Halloween is one of the few nights of the year where sweets go to strangers rather than people you know — which changes the buying calculation more than most people expect.
Individually wrapped isn't optional this time
For a party bag or a sweet table, loose sweets are a reasonable choice. For trick-or-treat, they're not — parents are checking what their children are handed at the door, and unwrapped or bag-decanted sweets are the first thing to get quietly binned once the child gets home. Every serious trick-or-treat purchase should be individually wrapped, full stop.
Working out the quantity
Two to three pieces per child is the standard allowance, and most streets see a fairly predictable range of visitors year to year if you've handed out sweets before. As a rough conversion: a 2.5kg bulk bag of small wrapped jellies runs to several hundred individual pieces, which comfortably covers 60-100 trick-or-treaters at that rate with some left over. Buying a full bulk bag rather than several small bags of the same sweet is reliably cheaper per piece, and any unopened surplus keeps for months.
The shapes that do the job
Halloween-shaped sweets aren't just decoration — they're doing real work at the door, because a themed shape reads instantly in low light and gets a better reaction than a generic gummy. Our range covers the obvious ground: Dracula Teeth, Gummy Pumpkins, and Creepy Jelly insects for the group that wants something a bit grosser. For something with a bit more play value than a straight jelly, Halloween PEZ dispensers give trick-or-treaters something to keep rather than just eat.
One easy fix for mixed groups
You won't know the dietary needs of every child at your door, and asking isn't practical. Gelatine-free jellies solve this quietly — both Dracula Teeth and Gummy Pumpkins are gelatine-free, so a single bowl covers vegetarian and vegan visitors without needing a second, separate bowl that most people won't think to ask about anyway.
A quick note on colourings
Some brightly coloured Halloween sweets carry the EU-mandated warning that certain colours "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children" — this is a standard label requirement for specific colourings (E102, E129 among them), not a safety recall, but it's worth a glance at the ingredients if you're buying for very young children specifically.
Timing it right
Order two to three weeks out rather than the week of. That gives enough buffer for delivery without sitting an open bag around the house for a month, which is when jelly sweets start to pick up humidity and stick together. Keep bags sealed until the 31st.
Frequently asked questions
How much candy do I need?
Budget 2-3 wrapped pieces per child; a 2-3kg bulk bag typically covers 60-100 visitors.
What works for a mixed group?
Gelatine-free jellies like Gummy Pumpkins or Dracula Teeth cover vegetarian and vegan trick-or-treaters in one bowl.
When should I buy?
Two to three weeks ahead — unopened bulk bags keep for months, so there's no benefit to leaving it to the last minute.