--- title: Healthy Halloween Treat Idea description: Man suggests tricking kids on Halloween with these chocolate-covered Brussels sprouts. canonical: https://time.com/4546087/chocolate-covered-brussels-sprouts-halloween/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-26T15:40:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:01.407Z og:title: How to Trick Kids Into Eating Brussels Sprouts on Halloween og:description: Trick them, before they trick you og:url: https://time.com/4546087/chocolate-covered-brussels-sprouts-halloween/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How to Trick Kids Into Eating Brussels Sprouts on Halloween twitter:description: Trick them, before they trick you twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Man Recommends Pranking Halloween Trick-Or-Treaters With Chocolate-Covered Brussels Sprouts by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Oct 26, 2016 3:40 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Oct 26, 2016 3:40 PM UTC [Halloween](http://time.com/4533926/airbnb-dracula-castle-halloween/?iid=sr-link7) is just around the corner and that means soon a parade of adorable little witches, goblins, and [Harley Quinn’s](http://time.com/4510616/most-popular-halloween-costume-superhero-princess/) will be ringing doorbells and issuing their threats—trick or treat. This year, one man recommends turning the tables on the little monsters and trick them first. A seemingly evil genius, Mark Spencer, [tweeted](https://twitter.com/MarkGSparrow/status/790664313879011328?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) out a truly diabolical plan that will ensure kids will think you’ve given them a delicious, handmade chocolatey treat and won’t realize your nasty prank until they are too far away to throw them at your windows. The [trick](http://time.com/4508599/jimmy-kimmel-halloween-candy-prank-videos/?iid=sr-link3)? Chocolate-coated brussels sprouts that look like a Whopper, Milk Dud, or other chocolate treat— until you bite into them that is. He has since clarified it is a joke. See the pure evil (genius) photo below. > [](https://twitter.com/MarkGSparrow/status/790664313879011328) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4546087/chocolate-covered-brussels-sprouts-halloween/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4546087/chocolate-covered-brussels-sprouts-halloween/"},"headline":"Man Recommends Pranking Halloween Trick-Or-Treaters With Chocolate-Covered Brussels Sprouts","datePublished":"2016-10-26T15:40:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:01.407Z","description":"Joke's on them","url":"https://time.com/4546087/chocolate-covered-brussels-sprouts-halloween/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Holidays","Pranks","Children and Families","food and drink","halloween"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4546087/chocolate-covered-brussels-sprouts-halloween/","name":"Man Recommends Pranking Halloween Trick-Or-Treaters With Chocolate-Covered Brussels Sprouts"}}]}] ```