--- ---  # Enemy of Children Jimmy Kimmel Got Parents to Tell Their Kids They Ate All Their Halloween Candy Again  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 2, 2018 3:01 AM UTC  Weybridge, England-October 1, 2011: Felt halloween pumpkin bag with candy in it and in front of it. The candy brands in the image are Mars, Snickers, Bounty and Caramels. Weybridge, England-October 1, 2011: Felt halloween pumpkin bag with candy in it and in front of it. The candy brands in the image are Mars, Snickers, Bounty and Caramels.Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 2, 2018 3:01 AM UTC November 1 is swiftly becoming the scariest day of the year for kids with parents who watch Jimmy Kimmel. During Thursday’s episode of _Jimmy Kimmel Live_ _!_, the late-night host aired his annual supercut of unsuspecting children reacting to their parents telling them that [they ate all of their Halloween candy](http://time.com/4508599/jimmy-kimmel-halloween-candy-prank-videos/)—a segment that has drawn [mixed reviews](http://healthland.time.com/2011/11/07/halloween-fall-out-did-jimmy-kimmel-go-too-far-encouraging-parents-to-deceive-their-kids/) since its 2011 inception. Kimmel has even begun including his own family in the prank by filming himself telling his daughter Jane, who is now 4 years old, that he chowed down on all her trick-or-treating spoils. This year, parents took the “Hey Jimmy Kimmel I Told My Kids I Ate All Their Halloween Candy” fake-out to new heights, and a lot of children were “disappointed” in the adults. Watch the full video below. Jimmy Kimmel I Ate All Your Halloween Candy Prank 2018 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5422456/jimmy-kimmel-halloween-candy-prank-2018/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5422456/jimmy-kimmel-halloween-candy-prank-2018/"},"headline":"Enemy of Children Jimmy Kimmel Got Parents to Tell Their Kids They Ate All Their Halloween Candy Again","datePublished":"2018-11-02T03:01:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:55:26.074Z","description":"And the reactions were better than ever","url":"https://time.com/5422456/jimmy-kimmel-halloween-candy-prank-2018/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Jimmy Kimmel","TV","jimmy kimmel live","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98a2a49ad21a1351/6988e3777cdbac0789d5aa36/gettyimages-458598499.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98a2a49ad21a1351/6988e3777cdbac0789d5aa36/gettyimages-458598499.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Halloween Trick or Treat Pumpkin bag with candy","caption":"Halloween Trick or Treat Pumpkin bag with candy","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/5422456/jimmy-kimmel-halloween-candy-prank-2018/","name":"Enemy of Children Jimmy Kimmel Got Parents to Tell Their Kids They Ate All Their Halloween Candy Again"}}]}] ```