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Halloween might be a time for candy, but restaurants are cooking up treats that are sweet and savory.
Here are nine Halloween-themed menu items consumers can find at popular food chains nationwide if testing festive meals is a personal top priority.
HALLOWEEN SPENDING TO REACH RECORD $10.6B: NRF
Applebee’s Grill + Bar
Applebee’s $6 Spooky Sips are back in time for Halloween. Customers get to pick from two mucho-sized cocktails, including the Tipsy Zombie, a rum, passion fruit, pineapple, cherry, lime and melon liqueur blended drink that has a gummy brain, and the Dracula’s Juice, a frozen berry, tequila and rum drink.
The two cocktails will be available at participating locations for a limited time while supplies last.
Baskin-Robbins
Baskin-Robbins released a Spicy ‘n Spooky ice cream flavor (left) and a Trixie the Ghost Cake (right) for Halloween. (Baskin-Robbins / Fox News) Baskin-Robbins has two new Halloween-themed treats available for customers. There’s Spicy ‘n Spooky, a "white chocolate ghost pepper" and dark chocolate ice cream with spicy blood orange flakes. There's also Trixie the Ghost Cake, a customizable candy-filled ice cream cake that can be made with Snickers or Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups while the exterior features decorative icing, fudge, dark melting chocolate in a ghost shape. HALLOWEEN CANDY PRICES EXPECTED TO JUMP 34% BUT ITS NOT DETERRING SHOPPERS Burger King is offering a limited-edition Ghost Pepper Whopper to its Royal Perks Members who order the sandwich on the BK app from Monday, Oct. 17 to Monday, Oct. 31. The burger is made with a flame-grilled beef patty, spicy queso, crispy jalapeños, bacon, ghost pepper cheese on a toasted, orange and black sesame seed bun. Burger King’s offer will be available nationwide. Carvel released a new limited-time fall ice cream line that includes Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and Kit Kat pieces, just in time for Halloween. (Carvel / Fox News) Carvel is shaking up Halloween with candy-filled sundaes, milkshakes, soft serve, scooped ice cream and flying saucers made from Reese’s and Kit Kat. Customers have eight options to choose from at participating Carvel shoppes for a limited time. MCDONALD’S ICONIC HAPPY MEALS HALLOWEEN BUCKETS HAVE RETURNED Cold Stone Creamery has brought back its Boo Batter Ice Cream for Halloween nationwide. The black-colored ice cream is made with Oreo Cookies, Kit Kat pieces and M&M’S, which can be scooped into an orange waffle cone or bowl. Customers have until Oct. 31 to get their spooky serving. Dunkin’s Halloween lineup includes a Dunk-o-Lantern Donut, a Blood Orange Dunkin’ Refresher, a Peanut Butter Cup Macchiato and a Spider Specialty Donut. (Dunkin’ / Fox News) Dunkin’ is fueling customers with a Halloween-theme line with four options – two of which are donuts and two are iced beverages. Customers can choose from a pumpkin-shaped Dunk-o-Lantern Donut with vanilla butter crème filling and orange icing or a Spider Specialty Donut with orange icing and a chocolate-glazed Munchkin center. GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE Drink-wise customers can choose from an orange-hued, espresso-filled Peanut Butter Cup Macchiato and a fruit-based Blood Orange Dunkin’ Refresher. IHOP’s Scary Face Halloween Pancakes have been brought back for guests who want to enjoy a festive breakfast. The limited-time menu item includes a fluffy seven-inch buttermilk pancake that’s been topped with whipped cream face, two miniature Oreo Cookie eyes, a glazed strawberry nose and candy corn teeth. Insomnia Cookies has a limited-edition Late Night Frights line that has six options for customers to choose from. The cookie options include a Double Trouble Cookie made with Hershey’s Cocoa and Milk Chocolate Chips and Reese’s Pieces; a Deluxe Treat Bag Cookie made with Hershey’s Mini Kisses, Heath Toffee bits and Kit Kat pieces; and a Glampire Big Dipper that has four miniature cookies with a red velvet cookie butter dip. Insomnia’s non-cookie options include a Glampire Loaded Brownie made with chocolate chips, a red velvet topping and sprinkles; a red velvet-flavored Glampire Cookie Butter that has sprinkles mixed in; and a Nightmare Weaver Cookie Butter Bomb made with a purple-hued ice cream, red velvet cookie butter and sprinkles. Krispy Kreme has a Halloween-themed Haunted House Collection that has four sweet options. There’s a Spooky Spider Doughnut with chocolate icing, cookie pieces and a sugar spider piece; a Scaredy Cat Doughnut that has purple icing, green buttercream, chocolate icing and a chocolate cat piece; a Boo Batter Doughnut that has cake batter, green icing, sugar sprinkles, butter cream and sugar ghost piece; and a Neon Orange Sprinkle Doughnut that has sugar glaze, orange icing and sprinkles. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ON FOX BUSINESS Customers have until Oct. 31 to get their Halloween donut at a participating Krispy Kreme shop. Source: Read Full Article
Burger King
Carvel Ice Cream
Cold Stone Creamery
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IHOP
Insomnia Cookies
Krispy Kreme
