Halloween is almost upon us, which means we’ll all be heading to the store to stock up on delicious candy to delight our neighborhood trick-or-treaters. No one wants to be the house giving out the yucky candy, but what is the best sweet treat in your home state? If you’ve ever wondered what most of your fellow citizens enjoy, check out this map.
Candystore.com put together 10 years of consumer data by state to determine the three most popular candies in each state in the U.S. They examined the months leading up to Halloween in particular.
They found some pretty interesting information in their research.For example, Alabama bought 55,274 pounds of candy corn in the years between 2007 and 2016. That’s over 27 tons of candy corn. That’s one big cavity.
However, Alabama doesn’t love candy corn nearly as much as California loves m&m’s. Citizens of the Golden State purchased 1,548,990 pounds of the candy that supposedly melts in your mouth, not in your hand. If you don’t want to read that big number, it’s 1.5 million pounds, or 774 tons.
Connecticut has the weakest sweet tooth, only having purchased 2,457 pounds of Almond Joys in the past decade. Read more about their findings here.
Alabama – Candy Corn
Alaska – Twix
Arizona – Snickers
Arkansas – Jolly Rancher
California – M&M’s
Colorado – Milky Way
Connecticut – Almond Joy
Delaware – Life Savers
Florida – Skittles
Georgia – Swedish Fish
Hawaii – Skittles
Idaho – Candy Corn
Illinois – Sour Patch Kids
Indiana – Hot Tamales
Iowa – Reese’s Cups
Kansas – Reese’s Cups
Kentucky – Tootsie Pops
Louisiana – Lemonheads
Maine – Sour Patch Kids
Maryland – Milky Way
Massachusetts – Sour Patch Kids
Michigan – Candy Corn
Minnesota – Tootsie Pops
Mississippi – 3 Musketeers
Missouri – Milky Way
Montana – Dubble Buble
Nebraska – Sour Patch Kids
Nevada – Hershey Kisses
New Hampshire – Snickers
New Jersey – Skittles
New Mexico – Candy Corn
New York – Sour Patch Kids
North Carolina – M&M’s
North Dakota – Hot Tamales
Ohio – Blow Pops
Oklahoma – Snickers
Oregon – Reese’s Cups
Pennsylvania – M&M’s
Rhode Island – Candy Corn
South Carolina – Candy Corn
South Dakota – Starburst
Tennessee – Tootsie Pops
Texas – Starburst
Utah – Jolly Ranchers
Vermont – Milky Way
Virginia – Snickers
Washington – Tootsie Pops
West Virginia – Blow Pops
Wisconsin – Starburst
Wyoming – Candy Corn
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