Skittles Shows How to Escape a Witch's Clutches in Its First Halloween Ad Since 2014

Just be really, really annoying

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Storybook witches don’t seem to have the best luck when it comes to luring in plump young people and eating them.

Hansel and Gretel, of course, turned the tables and sent their witch flying into her oven. And in a new ad for Skittles, another witch finds herself in a position that’s only slightly less infuriating.

The spot from DDB Chicago and production house Smuggler is the brand’s first official Halloween ad since 2014’s tale of a spider web baited with Skittles.

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