Notwithstanding the name, such events are not necessarily held in houses, nor are the edifices themselves necessarily regarded to have actual ghosts. A agreeing of the haunted house is the "haunted trail", where the public encounters supernatural-themed characters or presentations of scenes from horror films while following a trail through a pasture or forest. One of the Adult Halloween Costumes largest Halloween attractions in the United States is Knott's Halloween Haunt at California's Knott's Berry Farm, which features re-themed amusement park rides and a dozen discrepant pace through mazes, increased hundreds of costumed roving performers.

Because the holiday comes in the wake of the annual apple harvest, candy apples (also known as toffee or taffy apples) are a habitual Halloween treat made by rolling whole apples in a sticky sugar syrup, and sometimes rolling them in nuts. At in succession time, candy apples were commonly given to children, but the practice rapidly waned in the wake of widespread rumors that some individuals were embedding items like pins and razor blades in the apples.