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Halloween bonanza comes to Candylicious and Hershey’s Chocolate World
Candylicious, one of the world’s largest candy stores, is bringing spooky delights to children this Halloween with a party at in-store venue Partylicious on Friday, October 30th 2015.
Candylicious, one of the world’s largest candy stores, is bringing spooky delights to children this Halloween with a party at in-store venue Partylicious on Friday, October 30th 2015.
Fun and thrills will be the order of the day at the Dubai Mall outlet with a magic show occurring on the big stage every two hours from 2pm till 9 pm. The gaiety will include dance shows to the famous ‘Thriller’ track, and the appearance of a special Halloween mascot.
The Candylicious outlets will also partake in festivities, with a photo competition for customers to look their ghoulish best when taking solo pictures and uploading them. A table full of props will help with the dressing up. The winner, to be announced on November 1st 2015, will be given an AED 500 voucher to fill their bags with treats at the Candylicious Yas Mall outlet.
There is more fun in store at the Candylicious Dubai Mall, with customers spending over AED 100 given a Halloween bag to go trick or treating at Hershey’s Chocolate World on October 30th. The Halloween special promo will kicked off October 15th and running to the 31st. Meanwhile, Hershey’s Chocolate World is running the promotion in reverse, where customers are given a goody bag to trick and treat at the Candylicious outlet in the mall for spends exceeding AED 100. Visitors to Hershey’s Chocolate World on the 30th will be entertained by frequent appearances by Reese’s Halloween mascot.
“Halloween is an incredibly exciting time for children and even adults get caught up in the fun. We want to make this Halloween special, and have arranged a number of activities across our Candylicious and Hershey’s Chocolate World outlets. Half the thrill is in the hunt, which is why we’re getting people to go trick or treating in Candylicious to Hershey’s Chocolate World, and vice versa. We want to make this a treat-filled Halloween that visitors will remember for a while,” said Rosantina Saraswati, head of Confectionery Retail at Al Abbar Group.
The Halloween promotions will run from October 15th till October 31st, while the big day-long celebrations will take centre stage on the October the 30th.