McDonald’s offered two Halloween Pails in 1999 as Happy Meal premiums. Both feature McDonald’s familiar McDonaldland characters, the first is white with a bat “hat” cookie cutter and Ronald McDonald, while the second is orange with a green pumpkin stem, pumpkin-shaped,  cookie cutter, and Birdie and Grimace.

So it appears as if fans of McDonald’s Halloween pails can breathe a sigh of relief – there are six new buckets this year. In keeping with the male/female kids meal theme, there are three Angry Birds Star Wars Buckets and three Monster High buckets. That means there are also …

 Great news for all the fellow big kids out there who loved their Halloween pails from McDonald’s in the 1980’s, they’re back again for 2011! Yup, McDonald’s has two new buckets to collect. These buckets are the same size as usual but feature stickers that make the faces. The buckets, …

After a nine-year hiatus, McDonald’s has decided to re-introduce the Halloween happy meal premium bucket! McDonald’s hasn’t given away Halloween themed buckets since 2001, but they’ve returned in 2010! They’re definitely pacing themselves, as there are only two different buckets to collect. They’re both Mr. Potato Head themed, another change. …

  2003 saw Halloween Happy Meal toys as a departure from McDonald’s branded characters and buckets, and instead featured 8 characters called Stretch Screamers and 12 Madame Alexander dolls.

The 2001 McDonald’s Happy Meal Halloween Pail made a comeback in 2001 after skipping the year 2000.  2001’s Halloween buckets from McDonald’s were available in 2 designs, both featuring Ronald McDonald and friends, one in white and one in orange.  The buckets also came with a sheet that went on …

There weren’t any pails to be seen for Halloween 2000 (gasp, ikr). Instead the toy premiums were little creatures called Monster Crazy Bones.      From an October 3, 2000 Press Release:     Crazy Bones Meets McDonald’s For Halloween Happy Meal Event     Largest Happy Meal Collection Ever Features Hundreds …