Frightfully fun Halloween hosting

Good news, you guys. Halloween hosting, it does not have to be a horror story. It certainly does not. Thanks to lifestyle expert Jen Munoz, who has decor, treats, and gear that'll make your party look planned without taking over your whole week. Good morning, Jen. Thanks for being here with us. Yeah, good morning. I think the only thing scary at my house during Halloween is how fast all these treats are going to disappear. Oh, it might get scary in here in just a few minutes. They're going to disappear as well from here. Thanks for sending all this fun stuff. Yeah, you know, when I do a party, the first thing I like to think about is the photo op. So this balloon, any of the heirloom balloons, this one's actually available on Amazon. They're air, so you just blow it right up and then it's great for a photo opportunity. And it's like five feet tall, so like a really great way to have a good photo op that doesn't cost a lot of money. We've also got a few Jack Skellingtons. I know you've got them there, too. One of them is a little light-up guy. So if you, like, push the little button, he lights up. He could go on your porch. He could go on your table. And then we've got one for the trick-or-treaters as well. And those are available at CVS. So you can pop over there and grab one. Oh, that's awesome. And then, you know, we've got the door covered. And then we've got the dance floor. So we've got our sweet little mummy. We've got to see this guy. He's going to dance for us? He is. He dances for Thriller. He's got the whole, like, Shoulder action going. Oh, my gosh. The kids are going to, I was going to say the kids. We're adults. Everyone's going to love this. Oh, my kids would love this. I'm already entertained. I think he's really fun to be able to, like, you know, you can get the kids dancing. You can get the, everybody can kind of jump in and do the Thriller dance. He's like, he really knows how to move his hips. He does. He's got the shoulder thing going as well, you know, like the zombies do in Thriller. so oh that's amazing that's perfect um something else jen that hayley and i were looking at are these little like sensory jars and you were saying this could be cool for trick-or-treaters even yeah the little pair play there's they come in a set so you can do two you can pick yours i got you guys got three i got three i think so these are just little jars that have all kinds of different um activities inside them so you know for the kids who just want to fidget there's all kinds of different themed things um this is also great like if you're trying to set up your party and you need to keep little little hands busy yes but i also like to play with them too just you know when you're sitting on your computer and you can kind of fidget a little bit um they've got sand in there they have all kinds of different things but the two jar bundle is just twenty dollars and they're made right here in the USA and they're a women owned business. Oh, I love that. You can buy yourself a few little pieces of peace of mind, you know? Yes. I love this idea too, because I just feel like, again, this will be a time killer for kids if you need to do something. But even for adults, I feel like we're always, yeah, looking for, you know, some way of getting some tension out or stress out. And this is such a fun and on theme way to do that this Halloween. Yeah, i agree and they're great for party favors too so if you're having some kids over like that would be a really fun thing to be able to put in the goodie bag and kids will play with it for i'm sure months hopefully years to come yes i can attest to that for sure all right let's move on to my favorite the treats candy yes yes so Hotel Chocolat sent um some of their Boo Box bundle not gonna try to say that three times fast um they have carvin the pumpkin the vampire and Wingston the bat um these are all frightfully delicious of course um they have fillings like salted caramel praline for the grown-ups who keep reading that raiding the trick-or-treat bowl um and then there's also a box of chocolates that are shaped as well um and they're all absolutely delicious and these are just packaging are you kidding me i'm looking at a tiny little chocolate. They are equally as delicious as they are cute. So I'm all about presentation, but you got to back it up once you put it in your mouth. So true. Exactly. So true. I also know people love these little mini cupcakes that you brought us as well from baked by Melissa. Yeah, I am a huge fan of baked by Melissa. I've worked with them for years. um she has such an amazing powerful story but they are bite-sized you don't even have to feel guilty about eating the cupcakes um they come in boxes of 25 or you can do the little four packs to be able to again you could do that for trick-or-treaters you could do it as a party favor um you could send and she's got the spooky tie-dye there's a green goblin and my personal favorite is buried alive and he's the one with the little bear sitting on top oh these are so adorable they're all done so perfectly they really are yeah they are and then my next favorite coming in is Olive and Cocoa yes they have these gorgeous wooden boxes that come presentation is beautiful and then there's all sorts of themed sweet treats so whether you have the spellbound sweets crate or the happy haunting crate these are great to be able to send to people far away or to put as a centerpiece on your table when guests arrive i'm thinking these may be um headed to my boys for college because i won't be able to see them perhaps that's a great idea to send them to the friends that you can't see everything again looking absolutely delicious and then i like this too for maybe the tea drinker in your life but we're gonna make things a little wicked this yes what a great idea, Adagio Wicked Teas um so finally once the trick-or-treaters are in bed or if you want to do this beforehand there's some with caffeine and there's some without um but there's a sampler pack for halloween they come in the halloween themed tins and they have gilded pumpkin potion those are the the caffeine free ones um but you can you can have a little sip of tea and enjoy in the halloween festivities that way too i love the names of all of them that is so creative and such a great idea sip on a little monster mash yeah on october 31st pumpkin potion. Ooh, I love all of it. I like it. I really appreciate all the ideas that take the time out of Halloween. Cause I don't know if you know this, but we're really busy next week rooting on the brewers and the world series and Halloween is Saturday. So this is great. We can order the things we need and then we can focus on the brewers. This is exactly what we, a win-win for us. I love it. No, nothing spooky here, right? Right. Thank you so much, Jen. No frights. Yeah. Thank you. And that's kind of how I like to describe real Milwaukee. Yeah, me too. Not Is that too scary? Nope. Well, we bring all the energy. And now I'm gonna open these presents. Okay, great, see you later. I'm gonna keep eating my chocolate. We'll have more Real Milwaukee coming up here right after this.