Washington D.C. — After gathering 15 years of data, CandyStore.com has released an interactive map of 2022’s most popular Halloween candy in the U.S. by state.
According to the National Retail Federation, Halloween candy spending this year is predicted to hit a new all time high of $3.1 billion with overall Halloween spending predicted to be over $10.6 billion, up 5 percent from last year.
The top candy per state includes:
- Alabama: Skittles
- Alaska: Sour Patch Kids
- Arizona: Hershey Kisses
- Arkansas: Butterfinger
- California: Reese’s Cups
- Colorado: Hershey Kisses
- Connecticut: Almond Joy
- Delaware: Sour Patch Kids
- Florida: Reese’s Cups
- Georgia: Swedish Fish
- Hawaii: Hershey’s Mini Bars
- Idaho: Snickers
- Illinois: Sour Patch Kids
- Indiana: Starburst
- Iowa: M&M’s
- Kansas: M&M’s
- Kentucky: Reese’s Cups
- Louisiana: Lemonheads
- Maine: Sour Patch Kids
- Maryland: Hershey Kisses
- Massachusetts: Sour Patch Kids
- Michigan: Starburst
- Minnesota: Hot Tamales
- Mississippi: 3 Musketeers
- Missouri: Milky Way
- Montana: Twix
- Nebraska: Sour Patch Kids
- Nevada: Hot Tamales
- New Hampshire: M&M’s
- New Jersey: Tootsie Pops
- New Mexico: Hershey’s Mini Bars
- New York: Sour Patch Kids
- North Carolina: Reese’s Cups
- North Dakota: Hot Tamales
- Ohio: M&M’s
- Oklahoma: Skittles
- Oregon: M&M’s
- Pennsylvania: Hershey’s Mini Bars
- Rhode Island: Twix
- South Carolina: Butterfinger
- South Dakota: Jolly Ranchers
- Tennessee: Tootsie Pops
- Texas: Starburst
- Utah: Tootsie Pops
- Vermont: M&M’s
- Virginia: Hot Tamales
- Washington D.C.: M&M’s
- Washington: Tootsie Pops
- West Virginia: Blow Pops
- Wisconsin: Butterfinger
- Wyoming: Reese’s Cups
