Krispy Kreme · Jack's Original Glazed Doughnuts
The chain's Original Glazed doughnuts given an orange tinge for Halloween, with the same flavor as the original.
Which US restaurant chains put halloween on the menu, when each launch ran, and who got there first.
MenuLaunches has tracked 120 halloween menu launches across 33 US restaurant chains between 2026 and 2026, peaking in 2026-10. The chains that use it most are Krispy Kreme, El Pollo Loco, Crumbl, Starbucks.
When chains actually put this on the menu.
Ordered by announce date.
| # | Chain | Item | Announced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shake Shack | Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Shake | September 3, 2026 |
| 2 | Applebee's | Spooky Sips | September 4, 2026 |
| 3 | Applebee's | Tropical Spell Mocktail | September 7, 2026 |
| 4 | Applebee's | Graveyard Soda | September 7, 2026 |
| 5 | Applebee's | Tipsy Zombie | September 7, 2026 |
| 6 | Applebee's | Dracula's Juice | September 7, 2026 |
| 7 | Wendy's | Frosty Frights collectibles | September 9, 2026 |
| 8 | Jack in the Box | Spooky Simpsons Sauce | September 11, 2026 |
| 9 | Jack in the Box | Forbidden D'oh!nut Holes | September 11, 2026 |
| 10 | Jack in the Box | Double Chicken Sandwich of Terror | September 11, 2026 |
The chain's Original Glazed doughnuts given an orange tinge for Halloween, with the same flavor as the original.
A Jack's Original Glazed doughnut topped with white vanilla-flavored buttercreme icing and a green iced stem.
A Jack's Original Glazed doughnut with a chocolate icing face and a green iced stem.
A Jack's Original Glazed doughnut with orange icing, chocolate cookie pieces, chocolate icing stitches, and a green iced stem.

A dozen doughnut assortment featuring a Mummy Jack Doughnut, Jack O' Doughnut, Monster Jack Doughnut, and nine Jack's Original Glazed Doughnuts, each tinted orange with Halloween-themed icing designs.

Iced coffee combined with horchata and caramel apple flavor, topped with cold foam included as part of the drink.

A peanut butter dough cookie mixed with mini peanut butter cups, topped with a drizzle of peanut butter and melted milk chocolate, served warm.

A black, orange, and white Halloween-themed variant of Crumbl's dot cake-inspired iced sugar cookie with sprinkles.

A red velvet cookie with a mock blood-splatter drizzle and vanilla cream cheese frosting, a variant of a recipe that debuted in late 2022.

A warm dark chocolate cookie coated in cookies & cream crumbs and topped with fudge frosting, chocolate streusel, and a gummy worm.
A cookie with rich dark cocoa in the dough, a touch of salt, and chocolate chips, released alongside the Black Cat Frappuccino for Halloween.

An unsliced, pumpkin-shaped thin-crust pizza decorated with a pepperoni smile and eyes and olive pupils.
A one-day buy-one-get-one-free offer on the Whopper Jr. sandwich, available only through the BK App or BK.com to Royal Perks members.

A Creme Frappuccino base with added dark cocoa flavors for a brownie-like taste, topped with whipped cream and a dark chocolate black cat ear garnish.

A protein smoothie featuring bananas and Smoothie King's Slim-N-Trim Blend with 13 grams of protein, topped with artificial-color-free rainbow nonpareil sprinkles inspired by the viral Dot Cake trend.
Toast with a choice of chocolate hazelnut or peanut butter spread on multigrain bread, providing 11+ grams of protein, topped with artificial-color-free rainbow nonpareil sprinkles inspired by the viral Dot Cake trend.

A limited-time Halloween drink topped with gummy worms, featuring blue raspberry, kiwi, and vanilla flavors. Available as a Blended Rebel energy drink, Iced Rebel energy drink, Myst Energy Refresher, Iced Lemonade, Blended Lemonade, and Sparkling Soda, with an optional Sour Shot add-on.
A Chocolate Original Glazed doughnut topped with a green icing tornado swirl, then dipped in chocolate cookie pieces, Halloween sprinkles, and rainbow nonpareils.

Chipotle Rewards members who wear a costume and scan their rewards card at checkout on Halloween after 3 p.m. local time can get one entrée item for $6 at participating U.S. locations.

A 50-piece chicken nugget order offered as a one-day Halloween value deal.

A purple-frosted donut topped in the center with a Chocolate Glazed Munchkins Donut and decorated with chocolate icing legs and vanilla-flavored icing eyes.

A glow-in-the-dark bucket with a purple design featuring costumed Dunkin' characters, filled with a random assortment of 50 Munchkins including new sprinkle-covered Halloween Munchkins.

Dunkin's frosted sprinkle donuts and Chocolate Glazed Munchkins feature a festive blend of purple, chocolate, and white sprinkles for the Halloween season.

A dozen donuts featuring nine Chocolate Original Glazed Donuts and three Taz Chocolate Tornado Donuts, which are Chocolate Original Glazed Donuts decorated with green icing swirl and dipped in chocolate cookie pieces, Halloween sprinkles, and rainbow nonpareils.

Chocolate Original Glazed Donuts decorated with a green icing tornado swirl and dipped in chocolate cookie pieces, Halloween sprinkles, and rainbow nonpareils.

Collectible Halloween Happy Meal buckets returning with five Disney villain designs: Scar, Cruella, Ursula, Jafar, and Maleficent.
Whole pizzas made with a new crispy, bubbly crust, offered to loyalty members at a discounted price during Halloween weekend at participating 7-Eleven, Speedway and Stripes stores.

Collectible Halloween-themed buckets available with a Happy Meal, featuring five designs based on Disney villains Jafar, Ursula, Scar, Cruella, and Maleficent.
Twelve kids' meal collectible toys for Halloween, including six core characters and six variants, each with a sticker sheet and mini trading card, with a themed meal bag.
A set of four doughnuts released as part of a Halloween partnership between Krispy Kreme and Looney Tunes.
A Halloween-themed box of specially designed donuts available in a full dozen, half-dozen or individually, including a Mummy Donut, Eyeball Donut, and Jack-o'-Bullseye Donut.
A chocolate-iced donut round drizzled with white icing to resemble a mummy wrap, with eyes piped in Shipley Original icing and black icing pupils.
An unfilled donut shell covered in white icing, with red, blue and black icing piped on top.
A Bullseye donut topped with orange icing and Autumn Blend sprinkles.

A Pumpkin Chai Latte with Matcha made from a spiced chai base and choice of milk, mixed with pumpkin sauce and matcha, served in a limited-edition Frankenstein-themed cup while supplies last.
A Halloween deal offering 20 boneless wings in a choice of flavor including Classic Buffalo, Extra Hot Buffalo, Honey BBQ, Sweet Asian Chile, Garlic Parmesan, or Hot Honey Glaze, served with bleu cheese or buttermilk ranch dressing.

A wing flavor featuring a sour-then-sweet REDBERRY glaze finished with SOUR PATCH KIDS Bitz, created in collaboration with the SOUR PATCH KIDS candy brand and available across all proteins.

A limited-time SOUR THEN SWEET REDBERRY-flavored glaze created with SOUR PATCH KIDS, topped with SOUR PATCH KIDS Bitz, available to order across all proteins at participating Wingstop restaurants.
A shortbread cookie with pieces of Twix in the dough, topped with a layer of caramel, chilled milk chocolate, and chopped Twix pieces.
A warm brown sugar cookie packed with mini semi-sweet chips, crowned with cookie dough-inspired buttercream, cookie dough pieces, and more mini semi-sweet chips.
A confetti sugar cookie dough rolled in purple and green sprinkles before baking, topped with cake-flavored buttercream and fresh whipped cream.

A doughnut dozen containing nine Green Original Glazed Doughnuts and three Looney Tunes Lab Doughnuts, which are Green Original Glazed Doughnuts topped with cookies and créme-flavored buttercreme, chocolate cookie pieces, sprinkles, and a spidery icing drizzle.
A Green Original Glazed donut dipped in neon green icing, topped with cookie-and-creme-flavored buttercreme, and decorated with chocolate cookie pieces, sprinkles, and green and orange icing drizzles.

A secret-menu drink featuring almond syrup, strawberry syrup, and white chocolate sauce, available as a blended or iced Rebel energy drink, blended or iced lemonade, Myst Energy Refresher, or sparkling soda.

A secret-menu drink featuring pomegranate syrup and strawberry syrup, available as a blended or iced Rebel energy drink, blended or iced lemonade, Myst Energy Refresher, or sparkling soda.
A Halloween-themed version of Dunkin's Berry Clementine Refresher made creamier with blueberry flavor and oatmilk, topped with purple Marshmallow Cold Foam and candy eyes.
A beefy burger inspired by the fictional Krusty Burger from The Simpsons, available in single, double, and triple-patty forms with American cheese, lettuce, tomato, and Spooky Simpsons Sauce on a toasted sesame seed bun.
A strawberry-flavored Sprite drink served with a Sour Punch Sip-n-Chew edible candy straw, a partnership between Burger King and Sour Punch for the Halloween season.

A Halloween variant of the My Hut Box personal meal consisting of an entree (six wings, Personal Pan Pizza, or a melt) and a side (fries or four wings), with an optional drink add-on.

A Halloween-themed beverage combining Sprite and strawberry flavoring to create a red, bloody-looking drink, served with an edible straw and a vampire-themed cup.

Tropical Smoothie Cafe's first Halloween menu item, a vibrant orange smoothie topped with purple, vanilla-flavored popping boba, made in collaboration with The Coca-Cola Company's Fanta brand.

A haunted house-designed box containing a buttermilk biscuit, a fixin', a dipping sauce, a Pepsi beverage, three Bojangles Dough Bites with salted caramel dipping sauce, and a choice of six, nine, or 12-piece Bo Bites order.

A purple-colored marshmallow cold foam that can be added to select Dunkin' drinks for a sweet, colorful finish.

A deep purple smoothie made with bananas and coconut whip, customizable with add-ons.

A personal meal deal consisting of an entrée (Personal Pan Pizza, a Melt, or six-piece wings), a side such as wings or fries, and a drink including a Mountain Dew and Trolli collab.

A hand-spun vanilla shake loaded with crushed OREO cookie pieces in every sip.

A moist white cake mixed with crushed OREO cookie pieces, iced with OREO frosting and topped with OREO cookie pieces.

A hand-spun vanilla milkshake blended with Portillo's new Oreo Cake, topped with crushed Oreo cookie pieces.
A cocktail made with Crown Royal Whisky, vanilla, premium citrus sour and aromatic bitters, topped with a Freakshow Cabernet float and finished with a dried orange and vampire fangs.
A cocktail made with Midori, pineapple passion fruit and premium citrus sour, served with a cherry JELL-O shot syringe.
A cocktail made with Absolut Vodka, cherry, Sprite and premium citrus sour with shimmering luster dust, finished with a sugar rim, glowing ice cube and freeze-dried grape ice cream.
A non-alcoholic mocktail with an alcohol-free Halloween spin on a dirty soda made with Fanta Orange and vanilla, served in a marshmallow whip-lined glass.
A seasoning blend combining buffalo spice and zesty chili lime, intended for wings or cheese sticks.
A dessert of layered chocolate cake and peanut butter mousse made with REESE'S Peanut Butter Cups, finished with chocolate and caramel drizzles and REESE'S Mini Peanut Butter Cups.
A Halloween twist on the Dave & Buster's funnel cake fries, topped with caramel drizzle, powdered sugar and festive sprinkles, served with whipped cream, chocolate and caramel for dipping.

An unglazed shell doughnut with chocolate dulce Kreme piped inside, dipped in red dulce icing and topped with chocolate drizzles, bat sprinkles, and a Bugs Bunny Vampire sugar piece.

An unglazed shell doughnut filled with OREO cookies and Kreme, dipped in chocolate icing and OREO pieces and topped with green icing drizzles and a Taz Mummy sugar piece.

An Original Glazed doughnut with a purple buttercreme-flavored swirl, gold stars, and a Lola Bunny sugar piece on top.

An Original Glazed doughnut dipped in candy corn-flavored icing with a confetti sprinkle, topped with a Tweety and Sylvester pumpkin sugar piece.

A shell donut filled with chocolate dulce Kreme, dipped in red dulce icing and topped with chocolate drizzles, bat sprinkles, and a Bugs Bunny Vampire sugar piece.
A shell donut filled with Oreo cookies and Kreme, dipped in chocolate icing and Oreo cookie pieces and topped with green icing drizzles and a Taz Mummy sugar piece.

An Original Glazed donut with a purple buttercreme-flavored swirl, gold stars, and a Lola Bunny sugar piece.

A four-piece chicken strip basket served with a smoky, spicy ghost pepper sauce, part of the Spellbound Series Halloween collection.

Chicken wings coated in Black Garlic Glaze, a sauce made from regular garlic gently aged, part of the Fright Feast Menu at Buffalo Wild Wings.

Boneless or bone-in wings tossed in Black Garlic Glaze, without the spicy garlic drizzle, part of a Halloween-themed menu.
A shake made with Boo Batter Ice Cream and Halloween Oreo Cookies, topped with whipped topping and orange, white, and black Spooky Sprinkles.
A Dragon Fruit Margarita presented in a container styled as a 'blood bag', served as a Halloween-themed drink.
A Halloween version of the chain's warm brownie sundae.
A zero-sugar energy drink in a new crisp green apple flavor, mixed with sparkling water, featured as part of Dunkin's Halloween menu.
A twist on the Green Apple Dunkin' Zero drink with added blackberry flavoring for darker notes, part of Dunkin's Halloween menu.
Green Apple Dunkin' Zero mixed with mango flavoring for a fruity, candy-inspired drink, part of Dunkin's Halloween menu.
A drink combining Dunkin's peach flavor with the Green Apple Dunkin' Zero flavor, part of Dunkin's Halloween menu.
Green Apple Dunkin' Zero mixed with tart lemonade instead of sparkling water, topped with Purple Marshmallow Cold Foam.
A Dunkin' Refresher featuring berry, clementine, and blueberry flavors combined with oatmilk and topped with Purple Marshmallow Cold Foam.
Sweetened matcha green tea blended with whole milk and vanilla flavor, topped with Purple Marshmallow Cold Foam.
Frozen coffee blended with tiramisu flavors, drizzled with Purple Marshmallow Cold Foam and topped with whipped cream and a mocha drizzle.
A Halloween-season Refresher offered as part of Dunkin's Halloween drink lineup.
A refresher combining blackberry, clementine, mango, and pineapple flavors with lemonade.
Standard iced coffee with cream mixed with tiramisu and toasted almond flavors.
A jack-o'-lantern shaped take 'n' bake pizza made with scratch-made dough, red sauce and whole-milk mozzarella, topped with pepperoni for a face and black olives for eyes.
A bundle featuring a large Jack-O Pizza and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough.

A pitch-black version of Cold Stone's Cake Batter Ice Cream, first released in 2019, returning for Halloween available on its own or in Trick or Treat Creation, Witches' Boo shake, or ice cream taco forms.
An ice cream creation made with Boo Batter Ice Cream, KIT KAT, Halloween OREO Cookies, and M&M'S.
A shake blending Boo Batter Ice Cream, Halloween OREO Cookies, Whipped Topping, and Spooky Sprinkles.

A crispy-fried chicken breast filet with lettuce, pickles, and buttermilk herb mayo on a toasted potato bun, offered free with a $10 minimum purchase using a promo code.
A chicken sandwich offered free with a $10 minimum purchase using a promo code as part of a Halloween deals schedule.

A latte featuring a tiramisu-flavored coffee base topped with purple marshmallow cold foam, part of Dunkin's Halloween menu.
Fried cheese curds served with Black Garlic Glaze slashed across them, part of the Fright Feast Menu at Buffalo Wild Wings.
A cozy blend of the signature Blondie drink with warm pumpkin pie flavors.
Crisp green apple soda topped with a caramel drizzle, styled as a twist on a classic caramel apple.
Rich mocha layered with toasted marshmallow, hazelnut and caramel, finished with whipped cream.
A 7 Energy drink mixed with blue raspberry, pomegranate, and lavender flavors.

A Blue Pom smoothie blended with blue raspberry, pomegranate, and strawberry flavors.
A hot chocolate made with Tim Hortons' hot cocoa, topped with whipped topping, chocolate drizzle, and crunchy TWIX pieces.
A blended frozen coffee beverage made with Tim Hortons' Iced Capp base and rich cream, combining caramel and chocolate flavors with TWIX pieces blended in, topped with whipped topping, chocolate drizzle, and more TWIX pieces.
A baked-fresh croissant sliced and filled with OREO cookies, Chocolate Dip, and sweet whipped topping, then topped with powdered sugar, Chocolate Dip, and OREO crumbs.
A classic Chocolate Cake Donut Ring decorated with a spooky Mummy design using drizzled vanilla flavored icing.
A fluffy yeast donut filled with vanilla flavored fluff and decorated with a hand-decorated face made from chocolate and vanilla flavored icings.
A bucket sized for trick-or-treating, sold filled with 31 Timbits or without Timbits, with a refill option available.
A Halloween-themed margarita made with Lunazul Blanco Tequila, triple sec, black cherry, lime sour, and fresh lime juice, served with a black salt rim and bat trinket.

Boneless or bone-in wings tossed in Black Garlic Glaze and finished with a spicy garlic drizzle, part of a Halloween-themed menu.

Cheese curds drizzled with a garlicky glaze, part of the Halloween-themed Fright Feast Menu.

An espresso Blondie drink with vanilla, caramel, and breve mix, flavored with warm pumpkin pie flavors.

A pop-up tour bringing $6 Margaritas to one Chipotle restaurant each weekend in October, alongside Halloween décor and interactive experiences.
A bright green old-fashioned lemonade made with cane sugar, lemon juice, and caramel apple syrup, available only during October.
Witch's Brew lemonade combined with McAlister's Famous Iced Tea.
Creamy peanut butter mousse and milk chocolate with a chocolate cookie crust, topped with chocolate, caramel, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, and a peanut butter drizzle.
Soft and chewy pumpkin cookie spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger, studded with pecans and white chocolate chips.
A Blizzard Treat pairing an ube-flavored base with DQ soft serve, Oreo cookies, and purple shimmer, part of Dairy Queen's Halloween Spellbound Series.
Blood orange and lemonade with sparkling water served over ice and topped with cold foam, part of DQ's Halloween Spellbound Series; bubbles and foams when stirred.