<p class="ingestion featured-caption">This was only the Halloween-specific candy.Gabbi Shaw/Business Insider</p><ul class="summary-list"><li><a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/five-below-photo-tour-shows-how-fitness-and-beauty-merchandise-made-it-successful-2021-8">Five Below</a> is a popular discount store chain with locations across 43 states.</li><li>I visited my local store in New York to stock up on Halloween items.</li></ul><p><a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/best-five-below-dupes-money-saved-2024-3">Five Below</a> is a discount chain founded in Wayne, Pennsylvania, 22 years ago. It began as a children's store but has now expanded to include candy, decor, tech accessories, T-shirts, and more.</p><p>And as the product selection has grown, so <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/five-below-visit-features-more-find-at-dollar-stores-2023-7">has the chain's reach</a>. By 2008, there were 100 stores, and in 2016, sales reached $1 billion, according to the company's website.</p><p>Today, there are 1,600 locations in 43 states, but the company has said it wants to expand to 3,500 locations by the end of 2030.</p><p>I went holiday shopping last year with <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/five-below-holiday-shopping-affordable-review-2023-12f">a $50 budget at Five Below</a> and found it to be fun and a successful shopping trip.</p><p>This year, I decided to see what the Halloween selection is like at my local Five Below in New York, once again with a $50 budget.</p><p>Here's what I bought.</p>