What better way to get in the mood for spooky season (which lasts from August 1 to August 1, thank you very much) than by lighting up some festive Halloween candles? With scents ranging from pumpkin spice to “Michael Myers,” your nose is in for a real treat. Or maybe not after considering your last trip to the emergency room.
So, here are cool, scary, and just plain fancy Halloween candles for every occasion. Whether you’re throwing a party, hosting a horror movie marathon, or preparing to raid your neighbor’s candy stash, we’ve got the pumpkin, skull, or ghoul candle for you. Just add magic. (Our wand’s in the shop.)
19 Halloween Candles for the Best Time of Year
1. Skeleton Candle
If you’ve ever dipped your finger in hot candle wax and then let it harden, then you know exactly what this dude feels like right now. Crusty, sticky bliss.
Available on Amazon.
2. Molded Skull Candles, $30 each
If our skull isn’t this sparkly, we don’t want it.
Available at West Elm.
3. Farmhouse Pumpkin Candle
Why spend three hours scraping out the guts of a pumpkin when you could just buy a pumpkin-shaped candle instead? It smells a lot better, and you won’t attract so many squirrels. Not that we’d ever replace you, Squeakums.
Available on Amazon.
4. Ghost Halloween Candles
Ugh, the ghosts got into the linens again.
Available on Amazon.
5. Bleeding Hand Candle
A warning to all: this is what your hand will look like if you try that melted wax trick too many times.
Available on Amazon.
6. Raven Skull Candle Set
Quoth the raven, nevermore. Like, literally.
Available on Amazon.
7. Michael Myers Candle, $34
What did those pumpkins ever do to you, Michael?
Available on Etsy.
8. Hocus Pocus Black Flame Candle, $30.59+
Buying a pre-melted candle is kind of like buying ripped jeans. Your grandparents won’t understand it, and it will most likely summon dead witch sisters back from their graves. Our local American Eagle is wild.
Available on Etsy.
9. Creepy Hands Wall Candles, $25.15+
This candle comes with matching hands! And you thought you had all the hands you needed.
Available on Etsy.
10. PyroPet Cat Skeleton Candle
As this cat candle melts, it reveals the skeleton underneath. It serves as both a fun party trick, and an ominous reminder to your cat to stop peeing on the rug.
Available on Amazon.
11. Ghost Cemetery Village Candle
Ever wondered what ghosts smell like? Now you can find out! Note: we can not be held responsible for nosy neighbors wondering why your house suddenly smells like dead people.
Available on Amazon.
12. Witch Hand Candle Pedestal, $49
Need a hand? No, really, we’re starting to think we have a hand-hoarding problem.
Available at Bath & Body Works.
13. Ghoul Friend 3-Wick Candle, $26.50
An undead creature who smells like Tutti Frutti? We’re deleting Bumble BFF right now.
Available at Bath & Body Works.
14. Pumpkin Patch Candle, $27
All the fun of a pumpkin patch visit without the crowds and impulse to buy waaaay too many pumpkins.
Available on Etsy.
15. Salem Candle, $14.45+
There’s nothing spookier than trying to take a trip to Salem in October. Anyway, our bags are packed.
Available on Etsy.
16. Sanderson Sisters Candles, $11 each
Burn these as you anxiously wait for Hocus Pocus 2 to drop on Disney+. Just. Like. Thissssssss.
Available on Etsy.
17. Spooky Cider Lane Candle, $15.50
Add this spooky skeleton candle to your witch hand candle holder and you’ve got yourself a vibe. Lucky for you, the vibe smells like bourbon-glazed apples, maple syrup, and vanilla.
Available at Bath & Body Works.
18. Pinecone Candle, $14-22
If your Halloween energy is less spooky and more elegant, these pinecone candles from Anthropologie will do the trick. We bet it’ll go way better than that time we tried burning actual pinecones in our living room. Squeakums was pissed.
Available at Anthropologie.
19. Coffin Skeleton Candle, $39.48
Freedom has never been so sweet. Or smelled so good.
Available on Etsy.
When she's not typing away on her laptop, you can find Laura working on her MBA at Boston College, listening to Taylor Swift, or sweating it out at an OrangeTheory class. Follow her on Instagram @LauraKristine21 and LinkedIn.
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