Gnarly Ghouls and Grody Treats: 80's Halloween Nostalgia

Ohlord Published 10/18/2023

Take a gnarly journey back to the 80's, when neon ruled the night, and Halloween was a totally tubular time. Bodacious costumes and the radical decorations made Halloween the raddest thing like foreverr.

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The thought of wearing this is creepy in itself
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The birth of the McDonalds plastic pumpkins happened in the '80s
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These were the trick or treat bags passed out in class during the Halloween party where kids got to eat cupcakes, play games, and wear their costumes
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One of the newest and most coveted treats of the decade emerged
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The kids of the '80s had a plethora of Halloween specials from Bernstein Bears and Snoopy to Garfield and Smurfs
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These only came out at halloween and had the best flavors
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Mr Bones of the '70s was replaced with this weird scare crow that was everywhere in the '80s
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People started making bags of little treats rather than one candy ard
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Sometimes those little bags held big surprises! These were always welcomed finds.
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Those bags were often filled with bottle caps
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Costumes of the '80s were probably the most awkward with plastic onsies that had to be scary and gross.
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And these
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suckers were another popular treat- cheaper than chocolate, not as bad as a handful of loose candy corn
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Rings came into the scene in the form of black spiders, ghosts and other plastic shapes
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The best damn candy ever, IDK what these were but thank you good people of the '80s. These are still around today though harder to find.
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Their Halloween specials were some of the best
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And these signs were probably in every business and classroom
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More of those creep-ass costumes
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There were cheap party poopers even back then
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These need to come back.
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The birth of the pumpkin flashlight
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And these were stuck in cupcakes in classrooms everywhere

1.
The thought of wearing this is creepy in itself
2.
3.
The birth of the McDonalds plastic pumpkins happened in the '80s
4.
These were the trick or treat bags passed out in class during the Halloween party where kids got to eat cupcakes, play games, and wear their costumes
5.
One of the newest and most coveted treats of the decade emerged
6.
The kids of the '80s had a plethora of Halloween specials from Bernstein Bears and Snoopy to Garfield and Smurfs
7.
These only came out at halloween and had the best flavors
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8.
Mr Bones of the '70s was replaced with this weird scare crow that was everywhere in the '80s
9.
People started making bags of little treats rather than one candy ard
10.
Sometimes those little bags held big surprises! These were always welcomed finds.
11.
Those bags were often filled with bottle caps
12.
Costumes of the '80s were probably the most awkward with plastic onsies that had to be scary and gross.
13.
And these
14.
suckers were another popular treat- cheaper than chocolate, not as bad as a handful of loose candy corn
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
Rings came into the scene in the form of black spiders, ghosts and other plastic shapes
25.
26.
27.
The best damn candy ever, IDK what these were but thank you good people of the '80s. These are still around today though harder to find.
28.
Their Halloween specials were some of the best
29.
And these signs were probably in every business and classroom
30.
More of those creep-ass costumes
31.
32.
There were cheap party poopers even back then
33.
These need to come back.
34.
35.
36.
37.
The birth of the pumpkin flashlight
38.
And these were stuck in cupcakes in classrooms everywhere