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This Reese's Halloween robot can come to your neighborhood and dispense free peanut butter cups

The best part? It'll a socially distanced experience.

Anna Rahmanan
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Anna Rahmanan
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Talk about creativity: chocolate giant Reese's just announced the unleashing of a pretty cool robot that will roam neighborhood streets to dispense free peanut butter cups. The best part? The entire ordeal will be hands-free.

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"This Halloween is unlike any other, so we’ve upped the ante on creativity as a result," Allen Dark, Reese’s senior brand manager, said in a press release announcing the news. "A robotic Reese’s dispensing door is just what the world needs right now!"

Officially named Reese's Trick-or-Treat Door, the moving robot is powered by three motors that can be directed by a remote control up to 5,000 feet away—which means that other humans don't even have to be nearby for the gimmick to work. All you have to do to activate the 9-foot door is say "trick or treat." Once you do that, the built-in Bluetooth-enabled speaker will prompt the system to dish out a king size Reese's candy bar. Also expect a Halloween soundtrack to blast from the speakers while the door is rolling around. How cool does that sound?

Reese's Door
Photograph: Reese's

No word yet on where the movable door is set to land, but you can actually submit a neighborhood request on Instagram, using the hashtag #ReesesDoor. Talk about a socially distanced 

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