Spooky deals: Where to get free and discounted food and drinks for Halloween

WASHINGTON — This Halloween, candy isn’t the only thing you can get a deal on.

Several local businesses and restaurants are offering frightening deals to celebrate the occasion.

Here’s a list of noteworthy discounted treats — from doughnuts to cocktails.

AP: db53835f-808d-42a2-863a-ec8ca9286088 — Stop by select Krispy Kreme stores on Halloween in your costume, and you’ll receive a free doughnut of your choice. Find locations on their website. (PRNewsFoto/Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corp.)

Scream for ice cream at Baskin-Robbins in October with seasonally themed frozen treats like the Fang-Tastic Monster Cake and Trick Oreo Treat flavored ice cream. And on Halloween Day itself, you can buy regular or kid-size scoops of ice cream for just $1.50. (PRNewswire/Baskin-Robbins) — Scream for ice cream at Baskin-Robbins in October with seasonally themed frozen treats like the Fang-Tastic Monster Cake and Trick Oreo Treat flavored ice cream. And on Halloween Day itself, you can buy regular or kid-size scoops of ice cream for just $1.50. (PRNewsFoto/Baskin-Robbins)

Applebee’s Halloween treat is just for the grown-ups. All October, those 21 and older can get a budget-friendly cocktail called the Dollar Zombie. The electric-blue drink blends rum, pineapple, passion fruit, cherry and lime flavors and is topped with a gummy “brain.” True to its name, the Dollar Zombie costs one buck. (PRNewsfoto/Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar)

From 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Halloween, select IHOP locations will serve a free Scary Face Pancake to kids 12 and under. The pancake comes with whipped topping, a strawberry nose, two mini Oreo cookies and candy corn for decorating. (PRNewsFoto/IHOP)

All month, Papa John’s PZZA, -2.68% is serving up an $11 pumpkin-shaped pizza and offering deals like five large one-topping pies for $42.50 and five large one-topping pizzas with three sides or desserts for $55. (Courtesy Papa John's) — All month, Papa John’s Pizza is serving up an $11 pumpkin-shaped pizza and offering deals like five large one-topping pies for $42.50 and five large one-topping pizzas with three sides or desserts for $55. (Courtesy Papa John’s)

This Halloween, hit up Chipotle wearing a costume between 3 p.m. and closing time to purchase a burrito, bowl, salad or order of tacos for $4. Separately, you can enter for a chance to win free burritos for a year by making a costume out of foil, taking a photo of yourself wearing the costume inside a Chipotle and tagging “@chipotle” on the photo in Instagram. The Instagram contest lasts from Halloween to Nov. 1 and is open to people who are 13 or older. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

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