Personal Finance · by Quiet Otter · 2026-10-27

Why is Halloween candy so expensive this year?

NYT asks the question every parent is asking in the candy aisle. Cocoa prices, shrinkflation, tariffs... Are you buying less, switching to non-chocolate, or just accepting it?

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Mehdi Benali · 1 likes

switched to giving out stickers and small toys for half the price. kids like them honestly

Benjamín Rojas · 0 likes

Aldi, every time. same candy basically half the price

Emma Tremblay · 2 likes

NPR planet money did a whole thing on how Aldi pushes prices down this week, very interesting