Timeless Thursday – Halloween Pez Dispensers

It’s taken me all day to realize I’ve bitten off more than I can chew. Halloween toys and games actually require a lot of more dedicated time to research, and time is something I simply don’t have. I misjudged that by a lot, so, I may have rethink Timeless Thursdays. For now, let’s chat about Pez!

Pez, short for the German word Pfefferminz meaning “peppermint”, was an Austrian candy company that started in 1927 by Eduard Haas III, featuring its unique manual plastic candy dispenser.

First pez dispensers were called “regulars” and had no top.

First Pez dispenser, image ©️Smithsonian Magazine

Haas inherited a successful bakery from his father who had created Haas baking powder. Haas III was interested in branching out in the confectionary world and actually created pez candies as an anti-smoking tool.

The first Halloween Pez dispenser was a witch with a black regular dispenser and orange top in the 1950s.

Pez Witch circa 1950, image ©️WorthPoint

Pez introduced limited edition Universal Monsters dispensers in 1965.

Halloween Pez dispensers became just as popular as character dispensers and so the company regularly started making lot assortments and limited editions.

Pez Dispensers. circa 1990s, retired, image ©️Pez

There’s actually so many I cannot post pics of them all, but the main Pez website or Pez Collector’s is the place to go if you’re looking to getting into Pez Collectibles.

Skull, Pumpkin, Witch and Mummy
Pez dispensers. circa 2005, retired, image ©️Pez

Pez is celebrating 100 years and has released two limited edition Pez Dispensers this year. PezPals has the exclusive look at the newest Dia de los Muertos and Pamp Suisse Pez Dispensers. Images below ©️PezPals.

New glow-in-the-dark limited edition Dia de los Muertos Pez dispenser in conjunction with Disney’s Coco, 2026

Only 2500 Pamp Suisse dispensers have been released for 2026

I really love Pez and I wish I had the money to be a collector. For now, I’ll admire from afar. Good luck to you Halloween collectors out there!

Happy Halloween!🎃

Happy Halloween 2026!

We celebrate all 31 days in October and before I share the Halloween schedule this year, I just wanted to say a few words.

Sharing our cultural traditions helps preserve them and embracing our communities makes us stronger and breaks down barriers between human beings. This is the time of year when people do the most for each other, and the Halloween season is all about community.

Spirit Halloween’s charitable org Spirit of the Children celebrates 20 years!

So, I want to encourage people to go out and get involved in community events. Go to an art show, holiday fair or school carnival, visit a haunted maze, go to the theater to watch a spooky play or movie, invite some neighbors over on Halloween night and pass out candy together. Start a new tradition.

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, CA just opened a new horror movie exhibition.

I’m also going to repeat something I said last year because I believe in it so much:

Don’t let anyone tell you how to do Halloween. Decorate or not. Wear a costume or not. We can be scary and sweet. We can be spooky and cute. Let the teenagers trick or treat. Kids collecting candy are too occupied to do anything else. I truly believe Halloween makes people happy. It’s about community. We need our communities more than ever. It’s the only thing that can save America now.

Be sure to check back every day this October for cool, fun, and inspirational Halloween, horror, and haiku.

HALLOWEEN SCHEDULE 2026

Monday Macabre

Every Monday, I’ll be posting a brand new Halloween Haiku.

Trick or Treat Tuesdays

Check in on Tuesdays for some trivia fun. I’ve got treats and I’ve got tricks!

Wicked Art Wednesdays

Every Wednesday, I’ll showcase the amazing and unique talents of Halloween artists from around the globe. Real art, not ai made.

Timeless Thursdays

Every Thursday, let’s travel back in time and revisit the spookiest toys and games.

Friday Fright Nightcaps

Bubble bubble, drink away trouble. It’s the return of Friday Fright Nightcaps!

Sinister Saturdays

Decadent desserts from the darkside. I’m not much of a cook, so this could get truly evil.

Spooky Sundays

Spooky Sundays are for reading, relaxing, and recharging our brooms.

Let’s eat, drink and be scary!

8th Annual Halloween Haiku Challenge
#Halloweenhaikuchallenge2026

The Halloween Haiku Challenge returns for one day only this October. The contest starts midnight on October 30th through Halloween day and a winner will be chosen on November 1st.

More details to come, but for now, sharpen those pencils or pull up a blank page; I can’t wait to see those Halloween haiku!

Don’t forget to follow Halloweenhorrorhaiku on Pinterest and Blue Sky.

Have a Happy Halloween season, everyone! Be safe out there!🎃

Halloween Candy Alternatives

Happy Fall! The Halloween season has officially begun and instead of posting a horror movie list this month, I thought I’d share a list of best Halloween candy alternatives.

Anyone who’s been to the grocery store lately has noticed prices are up. Between cocoa and sugar shortages, trump’s stupid tariffs, rising manufacturing and packaging costs, and corporate greed, Halloween candy prices are also up again for the sixth consecutive year.

Now, I’ve always tried to keep optimistic about the over-commercialism of Halloween. I love how Halloween brings out the creativity, and the entrepreneurial spirit of some people, but left’s face it, sometimes capitalism goes too far.

Turns out kids actually like getting little Halloween novelty toys and glow sticks in lieu of candy. So this list is for those looking to please trick or treators without breaking the bank this season.

Silicone or rubber slap bracelets, squishy toys and fidget toys are all the rage. Many of these items can be found at dollar stores or Oriental Trading Company (OTC), a popular seller of bulk novelty, party, and craft supplies store that offers dozens of options of Halloween alternative items.

Bulk Halloween Character Rubber Duck Assortment – 60 pc $24.99, OTC

Personally, I’m more into eco-friendly wooden Halloween pencils, Halloween notepads, and cute little Halloween stickers or temporary tattoos.

Cash and coins are still cool, but not good if your neighborhood hosts a lot of trick or treators. Naturally, quarters are preferred over dimes and pennies, but hey, if you’re about to spend $40 on miniature candies and have around 150 trick or treaters, financially it works out about the same anyway.

Halloween Rubber bracelets, 32-pc $49, Kohl’s

Keep this mind, glow sticks, rubber bracelets and tiny plastic toys may provide instant happiness and are great candy alternatives, but they’re also not biodegradable, and that’s bad for the environment and unsafe for wildlife.

Halloween pencils, 16-pc set $1.50, Dollar General

Ask yourself if you’re looking to be more budget conscious or be environmentally or sensory friendly this season. There are so many alternatives about there!