Taco Bell heats up Halloween with saucy costume selection

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Who wants to be a chicken (sandwich) at Halloween when you can be something much hotter?

That's how fast-food restaurant Taco Bell is betting trick-or-treaters think, anyway. The company introduced a collection this month that provides customers flavorful getups based on its Mexican-inspired cuisine.

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Outfits range from colorful sauce packet tunics to dresses and a single tunic dedicated to Taco Bell’s Cheesy Gordita Crunch and 7-layer Burrito, according to a statement published on fast food news site QSR Magazine promoting the lineup.

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Outfits are available in infant and adult sizing, and Halloween shoppers can find them on the company's Taco Shop merch site.

The branded release follows signature outfits such as a limited-edition Colonel Sanders costume for the KFC restaurateur’s birthday as well as an official Halloween costume debut from Dunkin' Donuts at New York Fashion Week.

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Halloween spending in 2018 was projected to reach $9 billion with holiday participants spending an average of $86.79 to partake in events, according to a survey by the National Retail Federation. The trade group also ranked the popularity of costumes for children and adults -- none of which were food-related.

Spending on pet costumes, however, increased with nearly 20 percent of celebrants dressing their furry friends. The top costume for a pet was a pumpkin.