This Hardee’s & Roy Roger’s Halloween trick or treat pail featured all the monsters on one glow-in-the-dark bucket, and in their speech balloons they offered Halloween trick or treating safety tips. I wonder how many kids meals would have come in buckets had McDonald’s not pioneered the Halloween kids meals. Frankenstein …

Hardee’s Frightfully Fun Halloween, fun for Halloween 1995! This bucket seems designed more for a kid’s meal than actual trick or treating, again glows in the dark and features some monsters. A ghost, a mummy, Frankenstein, Dracula, and a little spider.   There are 2 little games on the bucket, …

Hallmark Halloween Hide-a-Ways were a cute Halloween premium in 1989. They were similar to a popular toy at the time called Smooshees, which were squishy creatures that fit in a little plastic house. These toys, called Halloween Hide-a-Ways, were by Hallmark and sold at Hardee’s restaurants in fall 1989. What’s funny …

Even the competition knew how cool McDonald’s Halloween Buckets were. Enter 1994 Hardee’s Halloween Buckets. These buckets are definitely not a rip off of the McDonald’s buckets, which clearly have the most character. Hardee’s Halloween buckets came with food and held candy. These happen to also glow in the dark …