On the night of October 31st each year, the souls of the dead roam the earth and demand to be appeased with food or drink – or so goes the ancient supernatural history of Halloween! Thankfully, the more recent version of this is the fun tradition of ‘trick or treat’ – dressing up in outlandish costumes and going house-to-house demanding candy ‘treats’.
From the early 1900s, the Halloween spirit has been preserved and celebrated by popular candy brands – this timeline shows when famous candy names like KitKat, Skittles, Butterfingers, etc., first entered the Halloween bag of candies.
100 Years of Halloween Candy:
Infographic by – Costume Craze