--- description: At the behest of Jimmy Kimmel, parents across the U.S. convinced their children that they ate all of their Halloween candy title: Watch Kids Lose It at Jimmy Kimmel's Annual Halloween Candy Prank image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Kids Lose Their Minds at Jimmy Kimmel's Annual Halloween Candy Prank by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 3, 2015 9:32 AM CUT by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 3, 2015 9:32 AM CUT Every October for the past five years, at the behest of Jimmy Kimmel, parents across the U.S. have convinced their children that they ate all of their Halloween candy — and then filmed the ensuing devastation. [And after five years, America’s children are none the wiser](http://www.hulu.com/watch/865605 "undefined"). “Every year, I think kids are going to know — they’ve watched these videos, or maybe they’ll be too old to fall for it,” Kimmel said on Monday night’s episode of _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_, before airing the fifth annual batch of footage. “Every year, there’s a whole new crowd.” Watch it above. **_Read next:_** [**_Everything to Know About Halloween Candy in 1 Graphic_**](http://time.com/money/4085114/halloween-candy-trick-or-treat-spending/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4097881/jimmy-kimmel-parents-halloween-candy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4097881/jimmy-kimmel-parents-halloween-candy/"},"headline":"Watch Kids Lose Their Minds at Jimmy Kimmel's Annual Halloween Candy Prank","datePublished":"2015-11-03T09:32:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:17:42.164Z","description":"The host seems pleasantly surprised the kids still haven't caught on","url":"https://time.com/4097881/jimmy-kimmel-parents-halloween-candy/","keywords":["Television","Jimmy Kimmel","jimmy kimmel live","halloween"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nash Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4097881/jimmy-kimmel-parents-halloween-candy/","name":"Watch Kids Lose Their Minds at Jimmy Kimmel's Annual Halloween Candy Prank"}}]}] ```