You Can Take A Robot Kid Trick or Treating This Halloween!

Halloween is getting weird this year, and Airheads candy is leading the charge. The candy brand is offering adults a chance to win their very own “Decoy Boy”. A robotic “kid” designed to give grown-ups an excuse to hit the streets for trick-or-treating without getting side-eyed for being too old.

Here’s how it works: Instead of awkwardly lurking behind your kids or pretending you’re “supervising,” you bring along the Decoy Boy, a creepy, life-sized child replica programmed to say things like, “Trick or treat!” and “Thanks, mister!” while you collect candy right beside him. It’s equal parts genius and nightmare fuel.

According to Airheads, the campaign is all about letting “adults embrace the fun of Halloween again.” Translation: you can dress up, snag free candy, and still keep your dignity intact, as long as you don’t mind walking the neighborhood with a robot child who looks like he crawled out of a haunted Spirit Halloween display.

Winners get a custom-built Decoy Boy and a year’s supply of Airheads, perfect for anyone who’s never really grown out of sugar rushes and costume parties.

So if you’ve ever thought, “Man, I wish I could still go trick-or-treating,” Airheads just found the creepiest possible way to make that dream come true.

Would you take a Decoy Boy out for candy, or would you run the other way if one showed up at your door?

Get ready to get weird this Halloween!

Doug O’Brien