--- title: Everything to Know About Halloween Candy in 1 Graphic description: Everything to know about Halloween candy and trick-or-treating in America in 1 graphic. authors: - name: Brad Tuttle role: Senior Editor url: https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/ bio: Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals. education: Columbia University School of Journalism, MS at_money_since: 2014 articles: 366 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle - https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225 former_staff: true - name: Heather Jones url: https://money.com/author/heather-jones/ social: - https://x.com/msjonesnyc former_staff: true published: '2015-10-26T16:46:47.000Z' modified: '2024-04-16T07:19:53.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - Food & Drink - halloween word_count: 106 canonical: https://money.com/halloween-candy-trick-or-treat-spending/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Everything to Know About Halloween Candy in 1 Graphic](https://img.money.com/2015/10/halloween-social.png?w=1012&h=569&crop=1) Every year, the focus of Halloween seems to shift more toward the interests of adults. Overall spending on the holiday this year is expected to [total $6.9 billion](https://money.com/halloween-spending-costumes-candy/) in the U.S., with more money spent on costumes for adults and their pets ($1.5 billion) than Halloween outfits for kids ($950 million). Yet even as we increasingly turn our attention at this time of year to the likes of ["sexy" meme costumes](https://money.com/sexy-halloween-costumes-viral-memes/), at its heart Halloween remains a holiday dominated by kid-centric tradition of trick or treating. Which means, of course, free candy. 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