13 Tricked-Out Halloween Treat Bag Ideas

1. Pretzel Stick Broomsticks

Here’s a wickedly tasty treat bag using your favorite DOT’S Homestyle Pretzels — sweet or savory. Fill a cellophane bag or snack bag with pretzels, add a fun paper straw and tie it with ribbon. Abracadabra, you have a broomstick! For another witchy treat, make these Witch’s Broomsticks.

2. Candy Cups

These cups aren’t just for drinks — they also hold Halloween candy and trinkets. Fill clear plastic disposable or reusable tumblers (with lids) with your favorite Hershey chocolates or candies, along with small toys or stickers. Finish them off with a Halloween paper straw or ribbon and you have a feast for all the little ghosts and goblins.

3. Mystery Bags

Appeal to every kid’s inner FOMO and sense of curiosity with these frightfully festive mystery bags. Label each colorful bag with a theme and then watch as Halloween party guests tear them open with excitement. Here are some theme ideas to get you started:

REESE’S Fans – REESE’S Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Pumpkins, REESE’S with Caramel Snack Size Peanut Butter Cups, REESE’S White Creme Peanut Butter Snack Size Ghosts, REESE’S Halloween Miniatures Peanut Butter Cups, etc.
Creature Candies – REESE’S White Creme Peanut Butter Snack Size Ghosts, REESE’S Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Snack Size Bats, KIT KAT® Counts Milk Chocolate Snack Size Candy Bars, REESE’S Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Pumpkins, HERSHEY'S Harry Potter™ Magical Creatures Cookies 'N' Creme Snack Size Candy Bars, etc.
Fruity Lovers – JOLLY RANCHER Gummies, SHAQ-A-LICIOUS XL Gummies, TWIZZLERS Twists Candy, JOLLY RANCHER Hard Candy, etc.
Crunchy Lovers – PIRATE’S BOOTY Boo’s & Bites Aged White Cheddar Rice & Corn Puffs, KIT KAT® Halloween Milk Chocolate Snack Size Candy Bars, KIT KAT® Breaking Bones White Creme Snack Size Candy Bars, PAYDAY Peanut Caramel Bars, etc.
Fall Flavors – KIT KAT® Ghost Toast Snack Size Candy Bars, HERSHEY’S NUGGETS Milk Chocolate Pumpkin Spice Latte Flavored Candy, CADBURY CARAMELLO Fall Milk Chocolate & Creamy Caramel Miniatures Candy, etc.

yellow treat bag with black cat design on front

4. Scary Snacks

Are they ghost teeth or SKINNYPOP Popcorn? Could it be a bag of monster eyes or just REESE’S PIECES Candy? The scary-good fun is all in your imagination. Add the candy and toys to a cellophane bag and seal with a printable label. Here are some ideas:

Witch’s Warts (chocolate chips)
Ghost Teeth (SKINNYPOP Popcorn)
Skeleton Bones (DOT’S HOMESTYLE PRETZELS or KIT KAT® Breaking Bones White Creme Snack Size Candy Bars)
Monster Eyes (REESE’S PIECES Candy)
Bugs & Kisses (plastic spiders and HERSHEY’S KISSES Milk Chocolate Candy)

wooden crate full of scary halloween themed snack bags

5. Treasure Chests

Shiver me timbers! It’s time to uncover the buried treasure! Create a “treasure chest” out of brown paper lunch bags, where “X” marks the spot. Fill each bag with a PIRATE’S BOOTY Halloween Snack Bag (the treasure) and JOLLY RANCHER Gummies (the jewels). Fill in any other treasures your trick-or-treaters would love to discover.

6. Ghost S’mores Kits

Candy fans know it’s always S’mores season, and these are the scariest S’mores yet! Using small cellophane bags, build a Halloween-themed S’mores kit with graham crackers, HERSHEY’S Milk Chocolate Snack Size Bars and PEEPS® Marshmallow Ghosts. Tie them with festive ribbon and hand them out for trick-or-treating, Halloween party favors or even as yummy surprises for friends and neighbors.

7. Frighteningly Fresh Treats

Even though it’s Halloween, you can still celebrate with some fresh fare. Draw jack-o’-lantern faces on mandarins or mandarin fruit cups. Or make unique ghost faces on individual string cheeses. You can also try your hand at dipping these Halloween Chocolate-Covered Strawberries, featuring a fun ghost design.

chocolate dipped strawberries decorated to look like ghosts

8. Halloween Hands Trail Mix

Make your own boo-licious trail mix using all your Hershey favorites. Then, use it to fill powder-free plastic gloves for a scary-good treat bag. Tie the gloves with Halloween ribbon and maybe even add a plastic spider ring to one of the fingers for good measure. Here are some ideas for the trail mix:

REESE’S PIECES Candy
REESE’S Minis Peanut Butter Cups
TWIZZLERS Ghosts Cherry Candy
HERSHEY’S Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
CADBURY Mini Harvest Milk Chocolate Candy
SKINNYPOP Popcorn
DOT’S HOMESTYLE PRETZELS
Raisins, nuts or dried fruit

9. Luminary Treat Totes

Using small gift or tote bags with handles (or by attaching ribbon to paper lunch bags), you can give out a treat bag that doubles as decoration. Design the tote however you like — maybe to look like a jack-o’-lantern, cat face or monster head — but the key is to cut out some of the design details with a utility knife or scissors. Fill the tote with candy or treats and include a battery-operated tea light. Once the tote is empty and the treats are gone, it turns into a hauntingly fun Halloween night light.

10. Party Poppers

Your party will be the talk of the block, thanks to these DIY party poppers with a Halloween twist. Cut up the cardboard tubes from gift wrap or paper towel rolls and cover them with colorful tissue paper. Stuff with tasty treats and tie the ends with ribbon so the candy can’t escape. Then wrap the tubes with colored paper and decorate them to look like jack-o’-lantern or monster faces.

11. Harry Potter™ Broomstick Bags

With brown paper lunch bags, sticks and ribbon, you can magically create Harry Potter™ Broomstick Treat Bags. Add spellbinding sweets like HERSHEY’S KISSES Milk Chocolate Harry Potter™ Limited Edition Candies and HERSHEY’S Milk Chocolate Snack Size Harry Potter™ Limited Edition Candy Bars. Now that’s a treat bag fit for every witch, wizard and Muggle!

12. Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet

You know how the popular rhyme goes: “Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat!” We’ve got a “treat bag” for that. Buy some kid-size Halloween socks, stuff them with your favorite Hershey candy and you have an instant treat holder that doubles as something cozy for chilly fall nights.

13. Create-Your-Own Goodie Bags

For a fun Halloween party activity, have your ghoulish guests make their own goodie bags. Create a candy buffet table with sweet and salty snacks and Halloween candy. Provide guests with small decorative sacks or bags and let them have a blast filling them with their favorite treats.

kitchen island with pumpkin decorations and halloween candy

treat bags with witches on them for non-candy items

Frightfully Fun Non-Candy Treats

We love chocolates and candies, but it’s also fun to mix in some non-candy treats. Whether food allergies are a concern or you just want to have non-candy options for trick-or-treaters, they will love these treat bag trinket ideas: