Snickers Wants To Change Halloween Date, Will Give 1 Million Candies If It Happens

Snickers, the much-loved chocolate bar packed with caramel, peanuts and nougat, vows to give away one million candy bars if Americans support its petition to change the hallowed date of Halloween. Snickers is made by Mars, Inc., one of the world’s largest candy makers.

This holiday for kids known for its ghoulish costumes and, of course, “Trick-or-Treat,” currently takes place on the evening of October 31. Snickers is now supporting an online petition that wants to change the date to the last Saturday of October because it wants to make the holiday a safer one for kids.

The petition cited the growing number of accidents involving kids each Halloween as proof the date of Halloween must change. Snickers wants the federal government to make the change official despite Halloween not being a federal holiday.

Snickers tweeted: “A Thursday Halloween? Not Satisfying. Halloween on the last Saturday of October? Satisfying. If the Fed (government) makes it official, we’ll offer 1 million free SNICKERS to America. Join the petition!”

Snickers’ tweet supported the Change.org petition calling for an end to the Oct. 31 Halloween. This petition was originally released in 2018 by a group called The Halloween & Costume Association (HCA), whose mission is to promote and grow the safe celebration of Halloween and year-round costumed events in the U.S. and Canada.

HCA said there are “3,800 Halloween-related injuries each year.” In addition, “82 percent of parents don't use high visibility aids” such as reflective tape or glow sticks on their kids’ costumes. Also, most children don’t carry flashlights while out on Halloween night.

HCA said 65 percent of parents don’t discuss Halloween safety with their children. More alarmingly, 70 percent of parents don’t accompany their kids while trick-or-treating.

“Why cram it into 2 rushed evening weekday hours when it deserves a full day!?!” asked HCA in its petition.

Snickers, which has 350,000 Twitter followers, said the appeal gathered over 111,000 signatures as of Tuesday morning. The goal is 150,000 signatures.