Costco starts releasing their Halloween items over the summer (we spotted the first giant skeleton in stores as early as June 30 this year!), with the majority of inventory out in stores by August. But we need to talk about how Costco's Halloween deals are up to 50% cheaper if you shop in-store compared to shopping Costco online — even for the exact same items.
Below, I'll run through the list of the top Costco Halloween deals to look for in 2025, as well as their prices, usual markdown schedule, and whether or not you're paying more this year compared to last year. Many items are Costco exclusives, but I've included comparable deals where I could find them.
Remember that these seasonal items won't get restocked, so grab items as soon as you spot them — especially if they're marked down!
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Best Costco Halloween Items Available Now
While Costco Halloween items started arriving in stores as early as June 30, don't expect the first markdowns to happen until late September (or right before Halloween). In-store discounts can reach up to 69% off if you shop the week before Halloween, but inventory will be very limited by then.
Metal Pumpkin Lanterns, Set of 3
In-Store Price: $49.99
Online Price: $59.99
In-Store vs. Online Savings: $10 (17% savings)
Competitor's Price: $179 (Pottery Barn)
Around July 23, we spotted this new Metal Pumpkin Lantern trio in stock for $49.99. It looks like a cheaper alternative to the Hammered Jack-O'-Lantern Set from Pottery Barn, priced at $179.
Sam's Club sells a similar Member's Mark Jack-O-Lantern trio for $39.94, though the faces look a little more traditional on theirs.
Disney Mickey and Friends Halloween Pumpkin House (NEW Costco Exclusive)
In-Store Price: $109.99
Online Price: $114.99
In-Store vs. Online Savings: $5 (4%)
Keep your eyes peeled for this new Costco Halloween item, the Disney Mickey and Friends Halloween Pumpkin House with lights and music. We first spotted it in stock on Costco.com as of the second week of July, for $114.99, and it rolled out in stores starting the first full week of August.
Weighing in at 13 pounds, this new pumpkin house is about double the weight of the Disney Haunted Party House ($99.99 online), and a bit larger too.
Halloween Pillows
In-Store Price: $10.99
Online Price: $19.99
In-Store vs. Online Savings: $9 (45% savings)
Competitor's Price: $63.50 (Pottery Barn)
As of July 15, we found Halloween-themed throw pillows for as low as $10.99 at our local Costco (pumpkin, spider web, ghost, and scaredy cat). Expect these to sell out in stores by October, but they'll likely get discounted to around $14.97 online by the end of the season.
Similar ghost-shaped pillows are going for $63.50 at Pottery Barn, so the Costco lookalike is much cheaper.
Nightmare Before Christmas Mayor's Car Scene Figure (New Costco Exclusive)
In-Store Price: $99.99
Online Price: Not available yet
In-Store vs. Online Savings: N/A
We first spotted this new Costco-exclusive item in stores on July 17 — a Nightmare Before Christmas figurine depicting the mayor's car scene. It's for indoor use only and includes lights and sounds for $99.99.
Collectibles like these usually sell out in stores by the end of the season, but you may see markdowns online by late September.
Disney Pirate Ship (Costco Exclusive)
In-Store Price: $89.99 (same as last year)
Online Price: $99.99 (same as last year)
In-Store vs. Online Savings: $10 (10% savings)
We first spotted this fan-favorite Disney Pirate Ship with lights and music restocked on July 7 — and it's the same price as last year, both in stores and online. Expect this collectible to sell out in stores about a week before Halloween, but you'll likely be able to find it online for as low as $49.97, or 50% off, by the last week of September.
Like other Disney items at Costco, this one is a Costco exclusive, only available from Costco (or third-party sellers on Walmart or Amazon for a higher price).
Disney Haunted Party House (Costco Exclusive)
In-Store Price: Not available yet
Online Price: $99.99
In-Store vs. Online Savings: N/A
This Disney Haunted Party House got restocked on Costco.com as of the second week of July — and it's the same price online as it was last year. Look for this Costco exclusive item to pop up in stores in the coming weeks, likely for $89.99.
If you wait until October, you may find the Disney Haunted Party House marked down as low as $49.97 online, which is 50% off the regular price.
The Halloween party house is a Costco exclusive, so you won't find it anywhere else (unless you shop from third-party sellers on Walmart or Amazon).
Disney Mickey or Minnie 20" Pumpkin (Costco Exclusive)
In-Store Price: $94.99 ($15 more than last year)
Online Price: $114.99 ($25 more than last year)
In-Store vs. Online Savings: $20 (17% savings)
Competitor's Price: $129
As of the second week of July, we're seeing the Disney Mickey or Minnie 20" Pumpkin restocked in Costco stores for $94.99 , which is $15 more than last year.
Expect this collectible to sell out in stores by late October. You'll likely find it online for a cheaper price by the end of the season (aim for $89.99 or less).
Pottery Barn Kids sells a similar Disney Pumpkin Luminary for $129, so even with the price increase, the Costco version is still 26% cheaper.
Giant Ground Breaking Skeleton (Costco Exclusive)
In-Store Price: $259.99 ($10 more than last year)
Online Price: $359.99 ($30 more than last year)
In-Store vs. Online Savings: $100 (28% savings)
As of June 30, we found this Giant Ground Breaking Skeleton available in-store for $259.99. And as of July 11, it got restocked online for $359.99. Keep in mind that you'll save $100 if you opt to buy this giant skeleton in-store vs. online.
Prices went up for this year's version of the Giant Ground Breaking Skeleton, but they added new LCD eyes in 2025.
KCL TIP: You can check your local warehouse's inventory in the Costco app (download for iOS/Android) if you select "Warehouse" from the bottom menu, choose your store location, then type in an item where it says "Search Warehouse Inventory."
Halloween Candy
In-Store Price: As low as $20.99, or $0.12 per piece (sharing size)
Online Price: As low as $22.99
In-Store vs. Online Savings: $2 - $5.20
Competitor's Price: $1.11 per bar (full-size bars), as low as $0.10 per piece (sharing size)
Costco is a great place to shop for Halloween candy, especially if you're going for the full-size bars. They typically beat Walmart, who charges around $1.11 per full-size candy bar in variety packs. I should note that Walmart has slightly better prices for the sharing sizes — as low as $0.10 per piece.
Here are the Costco candy prices we're tracking as of August 2025:
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Kirkland Funhouse Treats, 175 ct, $20.99 in-store ($22.99 online) — as low as $0.12 per piece
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Kirkland All Chocolate, 150 ct, $23.99 in-store ($27.49 online) — as low as $0.16 per piece
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Hershey's Variety Pack, 30 ct, $26.79 in-store ($31.99 online) — as low as $0.90 per piece
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Mars Variety Pack, 30 ct, $29.99 in-store ($33.99 online) — as low as $1 per piece
KCL TIP: Costco does have great Halloween candy prices when you break it down to the price per piece, but you’ll also want to run their prices against drugstores, who can sometimes beat Costco prices during the month of October.
Halloween Costumes
In-Store Price: $37.99
Online Price: $37.99 ($2 more than last year)
In-Store vs. Online Savings: None
Costco’s Halloween costume selection usually arrives in stores by August and gets discounted by late September (the sale prices start around $19.97 and get lower as the weeks go on). And it's not just scary costumes — we typically see Costco kids’ costumes for all sorts of critters, creatures, and professions.
You can score some deep savings on Costco's costumes if you wait until the final weeks before Halloween, but inventory will be limited by then. For example, by Oct. 22, 2024, you could find costume markdowns that brought some prices as low as $9.97, depending on the style.
Here are a few in-store deals I saw at my local Costco the week before Halloween 2024:
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Disney Princess Deluxe Costumes, $9.97 (reg. $31.99)
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Marvel Licensed Costumes, $9.97 (reg. $19.97)
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Teetot Assorted Halloween Costumes, $24.97
More Fan-Favorite Costco Halloween Deals We Hope Will Return in 2025
While we haven't spotted these fan favorites just yet, we fully expect them to make a return by August.
Note: While you can shop many of these deals online without a Costco membership, just know that you'll pay a 10% non-member surcharge at checkout.
Squishmallows Jumbo Treat Pail
In-Store Price: $9.97 (reg. $17.99)
Online Price: $14.97 (reg. $19.97)
In-Store vs. Online Savings: $5
Competitor's Price: $20
These 16-inch Squishmallows Jumbo Treat Pails were priced at $17.99 in early October 2024, but about a week before Halloween, they were only $9.97 in stores. Their online price dropped by $5 between September and late October — ending at $14.97 on Costco.com as of a week before Halloween (a 25% price drop).
Similar Squishmallows Treat Pails on Amazon sold for around $20, so the Costco deal was even better, and you had a different set of characters to choose from.
Animated Pumpkin Scarecrow (Costco Exclusive)
In-Store Price: $99.97 (reg. $159.97)
Online Price: $129.97 (reg. $224.99)
In-Store vs. Online Savings: $30
Competitor's Price: $189 - $299.22
This exclusive 7-foot Animated Pumpkin Scarecrow was priced at $159.97 in store as of late September 2024, but a week out from Halloween, we found him in stock for as low as $99.97.
If you shopped online with a Costco membership, you'd pay $129.97 (regularly $224.99).
I hunted for similar-looking animatronics at other stores, but all I could find was a 12-foot Pumpkin Skeleton on sale for $189 at Home Depot and a 12-foot Animatronic Scarecrow for $299.22 at Lowe's.
Squishmallows, 20 in
In-Store Price: $19.97 (reg. $24.99)
Online Price: $32.99
In-Store vs. Online Savings: $13.02
We found 20-inch Squishmallows from The Nightmare Before Christmas collection in Costco stores as early as the first week of August 2024, and they were priced at $24.99. But as of the week before Halloween, they dropped in price by 20%, to just $19.97 in stores.
If you bought them on Costco.com, you paid $32.99 for the 20-inch Halloween Squishmallows.
Disney Halloween Lantern (Costco Exclusive)
In-Store Price: $19.97 (reg. $24.97)
Online Price: Sold Out
In-Store vs. Online Savings: N/A (sold out in-store)
Originally priced at $24.97, the Disney Halloween Lantern cost as little as $19.97 in stores.
As of the week before Halloween, it was out of stock online. And since this item was a Costco exclusive, you can't find it anywhere else (unless you shopped through third-party sellers on Walmart or Amazon).
Animated Werewolf (Costco Exclusive)
In-Store Price: Sold Out
Online Price: $249.97 (reg. $339.99)
In-Store vs. Online Savings: N/A (sold out in-store)
Competitor's Price: $303.91
The 7-foot Animated Werewolf (a Costco exclusive) had a series of in-store price drops in September and October 2024, before selling out in stores completely. At the end of the season, it was only available online for $249.97 (regularly $339.99).
A similar (but not identical) 7-foot animated werewolf was $303.91 at Lowe's, so even the Costco online price was a better deal.
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