Kyle Istook's Halloween candy check turns up a hot dog

The staged M&M's Minis swap has already drawn more views than a usual full first day for his Shorts.

Channel: Kyle Istook Story of October 31, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 109,170 views a day, 6.2 times a normal first day on this channel (17,729).

Can’t believe this was in my Halloween candy 🤯 #shorts

Kyle Istook takes the familiar warning to inspect Halloween candy and gives it a distinctly savory interpretation. A hand picks an M&M's Minis tube from a candy bowl, opens it over a cutting board, and out slides a hot dog.

The camera pulls back to reveal more tubes with the same unlikely contents. This is a staged food-swap joke, not a report of contaminated candy. There is no spoken dialogue, just vocal sound effects accompanying the reveal.

The Short reached roughly 56,000 views in eight hours, already well beyond the channel's usual full first-day audience. In the comments, viewers identify the sausage substitution and recognize the prank format.

Food comedy has also taken Istook into music: his recent "Best of Food (Foo Fighters "Best of You" Parody) | Kyle Istook" turns the rock song into a cooking-themed lyric video, with Istook on lead vocals and Shane Blay handling production and instruments.

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The numbers

The candy-swap Short has passed the usual first-day view count for Istook's Shorts before its first day is over.

the video's first day

usual first day here

17,729

this video

109,170

subscribers

6,310,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

7,511,402,910

views per day

1,392,635

typical day: 1,028,694

the video

views

55,551

likes

570

comments

34

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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6,620,000

Andy Cooks

6,360,000

Epicurious

6,320,000

Kyle Istook

6,310,000

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6,280,000

Jamie Oliver

6,220,000

As of October 31, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.