There are more chances to get freebies and food deals for Halloween this year.
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\nThere are more chances to get freebies and food deals for Halloween this year. With the spooky holiday falling on a Sunday, many businesses are having longer promotions but beware some deals also end before trick-or-treating begins. In some cases, a costume can be the ticket to a variety of free and cheap meal deals and goodies for kids of all ages at restaurants nationwide. Expect your doorbell to ring more this Halloween than last year with more families ready to put on costumes for candy and celebrating. According to the National Retail Federation\u2019s annual survey, two-thirds of Americans (65%) plan to celebrate Halloween this year, compared to 58% in 2020, and just below the 68% who celebrated in 2019. Halloween spending is expected to reach an all-time high of $10.14 billion up from $8.05 billion last year when the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention suggested most avoid trick-or-treating. Numerator, a data and tech company, says candy purchases are also expected to approach pre-pandemic levels with 84% of consumers planning to buy candy or snacks for Halloween celebrations, down slightly from 90% in typical years. The following deals start before Halloween at participating locations nationwide and some will end before Sunday. Some deals may require a mobile app and most are while supplies last. Offers can vary by franchise so check with your closest location. Starting Thursday and through Halloween, Chipotle Mexican Grill plans to give away $1 million worth of free burritos through the \u00ab\u00a0Chipotle Boorito Maze\u00a0\u00bb at Roblox, a gaming platform. The contest starts each day at 6:30 p.m. ET where the first 30,000 Roblox users who \u201cvisit the cashier in the virtual Chipotle restaurant in costume\u201d will receive a free burrito code. Then on Sunday from 5 p.m. to close, get a $5 deal when ordering online with promo code BOORITO. Learn more about Chipotle’s Boorito plans here. The Cheesecake Factory has an early Halloween deal that ends Friday. Get a free slice of Reese’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake Cheesecake or Hershey’s Chocolate Bar Cheesecake through Friday with an online order of $40 or more. Use promo code TREATME. Orders can be delivered with DoorDash or picked up at restaurants. Krispy Kreme has a temporary name for Halloween and is going by \u201cKrispy Skreme.\u201d On Saturday, customers who buy a dozen doughnuts get a \u00ab\u00a0Saturday Scary Sharies\u201d box for $1. The special $1 dozen includes 11 Original Glazed Doughnuts and one of the new Halloween doughnuts, the Spooky Sprinkle. To get the Saturday deal, buy any dozen doughnuts at participating shops and then get the Scary Scaries Dozen for $1. For online orders, use promo code SCARY. Krispy Kreme is bringing back a popular Halloween freebie. Like in past years, every customer who visits a store in their Halloween costume on Oct.31 can also receive a free doughnut, no purchase necessary, according to the release. No Halloween costume? It’s still possible to get a freebie. With a valid COVID-19 vaccination card, get a free glazed doughnut through Dec.31 for showing the card. IHOP’s Scary Face Pancakes are back for a limited time but on Friday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., kids 12 and under can get one for free. This offer is dine-in only and there’s a limit of one per child. Insomnia Cookies has many Halloween specials, including $25 Trick or Treat Packs for 25 packs of three mini cookies in cellophane and limited cookie flavors. But the chain with more than 200 locations is offering a freebie for wearing a costume Friday through Sunday. Wendy\u2019s Boo! Books are available through Sunday for $1. The annual promotion includes five coupons for free Jr. Frosty treats and one \u00ab\u00a0BOO!nus app-exclusive offer\u00a0\u00bb for a free any-size fry with any purchase. The coupons expire Dec.31. The books are available to order at restaurants as well as the mobile app or through Wendy’s self-order kiosks. Go to the \u00ab\u00a0Give Something Back\u00a0\u00bb category on the menu to add to an order. Through Halloween, there’s a buy-one-get-one-free deal on Klondike Reese’s Bars and Breyers Reese’s 48-ounce tubs. Text \u00ab\u00a0Confess\u201d to 64827 to find out how to get the rebate and then submit photos of your original receipt by Nov.5. Limit up to five deals per household. Papa John’s has brought back its Jack-O-Lantern pizza for Halloween. The thin-crust pizza in the shape of a pumpkin has a face made of tomatoes, pepperoni and black olives and is only available in a large. It’s available for $11 through Sunday. Pizza Hut is offering its Original Stuffed Crust Pizza for $12.99 and teaming up with Shudder, the horror streaming service, to get pizza lovers ready for pre-Halloween movie binging. Through Saturday, use code STUFFEDCRUST on the Shudder app or website to get a free 30-day trial. The convenience store chain has two pizza deals Saturday and Sunday. In-store buy one large hot or ready-to-bake pizza and get a second for $1. Or order a large hot or ready-to-bake pizza through the 7NOW delivery app for $3. These offers are available Sunday unless otherwise noted. Get a free order of boneless wings Sunday at Applebee’s with $30 online orders and free delivery. Valid for online orders ordered on the restaurant’s website or mobile app. Applebee\u2019s also has Spooky Sips for $5 each, including Dracula\u2019s Juice or a Tipsy Zombie through October. The cocktails are dine-in only, except where carry-out alcohol is permitted by law. Through Sunday, Chili\u2019s $5 Margarita of the Month is the Spiderbite \u2018Rita, which features Lunazul Silver Tequila, Triple Sec, fresh sour, blood orange syrup and decorated with a spooky spider ring. There\u2019s also a Monster Smash for kids with Sprite, blood orange syrup and candy. Kids can get a Monster Smash drink, spider ring and sticker with their Pepper Pal meal for an additional $1. On Sunday, My Chili\u2019s Rewards members can get a free kid\u2019s meal with the purchase of an entr\u00e9e. Sunday is Moe’s weekly \u00ab\u00a0Kids Eat Free day\u00a0\u00bb and Halloween is included in the promotion this year. Kids 12 and under get a free kids meal with the purchase of an adult entr\u00e9e of $6 or more. Sonic has discounted corn dogs for Halloween, while supplies last. Hours may vary. Mobile ordering is available only at select locations, the fast-food chain told USA TODAY. The following offers are available at participating locations nationwide on dates specified.<\/p>\n