Halloween 2024: What Snacks Are Enjoyed Around the Globe during Spooky Season?

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United Kingdom/United States of America: Toffee Apples/Candy Apples

We know, this treat doesn't seem too exotic, right? In the USA, we all love a candy apple on Halloween. Its shiny, candy shell sugar-coating and sweet, juicy interior. 

But did you know in the UK, they're known as toffee apples? Although red food coloring and decorations are also used across the pond, British toffee apples are often simply covered in toffee. Despite being enjoyed on Halloween, they're more popular on November 5th (also known as Bonfire night, or Guy Fawkes night), which marks the attempted assasination of Protestant King James I in the early 1600s, as he sat in Parliament. The attempted assasination was carried out by a group of Catholic rebels, including Guy Fawkes, who was caught beneath the House of Lords carrying barrels of gunpowder.

In addition to the delicous toffee apples, fireworks light up the sky while life-sized, home made dummies of "Guy" are thrown on top of bonfires — just what's needed to warm up on a cold night in the UK!