8 Halloween Candy Dice Games for Kids (Free Printables)

Fun Halloween candy dice games for kids and preteens. Get all the supplies you need from Dollar Tree.

I love Halloween, and I love getting kids excited about it, too!

That’s why I created these Halloween dice candy games for kids.

You can get all the supplies you need from Dollar Tree (or you might already own them), and do a few as a lead-up to Halloween.

Then do a few after Halloween, using all of that great candy they collected in fun ways!

Halloween Candy Dice Games for Kids

Candy plays a big role in each of the following 5 Halloween games for kids.

So, complete these leading up to Halloween with some Dollar Tree candy, or use your kid’s bounty after Trick-or-Treating.

These make great Halloween party games and activities, too!

1. Candy of the Ages Roll

Supplies needed: a die, six bags, six Post-It Notes, six types of candies from various decades

I started noticing really old-fashioned candies pop up in the aisles at places like Hobby Lobby and Michaels over the last year.

So I started buying them...and they became the inspiration for this candy dice game!

I researched when each candy was invented and available to sell, and then put that decade on a Post-It Note and the candy pieces inside the bag. Each bag gets a number.

Kids (and adults!) take turns rolling a number, and they get to have a piece of candy from the era inside the bag they land on.

This brought up some really fun discussions in our household.

2. Halloween Snacklebox Roll

Supplies needed: Halloween candy, a mini tacklebox, and a pair of dice

If your child’s anything like mine, then they love to ask for a piece of Halloween candy.

And again.

And again.

Then they forget about it for a few days…then it comes back into favor, and the asking starts.

<cycle repeats, until you realize you still have Halloween candy at Easter, and start thinking about whether or not you can repurpose some of it for their Easter basket – that can’t just be me, right?!>.

What if you turn getting a piece of Halloween candy to eat into a game?

Get a tacklebox, and fill each compartment with one piece of candy from their Halloween bounty.

Use this snacklebox as a board game, and each compartment is one space.

Your child then gets to roll a pair of dice and count their way through the pieces of candy until they land on the one they get to eat.

Hint: Need a motivational reward for them? Reward your child with numbers of turns throughout the week based on what they’ve completed, like chores for kids. Each roll of the dice = one piece of candy.

3. LeftCenterRight Candy Roll

Supplies needed: the LeftCenterRight game

Did you know you can score a LeftCenterRight dice game from Dollar Tree for $1.25 (when it's normally $6.99+ in other stores)?

It's a really simple game.

1. Everyone sits in a circle and starts with three pieces of candy. Put a bowl in the middle, which is the "candy cauldron."
2. On each person's turn, they roll one die for each piece of candy they're holding, up to three. (Holding two candies? Roll two dice. Holding one? Roll one.)
3. Each player needs to do what the dice say: L means pass one candy to the player on your left, R means pass one to your right, C means drop one in the cauldron, and a dot means you keep it.
4. Roll one star, and a player takes a candy from any player they choose. Roll two stars in the same turn, and a player takes one candy from each of two players (or two from one). Roll three stars, and the player gets the whole candy cauldron.
5. A player who runs out of candy is not out. They get to roll one die so a star can steal them back in, and any candy passed to them counts, too.
6. Play continues around the circle. The last player still holding candy wins everything in the cauldron.

Hint: This works with anywhere from three kids to a whole party. A round takes about five minutes, so play a few and rotate who starts. If Dollar Tree is out, three regular dice work: treat 1 as L, 2 as R, 3 as C, and 4–6 as keep.

4. Candy Dice Grab

Supplies needed: a bug-catching scissor for each player (hint: you can find these at Dollar Tree before summer/summer time), a timer, a bunch of dice, and some totally desired pieces of candy

Here's such a fun game: it reminds me a bit of Hungry, Hungry Hippo.

Get a bug-catching scissor for each player, and a whole lotta dice.

Put all of the candy in a bowl in the middle, on display. Set the timer for 10 seconds (or however long you'd like).

Drop all of the dice to roll them all at once, then let kids scramble to scoop up as many of the high-value ones as they can.

After the timer is up, they must count up their totals. Let kids pick out one prized piece of candy from the middle, starting from the one who has the highest number, down.

5. Halloween Candy Shuffle

Supplies needed: a bunch of Halloween candy, a die, and the free printable

Such a fun and simple Halloween candy game for a group of kids: each person chooses a piece of candy from their pail.

Then they take turns rolling the dice and following the instructions on the printable game sheet.

Choose the number of turns to be played (once through the group, twice through, etc.).

At the end of those turns, whichever piece of candy each person ends up with is the one they get to eat!

Get your free printable here.

Bonus Candy Games for Kids

1. Candystein Game

Supplies needed: a pile of Halloween candy in a bag, and the free printable

Kids get to invent a new piece of candy in this game!

They’ll use their pile of Halloween candy by choosing two randomly and writing down different answers about them.

Then they’ll mash all the information together to get the name of their new candy. They’ll draw what it looks like.

At the end of the activity, they get to eat the pieces of candy they used. Now that’s a win!

Get this free printable here.

2. Candy Memory Match

Supplies needed: plastic cups (even number), matching candies (one for each cup you’re using)

Pick out pairs of candies.

Set up the match game by putting one piece of candy under each plastic cup, and aligning the cups in rows.

Now, kids get to play a memory match game.

Any candies they match, they get to eat!

Hint: digging these games? Check out my other 7 Halloween Games for Kids, and 5 Halloween Minute to Win It Games for kids.

5. Duct Tape Candy Race

Supplies needed: two rolls of duct tape, a bag of wrapped candies, a piece of colored tape to mark the finish line

Pit two players against one another in this game where the winner is the person who gets all of their candy pieces across the finish line first.

The only twist?

They can only move the candy pieces by rolling them inside a roll of duct tape.

Try one or two of these Halloween candy games with your own kids, with the whole family, with a youth group, Halloween carnival, a Halloween party, or even in class (as an extra reward leading up to trick-or-treating). Your kids will thank you!