--- title: Your Halloween Candy Is Going to be Scary Expensive This Year description: Americans are expected to spend nearly $7 billion on Halloween canonical: https://time.com/4092986/halloween-candy-expensive/ author: ashley Ross article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-29T16:58:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:26:26.459Z og:title: Your Halloween Candy Could Be Scarily Expensive This Year og:description: Americans are expected to spend nearly $7 billion on Halloween og:url: https://time.com/4092986/halloween-candy-expensive/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57aced9bd0f26039/69886ec33c1639301545a765/halloween-candies.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Halloween Candies og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Your Halloween Candy Could Be Scarily Expensive This Year twitter:description: Americans are expected to spend nearly $7 billion on Halloween twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57aced9bd0f26039/69886ec33c1639301545a765/halloween-candies.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Your Halloween Candy Could Be Scarily Expensive This Year ## Video: Know Right Now: Sugar is Toxic, a New Study Says [Watch (HLS stream): Know Right Now: Sugar is Toxic, a New Study Says](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/NOj31tB9.m3u8) (1:01)  _Published 2015-10-27. High rates of sugar consumption is definitively linked to chronic disease_ by [ashley Ross](https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Oct 29, 2015 4:58 PM UTC  Halloween Tray Halloween TrayGetty Images by [ashley Ross](https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Oct 29, 2015 4:58 PM UTC Sugar isn’t just [toxic for your body](http://time.com/4089310/sugar-effects/). It’s also bad for your wallet. Candy prices this October are [expected to rise 4.2 %](http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2015/10/29/more-trick-than-treat-candy-prices-expected-to-jump-this-halloween/) compared to last October, the biggest increase in four years. Rising prices for global raw sugar are to blame for skyrocketing prices on Halloween candy, according to Chris Christopher, director of global consumer economics at IHS Global Insight, The Wall Street _Journal_ reports. But the candy isn’t even where the biggest costs come into play—you can blame that on costumes. Americans are expected to [spend nearly $7 billion](http://time.com/money/4085559/halloween-cost-money-spending/) on Halloween this year, including candy, costumes and even [pet costumes](http://time.com/3513988/sexy-halloween-costumes-dogs/). But if money isn’t a big concern, there’s some advice to be found on buying the “healthiest” candy for the holiday by steering clear of the [candies made of _only_ sugar](http://time.com/4090663/halloween-candy-healthy/). **MORE**: [How Caramel Apples Can Become Hotbeds For Listeria](http://time.com/4072002/caramel-apples-listeria/) \[[_WSJ_](http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2015/10/29/more-trick-than-treat-candy-prices-expected-to-jump-this-halloween/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4092986/halloween-candy-expensive/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4092986/halloween-candy-expensive/"},"headline":"Your Halloween Candy Could Be Scarily Expensive This Year","datePublished":"2015-10-29T16:58:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:26:26.459Z","description":"It'll be tricky to find inexpensive treats","url":"https://time.com/4092986/halloween-candy-expensive/","keywords":["Newsfeed"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57aced9bd0f26039/69886ec33c1639301545a765/halloween-candies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"ashley Ross","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57aced9bd0f26039/69886ec33c1639301545a765/halloween-candies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Halloween Candies","caption":"Halloween Candies","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/4092986/halloween-candy-expensive/","name":"Your Halloween Candy Could Be Scarily Expensive This Year"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Know Right Now: Sugar is Toxic, a New Study Says","description":"High rates of sugar consumption is definitively linked to chronic disease","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/NOj31tB9/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-10-27T13:47:54.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/NOj31tB9.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4092986/halloween-candy-expensive/","duration":"PT1M1S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4092986/halloween-candy-expensive/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```