Chocolate-loving trick-or-treaters may find themselves in a fright this year, as the houses they visit could be handing out fewer chocolate bars in favor of other confectioneries or snacks.

Both needles and alcoholic candies were reportedly found in trick-or-treaters’ bags of sweets in two Massachusetts towns, police departments reported this week. One 8-year-old child in Sandwich ...

And for some trick-or-treaters on their hunt for candy, they might have been transported to the Land of Oz. "I like getting candy and I like wearing my costume,” trick or treater Ace Lazarte said.