Florida Tonight: Halloween Candy, Haunted Farms, and Rocky Horror

Florida's Favorite Halloween Candy

• 🗳️ A viewer poll was conducted via email to determine Florida's favorite Halloween candy.
• 🏆 The winner of the inaugural poll was Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.
• 🍫 Viewers shared their personal methods for eating Reese's, including eating them whole or savoring the edges.

Haunted Farm and Spooky Offerings

• 🎃 DK Farms Fearville in Largo offers a multi-tiered haunted experience, including a family-friendly "Gardens' Grave" walkthrough and a more intense hay-ride experience called "Eden's Grove."
• 🎪 Beyond the haunts, Fearville features zoo animals, walkaround characters, mini golf, a bowling ride, animal feeding, two food trucks, and two bars.
• 👻 Gigglewaters, a 1920s-style restaurant, bar, and movie theater in Safety Harbor, hosts monster movie nights every night until Halloween with $5 movie tickets.
• 🍔 Gigglewaters is known for its award-winning Wagyu beef burgers, including a unique burger called "The Commissioner" featuring cookie butter and two types of bacon.
• 🍸 The restaurant also offers themed cocktails, such as the "1919 Old Fashioned" and seasonal mocktails like the "Maple Apple Crisper."
• 🏚️ Gigglewaters is a historically haunted location, having previously been a funeral home, and hosts paranormal investigation nights on Fridays.

Celebrity Guest and Bat Festival

• 🎤 Actor Barry Bostwick, known for his role as Brad Majors in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," discusses the film's 50th anniversary and its enduring community.
• 🌟 Bostwick highlights the impact of co-star Tim Curry and the generational appeal of the cult classic.
• 🦇 Gainesville is hosting Florida's only Bat Festival at the Lubee Bat Conservancy, featuring educational talks and opportunities to see various bat species, including mothers and pups.
• 🎟️ Tickets for the Bat Festival are $5 for children, $10 for adults, with an optional $45 beer sampling pass.