6 Halloween Items To Get at Five Below That Cost Way More at Walmart

Savvy shoppers know that Five Below and Walmart offer a great selection of Halloween essentials to fit any budget. What they may not realize, however, is that certain Halloween items have better deals at Five Below.

From Halloween snacks to outdoor decorations, GOBankingRates carefully reviewed Five Below’s Halloween offerings to determine which is a better deal at the discount retailer versus shopping at Walmart.

• Price: $5.00

Head to Five Below if you’re looking for the best bulk candy deal on Sour Patch Kids spooky mix. 

A 40-count bag costs $5 each at the discount retailer whereas the same 40-count Sour Patch Kids variety pack retails online for $5.94 at Walmart. That’s 94 cents in savings.

• Price: $5.00

Welch’s Halloween fruit snacks are another example of a fun Halloween snack which costs just enough more at Walmart to make it worth shopping for at Five Below. 

Both stores sell 26-count individually packaged fruit snacks in Halloween shapes, but Walmart’s costs 94 cents more than Five Below’s Welch’s fruit snacks for $5 each.

• Price: $2.00

Need a simple red pitchfork to accompany a devil Halloween costume? You can’t beat Five Below’s price of $2 for this Halloween accessory. 

Similar Halloween pitchforks for sale online at Walmart cost $3.99 on up, saving Five Below shoppers at least $1.99.

• Price: $5.00

Both Five Below and Walmart carry Wet N Wild photo focus setting spray, but Five Below has the best deal on the name brand. 

Their spray is priced at $5 and can be used to ensure Halloween makeup stays in place for all-day and/or all-night wear. Currently, Wet N Wild setting spray is on rollback at Walmart for $5.38 with an original listed price of $5.98.

• Price: $5.55

Looking for an affordable pet costume? If you’re planning to dress your favorite pup up like an Oscar Mayer hot dog for Halloween, shoppers can snag a cute and cheap costume for just $5 at Five Below. 

The closest, and cheapest, hot dog pet costume sold at Walmart is currently on sale online for $6.19 with an original price of $6.99.

• Price: $15.00

Five Below fans may be pleasantly surprised to find that the discount retailer sells the cheapest version of an 8-foot tall inflatable ghost.

Part of the Five Beyond selection, this inflatable ghost may be $15, but that’s a lot less money than what Walmart shoppers would spend on a similarly designed inflatable.

SIM Supply’s LED inflatable ghost measures at eight feet and is on sale for $37.79 and is regularly $67.88. Five Below shoppers save $22.79 compared to the sale price and a whopping $52.88 with the original listed price.