Need A Halloween Costume? Cleveland's 'Most Searched' Might Surprise You

Spooky season’s return often prompts eager countdowns to Halloween.

That means, among other preparations, finding the perfect costume.

Especially during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many people turn to the internet to browse costume options or purchase them online.

So, what’s the most searched Halloween costume in Cleveland?

A donut.

Most Clevelanders are at least contemplating — if not planning on — dressing as a donut for Halloween this year.

Although Clevelanders aren’t alone in searching for donut costumes, they’re the ones searching it most.

“Donut” is most often searched in:

1. Cleveland, OH
2. New York, NY
3. Kansas City, MO
4. San Antonio, TX
5. Portland, OR

Overall, though, dressing as s donut still might be fairly unique. Foods, in general, only make up about 3% of all Halloween costume searches nationwide.

Many people are still looking forward to Halloween, despite the unusual year.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ranks many traditional Halloween activities — including trick-or-treating, holding costume parties and venturing through haunted houses, to name a few — as moderate- to high-risk.

Some lower-risk alternatives include carving pumpkins, holding a virtual Halloween costume contest and decorating your home.

For those still planning to engage in Halloween festivities, health experts and others have noted precautions to ensure safety.

One Ohio man, for example, took matters into his own hands and crafted a candy chute to encourage social-distanced trick-or-treating.

“I want our youngins to be able to have some sense of normalcy and maybe a little bit of exercise in all this madness,” Andrew Beattie explained last month. “If this candy chute makes things easier or safer, AND gives those with mobility challenges more of a chance to participate, then what’s the harm? An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, ya’ know.”

Since then, others have picked up the candy chute idea, too.

Maybe some chutes will send candy to a few donuts on the other end.

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