Your MoneyCANDY CHECK
Halloween Candy Price Check: Walmart, Target, Publix and more
A Los Angeles comparison ranked Costco cheapest at about twenty-seven cents an ounce, while Ralphs landed last at forty-nine; the porch bowl is now a budget line.
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- First reported by TheStreet: “Halloween Candy Price Check: Walmart, Target, Publix and more”.
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 8:00 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Hank Ledger, Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman.
- Topics: Halloween.
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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIn a Los Angeles price check, Costco came out cheapest on Halloween candy at about twenty-seven cents an ounce, with Walmart at thirty-two and Target at thirty-four.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd a Ralphs bag came last at forty-nine cents an ounce, which I'm calling a chance for the rest of us to feel thrifty.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorForty-nine cents an ounce. We're paying luxury prices to hand strangers a lollipop so they won't trick us.
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