Would you believe Halloween has been celebrated for over 2,000 years? The holiday dates all the way back to the ancient Celts and is now America’s biggest candy holiday of the year!
We think the type of treats you hand out this year are just as important as the bowls you decide to put them in. To make this year’s Halloween your sweetest success, we picked our Top 7 ‘Got-To’ candy bowls to get you prepped and ready for the onslaught of sugar-rushed kiddies coming your way.
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These four bowls are made of durable porcelain and are 100% dishwasher safe.
1. Blue Canton Square Bowl, Large:
This Chinese-inspired, blue lattice pattern bowl comes in a unique square shape with soft edges and a unique design. This piece is safe for even your youngest trick-or-treaters, able to snag their sweets with ease and not have to reach too far inside the bowl to find their favorites.
2. Fitzhugh Large Salad Bowl:
This Chinese-inspired, blue lattice pattern bowl comes in a unique square shape with soft edges and a unique design. This piece is safe for even your youngest trick-or-treaters, able to snag their sweets with ease and not have to reach too far inside the bowl to find their favorites.
3. Red Dragon 9” Bowl:
Adorned with butterflies, honeycomb and flowers, this deep salad bowl is an ode to autumn with its’ Cinnabar or Chinese red coloration. The honeycomb details make this bowl a quintessential choice for your Bit-O-Honey’s or mini Toblerone bars!.
4. Sacred Bird & Butterfly Square, Large:
With its’ fitting burnt orange color, this Historic Charleston pattern focuses on the butterfly. A butterfly, in American culture, stands for lightness of being, transformation and renewal. A well-suited bowl for fall, as the season exemplifies the cycle of life and lightness in temperature. Though the detailing is sublime, this bowl’s functionality accommodates candy bars of all shapes and dimensions, from king size to fun size.
5. Jars:
These three bowls are made of a chip resistant, non-porous (no staining) ceramic/stoneware imported from Southern France. Using environmentally friendly materials and natural pigments, this material creates brilliant colors that don’t fade, even when placed in the dishwasher or microwave.
6. Tourron Indigo Extra Large Pasta Bowl:
This deep, moody colored bowl is not only EXTRA large, but truly gets into the mysterious spirit of Halloween glazed in dark, nearly black, indigo blue. The pop of bright colors from your orange Reeses, lime green Jujubes and multi-colored Laffy Taffy will cure all the drooling kiddies and make sure that all your candy is gone by the end of the night.
7. Tourron Orange Large Serving Bowl:
This commanding Centerpiece is about 13” in diameter and can hold every candy imaginable. Typically used for popcorn, fruit bowl or even your coffee table magazines, this deep orange glaze and external slate contrasting coloration screams pumpkins, spice and everything fall-nice.
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8. Plume White Pearl Pasta Bowl:
Coming in a creamy, white glaze, this rippled pasta bowl matches with everything and is just the right depth to hold jelly beans, lollipops, jolly ranchers and a traditional, Halloween favorite--- candy corn! The milky color is definitely reminiscent of nighttime spooks and ghosts floating around during October nights.
Whether you are munching on some gummy worms or nibbling a Crunch bar, any of our Top 7 bowls will help you pass out candy without fuss and make all your trick-or-treaters happy they stopped by your house this year. Make sure to take a sweet reward for yourself by the end of the night; you deserve it!
By Clair Belleveau
Source
History.com Staff. (2009) History of Halloween