Halloween 2016 review round-up - featuring Poundland and HARIBO

The days are getting shorter, the temperature is dropping and the shops are stocked with spooky, seasonal goodies. Yes, it's nearly Halloween, one of my favourite times of the year!  We enjoy celebrating the season and having some family fun with a scary twist.

If you want to enjoy Halloween, but want to keep to a budget, check out Poundland for some great items at just £1 each. From decorations to fancy dress to sweeties to tableware, you will find loads of fabulously themed things to keep the kids happy. We were sent a selection from their range.

This year's designs include a rather cute family of monsters, who appear on everything from paper plates to trick or treat bags. They also feature on the cupcake set that contains cake cases and toppers. Perfect for making some spooky cupcakes.  The tableware is excellent value and makes entertaining easy. Plates come in packs of 20, napkins in a pack of 30 and cups in a pack of 40, so there will be plenty to cater for a Halloween party. You can dress the house with Halloween decorations including character lights and bunting.

Poundland also has some good dressing up accessories, Freddy picked out a Freddy Krueger style bladed glove so he can dress like his namesake this year. Don't forget to stock up on some sweets for Trick or Treaters, which you can hand out from Poundland's Trick or Treat bowl.

HARIBO always do some great seasonal limited edition sweet packs, which are perfect for parties or for handing out to the little monsters who come knocking on Halloween night. Haribo kindly sent us a selection in a spooky package, which we will enjoy distributing to our local Trick or Treaters.

This year, Haribo have a Halloween Duo pumpkin pack, Trick or Treat mini bags, TangfasTricks and Scaremix ready to please the kids and the young at heart grown-ups!

The Duo pack comes in a lidded pumpkin shaped container, which looks great on a table laid with Halloween goodies. Inside the tub is two large bags of Haribo Halloween sweets (Scaremix and TangfasTricks) which can be poured into each of the divided halves of the bowl. It makes a lovely colourful display.

Haribo Scaremix comes in an assortment of spooky designs and flavours: Dracula Rings in Blood Orange & Apple, Apple & Blackcurrant and Blackcurrant & Blueberry; Boo Bears in Cherry, Lime and Blood Orange; Witches' Brew in Blood Orange; Vampire Heart in Blackcurrant & Bubblegum and Monster's Eyeball in Toffee Apple. They come in funky colours too, adding a Halloween twist to some old classics.

The TangfasTricks offer an opportunity for daring sweet eaters to dive in and take a gamble on which sweet they're going to eat! They look normal enough, but not all the sweets are tangy - some of them are super sour and some are HOT! Will the one you choose be a treat or a trick?  It will definitely make for a fun game this Halloween.

I hope they will do a veggie friendly range one day so I too can indulge in the happy world of Haribo!

Horrifying Haribo for Halloween

This Halloween, I am preparing for the annual Trick or Treaters with a little help from HARIBO. They have sent me a Trick or Treat multipack, some Minions Gone Batty, some Horror Mix and a tub of their Share the Fun treat packs. The neighbouring kids will love to get their fangs into these treats. Having individual mini-bags to hand out makes it quick and easy when little ghouls come knocking.

The Limited Edition Minions Gone Batty put a spooky Halloween twist on everybody's favourite yellow characters while the Horror Mix gives kids witch's hats, spiders, snakes, bats and brooms to munch on. They are great for sharing at parties. Each Trick or Treat bag has ten small packs of assorted HARIBO, while the Share the Fun tub contains twenty four mini bags. That's plenty to keep the Trick or Treaters happy!

Festive Fun with HARIBO

Share the HARIBO fun this Christmas with brand new festive themed treats which will make perfect stocking fillers for good little boys and girls!  We received some of the yummy festive treats to try.

Igloo Friends is a lovely gift box containing 13 individually wrapped bags of gums and jellies as well as some festive animal stickers and pop out characters.

HARIBO gift tubes are the perfect stocking filler.  Starmix, Tangfastics and Chamallows are available in 120g tubes.

The HARIBO Party Tub contains 8 bags each of Starmix, Tangfastics and Super Mix so everyone can enjoy their favourite treat.  Perfect for parties and get togethers and available at Tesco.

The 450g tub of Christmas Mix contains festively shaped jellies and gums which kids can nibble throughout the season.

Jolly Santas, Sparky Stars and Merry Snowmen are available in 50g and 100g bags.

As with all the HARIBO sweets, the Christmas range is fun and filled with family appeal.  So if you are looking for a sweet treat to give the kids or something to indulge your own sweet tooth, HARIBO has something for everyone this Christmas.

HARIBO Halloween Sweets - For Treating Your Little Monsters!

Halloween has become synonymous with sweeties.  Dishing out candy to the trick or treaters is very much a part of the celebrations, and this year HARIBO have a range of great Halloween themed sweets that will make all the little monsters very happy.

HARIBO delivered some to us to share around this Halloween!  

The HARIBO Trick or Treat Mega Box is brilliant for parties, goody bags and trick or treating.  It contains 50 individual mini-bags of Horror Mix spooky themed gums and jellies.  This will definitely keep all the children who come knocking happy! It is available at Asda.

The HARIBO Halloween Trick or Treat Party Pack is a cauldron of delights.  The spooky, orange bucket contains 40 mini-bags of spooky mix along with a selection of other goodies to help get your Halloween party started.  There are ideas for scary games, spooky glow in the dark stickers and some party invites.  There is also the chance to win an Ultimate HARIBO Party or one of 100 HARIBO hampers.  Just look out for the winning tickets that are hiding in the lucky party packs.  The HARIBO Trick or Treat Party Packs can be found in Tesco.

HARIBO also have a brilliant range of spooky themed Sharing Bags including Tangy Monsters, Spooky Ghosts and the fabulous Fangtastics!  They look great tipped into a bowl as a table centrepiece or used to decorate iced cakes to make simple spooky cupcakes!

HARIBO also have bags of Trick or Treat Mini Mix containing 10 mini bags if you are celebrating Halloween on a smaller scale.

We are big fans of the HARIBO seasonally themed items and are looking forward to sharing the HARIBO with all the little witches, wizards, vampires and ghosts that come calling this Halloween!

Visit www.haribo.com for more information and a chance to win the Ultimate Party.

Smurftastic Treats from HARIBO

We are very excited at the prospect of seeing Smurfs 2. Freddy is a big fan of the little blue men and of course the golden haired Smurfette.  So when he saw that HARIBO were making Smurfs sweets, he was pretty thrilled by the prospect of trying them.  Lucky for him, he was sent some packs to test out.  

Featuring Papa Smurf, Smurfette, Gutsy, Brainy and Grouchy on their very own licensed bag, they are a must for Smurf fans. These tasty , fun characters come in raspberry, strawberry and lemon flavours and are available now in time for the release of The Smurfs 2 at cinemas from July 31st. 

Freddy liked the fact that they were blue with coloured heads!

On the promotional pack you’ll also see details of a ‘smurftastic’ competition to win hundreds of tasty treats and official Smurfs movie merchandise. Prizes include bags of HARIBO Smurfs, The Smurfs DVDs, The Smurf 2 magnet sets, movie posters, and PS3 video games as well as Sony Cyber-shot digital cameras. You can also get more information at www.haribo.co.uk/smurfs.

Easter Treats from HARIBO

Easter gifts aren't just about the chocolate eggs. This year, the combination of tasty, themed treats with fun, interactive packaging have made HARIBO's new Easter range the perfect alternative!

Chirping Chicks offers mini bags of sweets inside a box that turns into a home for chicks.  The packaging includes pop out characters to add to the fun. (Available exclusively at Tesco.)  Leaping Lambs and Bouncing Bunnies are also available with their own box houses.

  

The Twist 'n' Stick box twists to make different characters with the mix and match heads and bodies. Quirky accessory stickers can be added to increase the fun.  It also comes packed with tasty treats. (Available exclusively at Tesco.)

The Easter Fun Bucket is perfect for Easter treasure hunts.  The 32 mini bags can be hidden around the house and garden for the kids to find, using the bucket to collect their treasure!  There are some tips and hints included giving you ideas for Easter fun. (Available exclusively at Tesco.)

You can even download a HARIBO Easter Hunt Pack which includes cut and colour masks, clue cards, signs and animal footprints to follow.  Go to www.haribo.co.uk and click on the 'Hop, Hop, Hurray' box from the carousel of menu boxes to download the eggciting activity sheets. 

The Starmix Box is a great alternative to a chocolate egg, being a similar shape and size.  It contains yummy HARIBO Eggstras.

The mini bags that are included in all these products give a portion controlled quantity of sweet treats for children (or grown-ups!) to enjoy.  The cardboard packaging is recyclable and the plastic bucket is re-usable.

HARIBO's Easter Range is definitely going to make a great addition to the chocolate that the kids get this Easter, and the fun themed packaging will be a real hit with them too!

Sweet Treats For Your Little Monsters

Halloween Sweets From Haribo: Perfect For Trick Or Treaters!

This frighteningly good array of Haribo sweets for Halloween will be sure to keep your little monsters happy.

Sharing bags are perfect for parties with the shaped gums and jellies helping everyone get in the party-spirit!  Super sour Tangy Monsters, Spooky Ghosts, Eggstremes and Horror Mix provide an array of treats to please every sweet eater, whether they like their sweets mild or sour.

Mini-bags are great for handing out to trick or treaters and provide a portion controlled treat for little ones to wrap their fangs around!  The Trick Or Treat Mini Bag Bucket is filled with treats and the bucket can be used afterwards for collecting more goodies!

The Haribo Halloween treats will be sure to disappear as if by magic!  My kids love them, and we are looking forward to October 31st and our annual Halloween celebrations!

Haribo are available in shops and supermarkets nationwide.  Eggstremes are exclusive to Tesco.