Halloween Restaurant Specials for 2021
By: Shannon Dwyer, editor at The Real Deal by RetailMeNot
7-Eleven
7-Eleven has a buy one-get one pizza treat this Halloween. The two-for-one pizza offer is available at participating 7-Eleven stores for purchase, order-ahead-pickup, or delivery to any location nationwide on October 30 and 31. To redeem this offer, go to your local 7-Eleven store and scan your 7Rewards barcode upon checkout, or take advantage of the deal through the 7NOW delivery app. Plus, the BOGO deal can be redeemed twice per customer per day.
Applebee’s
Now through Halloween, Applebee’s chilling Spooky Sips–served in their signature Mucho glass–are available for just $5! The Spooky Sips this year are Dracula’s Juice and Tipsy Zombie.
Baskin Robbins
Enjoy a number of Halloween-themed ice cream cakes like the Pumpkin Patch Cake or the Piñata Ghost Cake. This year, Baskin Robbins also has cakes featuring Creature Creations® characters, including a Unicorn Cake, Mystical Mermaid Cake and the Fang-Tastic Monster Cake. Bonus: Ice cream lovers who spend $10 or more on Baskin-Robbins through Uber Eats will receive a $0 delivery from October 29 to November 4, 2020.
Blaze Pizza
CRUNCH bar is teaming up with Blaze Pizza to make sure that everyone has a scary good Halloween experience. On October 31, starting at 4 p.m. local time, anyone who visits participating Blaze curbside locations or heads inside to the pizza pick-up station and says, “Trick or Treat,” will receive a free full-size CRUNCH bar—no purchase required.
Bruegger’s Bagels
On October 31, get 13 fresh baked bagels and two tabs of cream cheese for just $10.31.
Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
Trick or treat then give your kids something good to eat! Kids eat free on Halloween with the purchase of an adult entrée.
Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop
On Halloween, Capriotti’s CAPAddicts app users can buy one large sub and get a second for just $5 at all Capriotti’s locations across the nation. Simply download the CAPAddicts rewards app to redeem.
Carl’s Jr.
Purchase a large drink and say the phrase “Beyond Halloween” at a participating Los Angeles location, and get your choice of a free Beyond Famous burger or Beyond BBQ Cheeseburger.
Cheesecake Factory
Through Friday, October 30, spend $30 on your delivery order through DoorDash and get a free slice of Reese’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake Cheesecake or Hershey’s Chocolate Bar Cheesecake. Add the slice to your cart and use code TREAT before submitting your order.
Chili’s
All month long, sip on Chili’s $5 Margarita of the Month and happy hour food specials, which include $6 boneless wings and $4 1/2 order Texas cheese fries.
Chipotle
Chipotle’s ghoulishly great Boorito deal is back for its 20th anniverary! This year for safety precautions their doing something new–fans can virtually trick-or-treat for half a million BUY-ONE-GET-ONE (BOGO) entrée codes via text. The codes will be dropped via TikTok, Twitter and Instagram from October 29 to October 31. To claim their BOGOs, fans will have to act fast and text the valid keyword to 888-222 before they’re all claimed. The BOGOs will only be redeemable via the Chipotle app or Chipotle.com on Halloween, October 31.
Chuck E. Cheese
It’s officially the beginning of the Boo-Tacular celebration season at Chuck E. Cheese! For the next six weeks, families can indulge on everything Halloween when they visit their local Chuck E. Cheese restaurant or order deliver/carry-out. Families can indulge on ghoulishly good treats like Pepperoni pumpkin-shaped pizza, creep cupcake topped with slime, a slime cookie covered in gummy worms and Dippin’ Dots eye scream. Other scary good treats that families will find this season are:
- 10 free Play Points when kids come dressed to play at Chuck E. Cheese in their costume, minimum of $5 game purchase required (available 9/20-10/31)
- Combo #5 starting at $52.69, guests can get 2 Large 1-Topping Pizzas, a Slime Cookie and 6 soft drinks. Price varies by location.
- Boo-tacular Family Fun Pack, for families celebrating at home or anywhere outside they can enjoy two large one-topping pizzas, a slime cookie, goody bag filled with cool toys and activities (contents my vary) and a Boo-tacular Activity Sheet (available for takeout and delivery), starting at $35.99 when you order direct at chuckecheese.com. Price may vary by location.
- Boo-Tacular Nights starting at 6:30, 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. local time, families can dance into the moonlight with DJ Munch, Chuck E. Live! and the new Haunted House Party Dance
This year Halloween falls on a Sunday, and following the tradition of Sensory Sensitive Sunday, restaurants nationwide will open two hours early for a sensory-friendly celebration with sugar-free treats included.
Corner Bakery
To celebrate Halloween, from October 26-31, Corner Bakery is offering one free kid’s meal when guests purchase an adult entrée for dine-in, pickup or delivery. To add to the excitement, the popular neighborhood bakery cafe is also hosting a costume social media contest. Three lucky winners will receive free cookies for a year!
Dairy Queen
Fans who come to DQ on October 31 will be treated to a delicious meal–and deal! At participating DQ locations, for one day only, fans can get a Kid’s Meal for $1.99 using the DQ mobile app. This comes complete with a choice of an entree, side, drink and classic vanilla or chocolate Kid’s Cone.?
For adults, you can order their new Oreo Mocha Fudge Blizzard Treat. This October Blizzard of the Month combines Oreo cookie pieces, choco chunks and coffee blended with world-famous DQ soft-serve.? Yummy!
Dickey’s Barbecue Pit
Dickey’s is celebrating Halloween with two spooktacular offers that are sure to have you boogying into the world’s largest barbecue concept including all kids, ages 12 and younger, who visit Dickey’s in their Halloween costume on October 31 will eat for free at participating Dickey’s locations!
DoorDash
DoorDash is bringing Halloween directly to your home with its “Eat Your Costume” promotion. This promotion rewards customers who dress up as their favorite food item between October 25 and October 31. All you have to do is take a photo of yourself in your chic costume, follow @DoorDash on Instagram or Twitter, post your costume pic with #DashOWeen, and wait for DoorDash to message you $10 of credit.
Even if this deal doesn’t come back in 2020, you can get 50% off when you sign up and 1% cash back with RetailMeNot.
Dunkin‘
For a special treat, Dunkin’ has baked up one of the most surprising treats ever to rise from its kitchens, the new Spicy Ghost Pepper Donut. A deliciously daring donut that delivers the heat with every bite, the Spicy Ghost Pepper Donut is a classic yeast donut ring, topped with a strawberry flavored icing that features a bold blend of cayenne and ghost pepper, and finished with red sanding sugar for a sizzling look.
The Spicy Ghost Pepper Donut will be on the menu for only a few hot minutes, available beginning October 14 for a limited time at participating Dunkin’ restaurants nationwide until December.
Fogo de Chão
This Brazilian Steakhouse will be offering free delivery all Halloween day and night on all Fogo To-Go orders placed online at FogoDeChao.com. The new Fogo Experience Packages as part of the Fogo To-Go menu that make it easier than ever to enjoy Fogo’s ready-to-grill (or ready-to-eat) meats, entrees, Brazilian side dishes, desserts and even bottles of South American wine in the comfort of home. This offer valid only on Saturday, October 31 on all deliveries located within delivery radius of each Fogo de Chão restaurant with maximum redemption of $35+.
Friendly’s
The restaurant’s fangtastic deal is back this year! Children who visit Friendly’s in costume from October 25 to 31 will receive a free kid’s meal with the purchase of an adult entrée.
goPuff
From now through October 31, goPuff users can score deals on their favorite candy like Skittles, Starburst, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and more.
- 2 bags for $30: Fun Size Chocolate and Fruity Confections (Variety Mix) (90 pieces per bag)
- 2 bags for $20: Sour Patch Mummy Mix (46oz bag)
- 2 bags for $20: Chocolate Variety Mix (100 pieces per bag)
- 2 bags for $15: Skittles & Starburst Fruit Chews (55ct per bag)
- 2 bags for $15: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (19.5oz bag)
- 2 bags for $5: Brach’s Classic Candy Corn (11oz bag)
For more information or to place an order, visit goPuff.com or download the goPuff app for iOS or Android.
Honey Baked Ham
Get a Half Turkey Breast for $12.99 or a Quarter Boneless Ham for $19.99 with these Honey Baked Ham coupons valid through October 31.
IHOP
The breakfast chain is serving up a spooky menu! The just introduced their Mr. Mummy Pancake, which is a large green pancake topped with zig zags of cream cheese icing “bandages”, banana slices and chocolate chip eyes, and a sweet, purple whipped icing smile. Also available in buttermilk.
For dine-in orders, kids age 12 and under will receive one free Mr, Mummy Pancake between 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. from October 26 to October 30. You can also order online or on their app.
Insomnia Cookies
Halloween might look a little different this year, but Insomnia is here for all the treats you need even if you’re not trick-or-treating. And for those still looking for a safe and sweet trick-or-treat experience, dress up and pop into your local Insomnia Cookies store on Halloween Day for a free cookie, no purchase necessary.
They also have some new seasonal flavors: Pumpkin Cheesecake Cookie, Peanut Better Choc-Lantern Cookie and the Moon Cookie Cake with Halloween Cake.
Jimmy John’s
Order online and use the promo code SAVEON2 any day through November 8 to get a buy-one-get-one-for half-off deal.
Joe’s Crab Shack
Kids eat free on Halloween with the purchase of an adult entrée. Costumes welcome but not required!
Kona Grill
Kona Grill is celebrating Halloween with happy hour throughout the weekend at all of its locations. Kona Grill’s new happy hour menu includes delicious food, beer, wine and spirits, ranging from $3 to $9 and can now be enjoyed in the bar area, main dining room and on the patio.
Guests can choose $3 items such as Edamame, Fish Tacos and sake; $6 items like Kona Sliders and Fries, Spicy Tuna Rolls or red sangria; and $9 offerings, including Avocado Egg Rolls, Chicken and Shrimp Lettuce Wraps, vodka martinis and mojitos.
You can also enjoy the happy hour menu, Monday – Friday from 2 p.m. – 6 p.m.; late night menu Monday – Thursday from 9 p.m. – 11 p.m., Friday – Saturday from 9 p.m. – 12 a.m. and all-day on Sundays.
Krispy Kreme
Krispy Kreme’s Monster Doughnuts couldn’t be scary if they tried. Meet Frank, Drake, and Wolfie, their Scary-Sweet Monsters! You can find them in shops now through Halloween.
Plus, at Krispy Kreme Saturdays in October are Sweet-or-Treat Saturdays. Get a $1 Sweet-or-Treat Dozen to share with friends or neighbors when you buy any dozen! Think of it as reverse Trick-or-Treating; a sweeter way to Trick-or-Treat where you can safely be sweet to others while treating yourself. The Sweet-or-Treat Dozen contains 11 Original Glazed doughnuts and one festive Jack-o-Lantern doughnut! Redeem this deal in a shop or use promo code SweetOrTreat to redeem the offer online.
McAlister’s Deli
From Oct. 29 to Oct. 31, kids 12 and under can eat free when a purchase is made online, in the app, and in-store using the promo code HALLOWEEN21. The promo code is valid for two free kids meals per adult entrée purchase (sandwich, spud, salad and choose two). The offer excludes third party delivery and drinks are not included.
Note: Online and app orders are subject to $0.35 service fee, convenience fee and taxes. The promotion cannot be combined with any other offers and it’s valid at participating locations, so see restaurant for details.
McDonald’s
For $1, get a Halloween Treats Pack with 12 coupons good for about $10 worth of free food. The pack contains three coupons each for a bag of apple slices, apple juice or milk jug, hamburger and small vanilla cone.
Plus, McDelivery on Uber Eats is offering a free delivery fee on orders of $25+ from Thursday, October 29 through Sunday, November 1. McDelivery on Uber Eats makes it easy to order something savory or sweet for everyone in the house.
Moe’s Southwest Grill
Halloween falls on a Sunday this year, which means it’s landing on the weekly Kids Eat Free day at Moe’s Southwest Grill! All locations nationwide offer free meals for children under the age of 12 with the purchase of an adult entrée of $6 or more on Oct. 31.
Ninety Nine Restaurants
Kids Eat Free at 99 Restaurants every Sunday through November 1, and on Halloween. Also, 99 Restaurants have Football Frenzy deals on Sundays during NFL season, and enjoy their dinner specials Monday–Thursday starting at $9.99.
On the Border
To celebrate Halloween, On The Border will bring back a spooky special for the entire month of October! Guests can sip on On The Border’s $5 Hallow’rita: a signature House Margarita made with a hint of mango and candy corn and garnished with a spider ring that’s available for dine-in only. Note: This year, candy corn will come in a clear individual packet for guests to open and enjoy!
Papa John’s
Papa John’s takes Halloween seriously and cater to customers by offering fun pizza specials no matter how you plan to celebrate. Whether you’re partying with friends or celebrating safely at home, the Jack-O’-Lantern pizza is a guaranteed way to satisfy ghouls and goblins of all ages. You can also take advantage of their No-Contact Delivery, for extra safety and peace of mind this Halloween.
The famous Jack-O-Lantern pizza is a thin crust topped with Papa John’s signature sauce made from vine-ripened tomatoes, real cheese made from mozzarella, pepperoni, and black olives. This spooky pie is only available in a Large, perfect for feeding large groups, and pairs well with all of Papa John’s sides. Customers can order for a limited time between Oct. 18 – Oct. 31 for $1
Pieology
From now until Halloween, California pizza innovator Pieology is inviting customers to boo their friends safely and digitally by sending over a spooky sweet pizza deal during their “Boo-It-Forward” event.
Here’s how you can participate: Download the Pie Life Rewards App. Click the “More” section and hit “Refer-a-Friend”. This button will allow you to send the 2020 Bundle Deal to any of your friends. The 2020 Deal includes (2) two 11 inch ‘Create Your Own’ pizza pies and a shareable dessert for $20.20. Once that friend downloads the app and makes their first purchase, you’ll receive 30 bonus points on Pie Life. Rack up 100 points and receive a free customizable pizza! The name of the game is to keep on referring to keep getting rewarded. If your friends refer their friends, you’ll get an additional 10 points per download!
There’s more! Take a selfie with Pie, The Friendly Pizza Ghost, and post it on Instagram and tag @Pieology #ThePieologyGhost, and receive a special offer. or, visit the “Kids Activities” page on Pieology.com and download the Pie Coloring Sheet. Submit your creation on Instagram, TikTok, or by email at giveaways@pieology.com. Pieology will post their favorite creations and send a 2020 Bundle Deal to one winner.
Plus, from October 22 through the week of Halloween, Pieology is hosting a costume – or “crustume” contest, where fans can share pics of their Halloween costume on Instagram or Facebook by tagging @Pieology #Crustume.
Everyone who posts their photo will be entered into the Scream Your Individuality contest. Pieology will choose 5 favorites and one winner will receive a 2020 Bundle Deal: 2 (two) 11 inch ‘Create Your Own’ pizzas and one shareable dessert.
Popeyes
Just in time for Halloween, snack on some spooky Voodoo Tenders featuring Sweet Chili Voodoo Sauce as part of Popeye’s $5 combo box. The meal also comes with a side of your choice and a biscuit.
Even if this deal doesn’t come back in 2020, you can get free delivery on orders over $15 with RetailMeNot.
Red Lobster
Red Lobster is offering free delivery on To Go orders placed through RedLobster.com on October 31.
Ruby’s Diner
Kids in costume eat free all October! Show up from 4pm to close at participating locations and get a free child entrée with the purchase of an adult entrée.
Schlotzsky’s
On Oct. 31, customers who have the Schlotzsky’s app can get a free Classic Cinnabon Roll with the purchase of an entrée online and in-store. Note: Entrées include sandwiches, pizza, flatbreads and salads. The promotion is not valid with any other offer. Web and app orders are subject to $0.35 service fee and sales tax, but in-store orders not subject to service fee. Additional exclusions may apply.
STK Steakhouse
STK Steakhouse wants guests to enjoy its signature vibe dining this Halloween with a Trick or Treat special–the Junk Chalice. For just $24, guests can satisfy their sweet tooth with STKs Junk Chalice–a massive ice cream Sunday complete with candies, brownies, popcorn, chocolate, caramel ice cream and vanilla ice cream topped with whipped cream and cotton candy.
Wendy’s
Get five coupons for a free Jr. Frosty with the purchase of $1 Boo! Books. $0.85 of every $1 purchase goes to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, and this year, books can even be delivered via Doordash.
Yoshinoya Japanese Kitchen
Yoshinoya has partnered with Uber Eats for free delivery on Halloween, so people can enjoy their freshly prepared beef and chicken bowls delivered right to them. Those looking to satisfy their sweet tooth can indulge in one (or more!) of Yoshinoya’s famous desserts, like new Donut Dippers, which features six insanely addicting bites paired with a sweet caramel sauce that’s perfect for dunking.
Along with a $0 Delivery Fee on Uber Eats from October 26 through November 1, the brand will also be offering free delivery for all orders placed through the Yoshinoya App and YoshinoyaAmerica.com for the entire month of November.