Oct. 22, 2025

The Jack-o-Lantern Whopper AND Halloween Advent Calendars?

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Topics include the introduction of Halloween advent calendars starting from 13 nights of fright and various Halloween-themed products and promotions. Burger King offers a 'Monster Menu' with items like the Jack-o-Lantern Whopper, vampire nuggets, and mummy mozzarella fries. Chuck E. Cheese is reviving their Halloween celebration with special menu items and costume rewards. Aldi's is promoting festive pet pajamas and Halloween dog treats. Finally, a legal ruling decided that Reese's did not deceive consumers with their Halloween-themed packaging, despite plain-looking unwrapped candies.

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Caloroga Shark Media. Hello, I'm Johnny Mack with five good

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news Halloween stories. Now Halloween and Christmas are just starting

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to blend together. It's more let Christmas starting early. But

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now we're starting to go the other way, as somebody's

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come out with a Halloween Advent calendar. In this version

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of Advent, the countdown goes from thirteen to thirty one

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nights of Fright. I'm on Amazon now to find out

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more about this. There are a whole bunch of these.

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I'm not trying to sell you anything. You can do

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your own shopping. And they come with like here's one

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that comes with the little rubber figures of rubber ducks,

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so we have ducks meets Christmas meets Halloween. Wow, there

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are tons of these things. Anyway, you've seen an Advent calendar.

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Just to add some Halloween on top of that. That's

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apparently a thing to keep parents busy. Between that and

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the Elf of the Shelf, give parents a break. A

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bunch of companies put out press release is I'll play along.

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Burger King is making this Halloween a graveyard smash, they

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tell us with their first ever monster menu. All right,

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what's on the monster menu. You can get the jack

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o Lantern whopper that comes with American cheese, bacon, tomatoes, lettuce, onions, pickles,

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ketchup in mayo. What makes it jack O'Lantern? It comes

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on a jack o Lantern orange bun topped with black

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sesame seeds that makes it look halloween ish. You can

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also get Vampire Nuggets. These are crispy chicken nuggets shaped

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like vampire fangs and bats and served in a carton

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designed as a coffin. Can I interest you in some

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Mummy mozzarella fries? That's right, crispy mozzarella sticks wrapped in

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golden breading, paired with a marinara dipping sauce, and served

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in a special limited edition Mummy themed box. What am

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I gonna do with the box? It's gonna have like

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mozzarella fries stuff? What am I just gonna? What am

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I gonna do with this? Whatever? Frankin Candy Sunday a

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creamy vanilla soft served top with a franken mix of

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Oreo cookie crumbles, purple Frankin candy syrup, and purple and

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green popping candy, stitching together one electrifyingly sweet dessert. You

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know I was kind of with you with the jack

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O Landrod Whopper Burger king. I think you're stretching here. Meanwhile,

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Chuck E Cheese is bringing back Boo Tacular trademark. By

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the way, that, of course, is their trademarked signature family

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friendly Halloween celebration. It features daily costume rewards, nightly dance parties,

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specialty menu items, and century friendly play events. They also

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have some limited edition collectibles and apparel. Go to Chuck

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E Cheese dot com and use the code Boo twenty

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twenty five for a little discount there. I'm not trying

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to sell anything, just telling you what's going on. They

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have a menu Pumpkin Shape, Pepperoni Pizza, Giant Slime Cookies,

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Dippin' Dots, I Scream Eye new word scream that comes

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with Chuck Ease exclusive cookie Crunch flavor. Dressed up for

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Halloween at a special seasonal price. Meanwhile, over at Aldi's

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they're pushing pet pajamas. Oh yeah, your dogs are gonna

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totally love being dressed up. Whether you're planning for a

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full costume party for your dog or want a festive

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touch for all those fall evening walks. These pajamas are

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a simple way to get tails wagging. Here's some now

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with the beautiful prints with witches and skeletons and pumpkins

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and ghosts. You can get a skeleton pajama costume for

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eight bucks at the Aldies. White bone patterns stretched across

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a black base. These pjs delivered just the right amount

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of spooky flare without going over the top. Maybe your

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pet is moorn too of the mummy. These are designed

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to look like classic mummy wraps, and the black and

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white stripes are accented with peaking monster eyes, giving the

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outfit a slightly eerie yet undeniably fun vibe. And maybe

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your dog is hungry. Well they have howl o weeen

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molded dog shoes. These are long lasting treats shaped in

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spooky Halloween molds, pumpkins, ghosts, bones. You know you can't

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humble brag that your dog treat is shaped like a bone.

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We have that already anyway. Four bucks, the Aldies and

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our final story today, the government is on it. The

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US district judge ruled that consumers who filed a class

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action lawsuit against Reeses failed to show that the lack

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of confectory details on the chocolate and Peanut Butter candies

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had caused them economic harm. You see, the lawsuit accused

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the Nice Reeses people of tricking customers by depicting spooky

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Halloween designs on their packaging, while the unwrapped chocolates had

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no features. The judge said, while consumers may have been

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disappointed by the chocolate's unwrapped appearances, the candies were not

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so flawed as to redder than worthless. Illegal expert explains

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the chocolate still tasted like chocolate. The lawsuit had focused

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around several candies that were marketed around Halloween, including the

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Reese's Peanut Butter Pumpkins and the Riese's White Ghosts, and

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a couple other ones, the Reese's Peanut Butter Shapes, Assortment, Snowmen, Stockings, Bells.

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The original lawsuit claimed that Hershey used deceptive advertising Trick

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or treat everybody. Those your five good news Halloween stories

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for today an Awesome Day