--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Ruined A Bunch of Kids’ Halloweens Again description: Jimmy Kimmel brought back one of his most evil tricks. canonical: https://time.com/5717565/jimmy-kimmel-candy-prank-2019/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-11-05T16:55:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T20:50:34.000Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Ruined A Bunch of Kids’ Halloweens Again as the Torture Continues og:description: Kimmel is up to his evil—if hilarious—tricks again. og:url: https://time.com/5717565/jimmy-kimmel-candy-prank-2019/ 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: Jimmy Kimmel Ruined A Bunch of Kids’ Halloweens Again as the Torture Continues twitter:description: Kimmel is up to his evil—if hilarious—tricks again. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Ruthless Jimmy Kimmel Ruined A Bunch of Kids’ Halloweens Again as the Torture Continues ## Video: How Old Is Too Old to Trick-Or-Treat on Halloween? [Watch (HLS stream): How Old Is Too Old to Trick-Or-Treat on Halloween?](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Y6wiKRw4.m3u8) (1:30)  _Published 2017-10-25. Teenagers who trick-or-treat should make sure to be polite, experts say_ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Updated: Dec 12, 2023 8:50 PM UTCPublished: Nov 5, 2019 4:55 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Updated: Dec 12, 2023 8:50 PM UTCPublished: Nov 5, 2019 4:55 PM UTC Jimmy [Kimmel](http://healthland.time.com/2011/11/07/halloween-fall-out-did-jimmy-kimmel-go-too-far-encouraging-parents-to-deceive-their-kids/) is up to [his old tricks](https://time.com/5422456/jimmy-kimmel-halloween-candy-prank-2018/) again, which means his viewers once again get a post-Halloween treat. For the ninth year in a row, Kimmel tasked parents with an evil mission—convince their kids that they ate all of their Halloween candy. Every Skittle, every candy corn, every Snickers bar gone, all of it. “This is something I know many people have been looking forward to all year, the results of our annual, beloved tradition,” Kimmel said in his introduction to the segment. Sadly for future generations, [the trick](https://time.com/5433032/jimmy-kimmel-halloween-prank/) doesn’t get old. Each year at Kimmel’s behest, parents break the news to their kids that their [Halloween candy](https://time.com/5008851/jimmy-kimmel-candy-prank-2017/) has been devoured and the kids dissolve into tears and tantrums and generally work their way through the five stages of grief as their parents laugh and the cameras roll. “I’m told that many of the disappointed kids from the first time we did it in 2011 have now blossomed to become fully-grown, disappointed adults,” [Kimmel](https://time.com/4508599/jimmy-kimmel-halloween-candy-prank-videos/) joked. This year’s installment did not disappoint. Parents once again ruthlessly informed their children that their candy was eaten and the kids responded accordingly. “That’s very rude of you,” one aggrieved child scolded. “You gotta eat some vegetables. Not candy.” Another youngster was upset, but had his priorities straight. “I love you more than candy,” he told his mom. If Kimmel continues the tradition, he may need to watch out. “If I ever see Jimmy Kimmel, I’m going to punch him in the face,” warned one kid. “He deserves it.” Watch the 2019 Hey Jimmy Kimmel, I Told My Kids I Ate All Their Halloween YouTube prank below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5717565/jimmy-kimmel-candy-prank-2019/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5717565/jimmy-kimmel-candy-prank-2019/"},"headline":"Ruthless Jimmy Kimmel Ruined A Bunch of Kids’ Halloweens Again as the Torture Continues","datePublished":"2019-11-05T16:55:07.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T20:50:34.000Z","description":"Kimmel is up to his evil—if hilarious—tricks again.","url":"https://time.com/5717565/jimmy-kimmel-candy-prank-2019/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Jimmy Kimmel","jimmy kimmel live","Late Night Television","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/5717565/jimmy-kimmel-candy-prank-2019/","name":"Ruthless Jimmy Kimmel Ruined A Bunch of Kids’ Halloweens Again as the Torture Continues"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"How Old Is Too Old to Trick-Or-Treat on Halloween?","description":"Teenagers who trick-or-treat should make sure to be polite, experts say","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Y6wiKRw4/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-10-25T15:21:11.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Y6wiKRw4.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5717565/jimmy-kimmel-candy-prank-2019/","duration":"PT1M30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5717565/jimmy-kimmel-candy-prank-2019/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```