky spirit through the holiday—and beyond!

Best candy flavor variety

These signature chewy bars come wrapped and have a wide variety of tastes, including watermelon, blue raspberry, cherry, orange, grape and a White Mystery Flavor that will be fun for little trick-or-treaters to try out. This large box holds 60 pieces, which are free of most major allergens, such as milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, fish, shellfish and wheat. They are also kosher, gluten-free and low-calorie.

Best scary Halloween candy

Put a terrifying-yet-tasty treat into those Halloween bags this season with these gruesome gummies. These fun and fearsome snacks come in a variety of body parts, like fingers, feet, brains, ears and eyeballs, that are sure to gleefully gross out your guests. Add them to a spooky-themed dessert for an even more delightful fright.

Best mix candy

Brach's has been making candied goods for the last 117 years (!) and in this bright 175-piece variety pack, the brand showcases a number of the sweets that made them famous. Popular options, such as Trolli Sour Brite Crawlers Minis, Trolli Sour Brite Eggs, Rain-Blo Pops, Lemonheads, chewy Lemonheads, Super Bubbles and Now and Laters, are featured in this mixed bag that’s sure to make kids smile, even from under their face masks. In fact, there are so many varieties of candy in this package, every handful is sure to be different from the last.

Best gum

If you want to shake things up a little this holiday, make your offerings stand out from the sea of candy and chocolates that will be handed out by tossing some bubble gum into those trick-or-treat bags instead. Big smiles and big chews will abound with this huge baseball dugout-style bucket, which comes with an impressive 340 individually wrapped pieces of the classic chewing gum.

Best sour candy

Packaged in a conveniently large tub are 240 pieces of some of the most sour candies on the planet. Warheads contain both citric and malic acid, which is how they achieve their signature tartness. This mega-package has all the flavors you want, including apple, black cherry, blue raspberry, lemon and watermelon. Dare your family or friends to try it this Halloween to see if they can stand the super-sour taste.

Best candy with peanut butter

Lovers of Reese's peanut butter cups will go nuts for these peanut butter pumpkins. Not only do they have the same great taste as the originals, but they also come in cute little jack-o-lantern shapes, which will be perfect for Halloween soirees or themed snacks around the home. This pack comes with 60 bars that weigh .6 ounces each.

Best spicy candy

If you feel like enjoying more tricks than treats this year, then grab this 4-pound tub of Atomic Fireballs. The wildly hot cinnamon jawbreakers have a Scoville heat rating of 3500 units—that’s equivalent to a hot jalapeño! The tub comes with 240 pieces of individually wrapped candy that will be sure to take your Halloween fun to a whole new level and surprise anyone with more heat than they’ll likely expect.

Best chewy candy

Bursting with flavor and offering the perfect bite with every piece, this variety pack of fun-sized snacks from Mars, Incorporated boasts chewy Skittles and Starburst that are slightly easier on the chomps than your run-of-the-mill candy, plus Life Savers for those who like a little more crunch.

Best allergy-free Halloween candy

Play it safe this Halloween with a fun treat that is allergy-friendly. These single package rice milk chocolate minis are made with all-natural ingredients, like cane sugar, cocoa butter, unsweetened chocolate and dried rice syrup. The delicious treats are also non-GMO project verified, certified gluten-free and certified vegan.

Best hard candy

If your house sees its fair share of visitors on Halloween, then this massive 5-pound bag of Jolly Rancher hard candy will be sure to please. Each bag contains 360 pieces of brightly colored candy, which has long-lasting flavors, like green apple, blue raspberry, watermelon, cherry and grape. The range of colors would also make for a delightfully decorative bowl this season.

Most fun candy

Why not add some tastebud-tingling, eye-pleasing fun to the treat bucket scene with these fun shapes? With this bag, you’ll get 115 individually wrapped soft and chewy little fish and mischievous-looking children. The Swedish Fish are bursting with fruit flavor, while the Sour Patch Kids come through with a blast of sugary tartness.

Best colored candy

Add some ghoulish glee to your snack bowl this year with this 62-ounce monster tub of spooky-themed M&M's. The seasonal green, purple and orange candies may look a little different than your run-of-the-mill M&M’s, but they have the same classic chocolatey taste of the original treats. Use them to decorate a haunted gingerbread houses or leave them out during your next haunted get-together.

Best peanut-free candy

Nut-related sensitivity is definitely a concern when it comes to Halloween treats, so be safe by opting for this peanut-free candy, which everyone can enjoy. You’ll get 100 Tootsie Pops that have a hard candy wild berry coating in flavors such as Cherry Berry, Apple Berry, Blackberry, Mango Berry and Blueberry, all with a chocolate Tootsie Roll center.

Best organic candy

Looking out for the health of spooky snackers this season, but still want to give them something sweet? These fruit drop hard candies are not only super tasty, they’re also made from healthier ingredients, including organic cane sugar, organic brown rice syrup and citric acid. With cleverly named natural flavors, such as Pomegranate Pucker, Mango Tango and Wet-face Watermelon, they’ve already got our mouths watering.

Best toy candy

Get all the fun of the original PEZ, but with a spooky twist. This 12-pack of Pez dispensers makes for a fantastic way to give your trick-or-treaters an adorable bonus toy that will also cater to their sweet teeth. It features witches, vampires, ghosts, pumpkins and mummies, each of which come with two sleeves of candy refill packs. They’re gluten and peanut-free, too, so you can feel safe giving them away.

Best full-size candy variety pack

You know that one house on the block that every trick-or-treater marks as a shining beacon on their Halloween route because they give out the big candy? That could be you when you pick up this assorted box of 30 full-size bars. It has a tempting array of chocolatey snacks, like M&M's, Snickers and 3 Musketeers, as well as chewy fruity treats, like Skittles and Starburst. Go big or go home, we say!

Most unique candy

Not just for carnivals, these cute 1-ounce bags of cotton candy will definitely make your house one to watch on the Halloween circuit. Unlike traditional cotton candy, which needs to be eaten fairly quickly, this product is specially packaged in air-sealed, moisture-resistant bags to maintain its freshness and fluffiness. It also comes in multi-colored fruity flavors, which are Kosher, as well as gluten and peanut-free.

Best creepy candy

Your visitors won’t be able to look away from these awesome-but-gruesome devilish ocular marshmallows. Dubbed “oozing eyeballs” (eek!), they’re filled with jam in blood-curling flavors such as Blood Berry, Bruise Berry and Gore Grape. Not for the faint of heart, this bag comes with 38 wrapped pieces and is sure to cause a silly scare this season.