Over 40 Ideas for Non-Candy Halloween Treats
It never ceases to amaze me how much candy a child can collect in a couple hours of trick-or-treating. The amount can seriously last kids for weeks. The pile of candy last year got me thinking about non-candy Halloween treats that we could hand out this year.
Over 40 Ideas for Non-Candy Halloween Treats
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We’re big Peanuts fans in this house. In A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving I always laugh when Sally can’t believe it’s time for Thanksgiving because she hasn’t even finished her Halloween candy. While it is funny it is the reality for a lot of kids.
Nick never trick-or-treats for very long. I think 45 minutes is the longest he’s ever been out for. He wants to go trick-or-treating, but every year he decides he’s done around the 3o minute mark. That’s usually because he finds it just as fun, if not more fun, to be the one handing out the candy instead of collecting it.
That’s always fine with me. Tick-or-treating in the evening at the end of October in Michigan is usually pretty cold. Plus I don’t really need loads of candy in my house with just one child to eat it.
Still I’m always amazed how much candy Nick manages to collect when we come in so early. I can’t imagine how much other kids end up with!
Reasons for Halloween Non-Candy Treats
Candy is certainly the standard when it comes to Halloween treats and has been for quite some time. Certainly no child wants to come home with a bag full of rocks like Charlie Brown, but for some kids a bag full of candy is just as bad.
While I like the idea of Halloween non-candy treats because kids get so much candy I truly have other thoughts behind that.
When my son was not yet a year old we found out that he had a life threatening egg allergy. The first Halloween after his diagnosis I was surprised by how much candy he couldn’t eat because they had an egg allergy warning on the label. You think of peanut allergies messing up Halloween fun, but other allergies can cause problems too.
There is a poem titled “Remember it’s Everyone’s Halloween” that often makes the social media rounds at this time of year. It really hit home after Nick’s allergy diagnosis. It is something I think about often as I prepare my home for trick-or-treaters.
Have you heard about the Teal Pumpkin Project before? We have been a teal pumpkin house every year since the project started. I’ll never forget that first year when everyone kept asking what our teal pumpkin sign in the window meant and how grateful a few families were for it.
For years I have done my best to have candy on hand that is safe for most food allergies, and candy containing nuts are not allowed in the bowl. Still I keep other non-candy treats on hand.
While I do not in any way mind preparing the non-candy Halloween treats I have started to realize that it is just easier to give everyone non-candy treats.
So I decided to do some research to see what ideas I could find for non-candy Halloween treats. I know the schools are always asking us to send only candy free treats in, so I figured it would be good information to have on hand either way.
Non-Candy Halloween Treat Ideas
When I decided to start research Halloween non-candy treat ideas I never thought I would find as many as I did though! Below you will find over 40 different ideas that you could pick from.
While it’s a great idea to get Halloween treats that are not candy, those candy free options can be a bit costly, When compiling the list below I did price all of the treats out. Everything on this list, at the time I made it, was less than 50 cents per treat.
School Supply Type Treats
- Crayon Packs
- Fun Express Foam Bookmarks
- Halloween Fun & Games Books
- Halloween Mini Erasers
- Halloween Note Pads
- Halloween Themed Individual Stamps
- Halloween Pencils
- Halloween Stickers
- Make-A-Zoo Animal Sticker Sheets
Toys
- Foam Mini Sport Ball Missiles Toy
- Halloween Bouncy Balls
- Halloween Ghoulish Punch Balloon
- Halloween Jack-O-Lantern Spring Coils (otherwise known as Slinkies)
- Halloween Monster Gliders
- Halloween Whistles
- LED Light Up Flashing Mini Tops
- Mini Glow-in-the-Dark Halloween Rubber Ducks
- Mini Flying Saucers (Frisbee)
- Mini Jack-O-Lantern Bubbles
- Mini Magnifying Glasses
- Mini Smiley Maze Puzzles
- Mini Yo Yo’s
- Neon Stretchable Skeletons
- Play-Doh
- Vinyl Glitter Sticky Hands
- Wrist Whistle Bracelets with Keychain
More Fun Treat Ideas
- Emoji Keychains
- Emoji Wristbands
- Etekcity LED Finger Lights (I’ve actually seen 1st graders use these to help them point to words when they are reading!)
- Loose change (this is a great way to empty out that change jar)
- Glow Stick Bracelets
- Halloween Foam Masks
- Halloween LED Glow Rings
- Halloween Slap Bracelets
- Halloween Spider Rings
- Halloween Temporary Tattoos
- Monster Temporary Tattoos
- Premium Glow Stick Necklaces
- Premium Lumistick Glow Light Sticks
- Shutter Shades Toy Sunglasses
Non-Candy Halloween Assortment Packs
Not sure what non-candy Halloween treats you really want to hand out? Try these Halloween treat multi bags and mix things up!
Non-Candy Food Options
Still want to give out some type of food as a Halloween treat? Check out these food items that come in individual bags that you can pass out.
I must say that I was amazed at all of the non-candy Halloween treat ideas I was able to find on Amazon. Truly I could have listed so many more if I had added treats that came out at 50 cents or more per item. I hope this list gave you some great candy free Halloween treat ideas!
Halloween Treat Bags
Unlike handing out candy by the handfuls many people prefer to prepare non-candy treats for Halloween by combining a few different treats into treat bags. For those that want to get creative with their treat bags there are a lot of adorable options that can be purchased on Etsy.
- These Halloween Treat Bags from HappyColorParty come in a pack of 40 with 8 different cute designs.
- For those wanting to add a little DIY to their bags these Halloween party bag download designs from Partyfiles let you create as many of your own bags as you’d like! Just print the Halloween designs and attach them to your own bags.
- If you want to give your treats a DIY look, without actually having to do anything yourself, check out these adorable small Halloween treat bags from lilaccottagecards.
More fun Halloween Posts
- 10+ Easy Family Halloween Traditions for Kids – from Productive Pete
- Best Way to Cut Open a Pumpkin
- Jack-O-Lantern Bead Pin – Easy Halloween Kid Craft
- Pumpkin Halloween Cookies Your Kids will Love
Great round up list! We actually did get some Halloween Play-Doh for the kids. They love it.
That’s awesome! I know most kids would LOVE getting Play-Doh. 😀