Only in Chicago: Hershey's First Interactive Experience Opens in October!

Family entering the Hershey Super Sweet Adventure. Photo courtesy Hershey Super Sweet Adventure

Yeah, that's right, Chicago gets everything foodies, sweet, and fun, FIRST! The Hershey Super Sweet Adventure, Hershey's first-ever touring experience is sweetening up Water Tower Place this fall. Buy tickets for $24 on most days through December 31, or get a special deal for just $15 on Halloween!

Whether you love checking out new things to do with kids or if you and your family dream of chocolate cups, chocolate kisses, and other irresistible treats, we've got the scoop on what to expect from this immersive candy-inspired extravaganza designed to delight all the senses.

Best Neighborhoods to Trick or Treat on Halloween in Westchester and the Hudson Valley

Put on your best costume and enjoy trick-or-treating in Westchester. Photo by the author

We've found the best spots to trick or treat this Halloween in Westchester and the Hudson Valley for when it comes time to hit the streets. These local neighborhoods are well-known for family-friendly Halloween fun and events where little goblins and ghouls can trick or treat to their hearts' content.

Whether you're looking for an alternative to your neighborhood or you want to add another stop to your trick-or-treating route, check out our picks below and be sure to bookmark our Westchester Kids Halloween Guide for all our top picks this spooky season, including the best Halloween events nearby and our favorite local haunted houses in Westchester and beyond. 

Best Neighborhoods to Trick or Treat on Long Island This Halloween

Wear your best Halloween costume for trick-or-treating in Stony Brook Village. Photo courtesy of the village

Families love to celebrate Halloween by trick-or-treating on Long Island, with its many walkable main streets, villages lined with festive shops, and elaborately decorated homes. 

You can stay in your neighborhood, where kids know how to navigate the houses, or you can take Halloween as an opportunity to explore new areas of Long Island. We’ve compiled a list of the best Long Island neighborhoods for trick-or-treating in 2024.

We prefer neighborhoods that have houses close together, are well-lit with minimal traffic, and that also have merchants participating in the fun. Read on for our list of favorite places to trick-or-treat on Long Island.

For even more spooky fun, check out our Long Island Halloween Guide, including a rundown of the best scary haunted houses for teens and trunk-or-treat events for kids. 

Best Neighborhoods to Trick-or-Treat on Halloween in NYC

Halloween means candy galore in NYC. Photo by Diana Kim

If you think it's hard to trick-or-treat in New York City, think again. One of my favorite childhood memories of growing up in NYC was Halloween in Greenwich Village when the Village Halloween Parade was just a couple hundred artists and others who marched through the neighborhood. Afterward, we would trick-or-treat up and down the brownstone blocks. Everyone was friendly, and we would come home with our shopping bags filled. It was magical.

Although the parade and Greenwich Village have changed a lot since then, your kids can still enjoy that kind of thrilling trick-or-treat experience in many New York City neighborhoods. Which neighborhood is the best for Halloween trick-or-treating in NYC depends on who you ask. So, we turned to our astute readers and collected recommendations from our parent-driven NYC staff over many, many years to bring you a list of the best places to trick-or-treat in New York City, so you'll know where to bring your kids on October 31. It's always a good bet to join one of the local Halloween parades, and then go trick-or-treating throughout the community with local families.

For more seasonal fun, check out our jam-packed New York City Kids Halloween Guide, which showcases FREE Halloween events, pumpkin patches, and more.

Best Neighborhoods to Trick-or-Treat on Halloween in DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia

Spooky Halloween sighting in Georgetown!

Looking for the best places to trick-or-treat in the DC area? Here are 13 great neighborhoods for trick-or-treating in 2024.

There's nothing more exciting for kids than going trick-or-treating on Halloween. Luckily for DC-area children, there are tons of great neighborhoods to trick-or-treat in Northern Virginia, Maryland, and DC. Residents of these neighborhoods love to do it up, from extravagant decorations and crazy costumes to haunted houses and tons of candy.

We did research and interviewed local parents to put together this list of 13 great neighborhoods to trick-or-treat in the DC area, all of which are sure to put your family in the spooky spirit. For more Halloween fun, check out our Halloween Events and Activities Guide for Kids in Washington, DC, which includes our list of the top Halloween events in DC for kids and families

Best Neighborhoods to Trick-or-Treat on Halloween in Atlanta

Briers North is a wonderful (and scary) place to trick-or-treat near Atlanta! Photo by Ilana Schlam

We love to trick-or-treat in Atlanta and the surrounding communities, and this city knows how to do scary—zombies and monsters creep around The Walking Dead and Stranger Things sets, and terrifying Atlanta haunted houses like Netherworld make even the bravest cry. So of course surrounding trick-or-treat Atlanta neighborhoods go all out for Halloween! Grab your candy buckets because we're highlighting some of our favorite neighborhoods to trick or treat in Atlanta.

For even more Halloween content, make sure to visit Atlanta's Ultimate Halloween Guide! We've got so many holiday ideas, like FREE Halloween events in AtlantaHalloween events for Toddlers, and more sugary sweet Halloween articles.

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