Halloween Hunting at Target!

As a candy collector, Halloween stands head-and-shoulders above all others, because so much of it is about candy.  Not only that, most companies release special Halloween-themed packaging for their products that tend to be pretty cool.  In short, Halloween is an exciting time for collecting candy.

I plan to devote the entire month of October posts to the topic of collecting Halloween candy, and to Halloween.  Not sure if I can pull it off, but that’s the goal.  Today will be a bit of a preview of that Halloween-dedicated goodness.

Now that the back-to-school sections are being dismantled, it’s already time for Halloween product to start getting stocked.  Today, I’d like to cover my first Halloween candy hunting outing of 2012 – at Target.

I’ve found that Target is one of the better spots to track down a superior variety of the special Halloween stuff.   Oftentimes, they’ll stock specialty Halloween items that you can’t find anywhere else.  It might sound a bit ridiculous, but much of this great stuff is already sold-out by mid-October.  So if you’re a collector, you have to get into the stores early before it can all disappear.

Back in 2008, my girlfriend and I went a bit Target-Halloween crazy, and picked up all of this wild stuff:

Target Halloween Haul from 2008

I’d read online that Targets were scheduled to begin stocking their Halloween goodies this week, so on Sunday I made the trip.

While there was still quite a bit of space dedicated to leftover back-to-school materials, several Halloween product isles had been built-up (and actually already picked through.)  [Apologies for a few of the blurry photos – I was taking snapshots with my phone and should have been more vigilant – it was a bit of a madhouse.]

Here’s what I saw:

2012 Target Halloween First Hunting Expedition – Pic 1

2012 Target Halloween First Hunting Expedition – Pic 2

2012 Target Halloween First Hunting Expedition – Pic 3

2012 Target Halloween First Hunting Expedition – Pic 4

2012 Target Halloween First Hunting Expedition – Pic 5

2012 Target Halloween First Hunting Expedition – Pic 6

2012 Target Halloween First Hunting Expedition – Pic 7

2012 Target Halloween First Hunting Expedition – Pic 8

Last, but not least – I found that Nabisco’s Oreo Halloween edition packaging, after remaining the same the last few years, has received a fun redesign.  Here it is:

2012 Target Halloween First Hunting Expedition – Halloween Oreos

And that’s all of the pics I have to share.  I was hoping to find the new candy corn Oreo cookies, as well as some of the other new Halloween offerings, but I suspect I’m going to have to make a second trip back soon.

And that’s all for today’s post.  See you next time!