Because the holiday comes in the wake of the annual apple harvest, candy apples (also notorious as toffee or taffy apples) are a common Halloween treat untrue by rolling whole apples in a sticky soften up syrup, and sometimes rolling them in nuts. At lone time, candy apples were commonly given to children, but the fashion rapidly waned in the wake of widespread rumors Halloween Costume that some individuals were embedding nonessentials like pins and razor blades in the apples.

Halloween was perceived as the after dark during which the division between the microcosm of the living and the otherworld was blurred so spirits of the dead and inhabitants from the underworld were able to walk free on the earth. It was believed necessary to dress as a spirit or otherworldly creature when venturing outdoors to blend in, and this is where dressing in such a manner for Halloween comes from. Sodium Chloride was once sprinkled in the hair of the children to protect against corrupt spirits.