The Daily Mail reports Costco is selling a 5.5-pound chocolate monster head packed with 64 gummies for about $50, though some shoppers cannot find it.
The Monster Mash Chocolate Head, made by Ten Acre Gifts, uses 100 percent Belgian chocolate. A mallet breaks open the hollow head and reveals gummy candies shaped like spooky body parts.
The Daily Mail listed Costco’s price as $54.99. But a Facebook user claimed to have paid $49.99 at a warehouse in Fort Worth, Texas.
That price gap is smaller than the markup found online. The product appeared on eBay for more than $60, with some listings reaching $100.
Demand also appears uneven. Shoppers described calling Costco warehouses without success, while one Instacart order was refunded after a store could not locate the item.
The monster head is more than a large chocolate shell. It holds 64 separate gummy pieces, turning the package into a break-open Halloween display as well as a candy purchase.
The reported nutrition figures are just as oversized. The chocolate accounts for about 10,650 calories, based on 71 servings containing 150 calories each.
The gummies add roughly 1,600 calories, bringing the entire package to about 12,250. The reported sugar total reaches 1,591 grams, including 1,207 grams from the chocolate.
Those calculations were not clearly tied to an official product label. Still, the listed serving figures show the scale of a candy head weighing more than five pounds.
Finding the product may be harder than opening it. One Facebook commenter in Southern California could not locate it, while another shopper said a local Costco had none on display.
Some warehouses reportedly had not received shipments. One shopper also claimed a Costco had skipped its Halloween display and moved directly to Christmas merchandise.
The price drew its own pushback. A Facebook commenter argued that a chocolate-coated Frankenstein mold and a bag of candy could produce a similar result for $15.
Others focused on the mallet, describing the product as candy that requires its own demolition tool. Another social-media user treated the oversized confection as an immediate priority.
That divide explains the product’s appeal: some shoppers see an overpriced gimmick, while others see a giant Halloween novelty worth hunting across Costco warehouses.
Big seasonal fun is fair game, but so is plain arithmetic. Shoppers should know how much candy, and markup, they are getting before swinging the mallet.