Find out if your favorite candy also happens to be your state's favorite candy!
Halloween and candy go hand in hand, because it’s the one night of the year when sweets reign supreme. As a kid, there’s nothing more exciting than knowing you can eat as many of your favorite treats as you can collect in your pillowcase, tote bag or Dunkin’ Munchkins bucket.
When you’re a grown-up, though, the calculations change. Picking the candy you’ll hand out to the kids knocking on your door can be fraught. Will your choice make trick-or-treaters happy? Or will you be stuck eating leftover Almond Joy bars, which, let’s be honest, you bought for yourself anyway?
If you’re not sure which candy to hand out in your hometown this Halloween, don’t worry! DoorDash compiled a report that has all of the info you need to have trick-or-treaters lining up around the block. Keep reading to find out the most popular Halloween candy in every state—and see if your personal favorite made the list.
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How is the most popular Halloween candy determined?
To find out which Halloween candy is the most popular in each state and across the country, DoorDash looked at the receipts—literally. They analyzed customer candy orders made between Oct. 1 and Oct. 31, 2024, because that’s when everyone was stocking up on all of their favorites for Halloween.
The most popular Halloween candy in every state
Just like every state has its favorite food, every state has its favorite Halloween candy! From childhood favorites to newer brands, like Dollar General’s Sweet Smiles, that are gaining a foothold in the candy landscape, these fall favorites are sure to be a hit at your door—if you choose wisely.
Here’s the most popular Halloween candy in every state, according to DoorDash.
- Alabama: Sweet Smiles Candy
- Alaska: Nerds
- Arizona: Red Vines
- Arkansas: Sweet Smiles Candy
- California: Snickers
- Colorado: Haribo
- Connecticut: Sour Patch Kids
- Delaware: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- Florida: Skittles
- Georgia: Trolli
- Hawaii: Cadbury
- Idaho: Red Vines
- Illinois: Twizzlers Twists
- Indiana: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- Iowa: Laffy Taffy
- Kansas: Sweet Smiles Candy
- Kentucky: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- Louisiana: Sweet Smiles Candy
- Maine: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- Maryland: Snickers
- Massachusetts: Airheads
- Michigan: Twizzlers Twists
- Minnesota: Laffy Taffy
- Mississippi: Sweet Smiles Candy
- Missouri: Twizzlers Twists
- Montana: Red Vines
- Nebraska: Laffy Taffy
- Nevada: Snickers
- New Hampshire: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- New Jersey: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- New Mexico: Sweetarts
- New York: Twizzlers Twists
- North Carolina: Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Bar
- North Dakota: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- Ohio: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- Oklahoma: Sweetarts
- Oregon: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- Pennsylvania: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- Rhode Island: Trolli
- South Carolina: Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Bar
- South Dakota: Sweetarts
- Tennessee: Sweet Smiles Candy
- Texas: Trolli
- Utah: Sweetarts
- Vermont: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- Virginia: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- Washington: Twix
- West Virginia: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- Wisconsin: Twizzlers Twists
- Wyoming: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
The most popular Halloween candy in the U.S.
Even though some types of candy are favored in more states than others, it doesn’t mean they’re necessarily the most popular across the board. Here are the top 10 most popular Halloween candies in the United States.
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- M&M’s
- Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Bar
- Snickers
- Skittles
- Nerds
- Sour Patch Kids
- Twix
- Kit Kat
- Airheads
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Source:
- DoorDash: “Tricks, Treats, and Trends: Unwrapping DoorDash’s Sweet Halloween Orders”
