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Can You Guess Your State's Favorite Halloween Candy?

Spencer Brown
Spencer Brown  |  October 14, 2022 10:00 AM

Halloween is just more than two weeks away and, regardless of whether you trick or treat, almost everyone takes advantage of the glut of candy on store shelves before and especially after October 31st when clearance sales make buying the bags of fun-size treats unavoidable.

The most popular Halloween candies nationwide — according to a report on commerce trends in all 50 states from market researchers at TopAgency — are Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Kit Kat bars, Skittles, and M&M's.

The TopAgency report breaks down the top three Halloween candies in each state — can you guess which ones are most popular in yours?

Alabama 

  1. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
  2. Starburst
  3. Kit Kat

Alaska

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  1. Snickers
  2. Skittles
  3. Original M&M's

Arizona

  1. Skittles
  2. Kit Kat
  3. Snickers

Arkansas

  1. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
  2. Starburst
  3. Snickers

California

  1. Kit Kat
  2. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
  3. Skittles

Colorado

  1. Original M&M's
  2. Kit Kat
  3. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup

Connecticut

  1. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
  2. Original M&M's
  3. Twix

Delaware

  1. Starburst
  2. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
  3. Milky Way

Florida

  1. Milky Way
  2. Kit Kat
  3. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup

Georgia

  1. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
  2. Twix
  3.  Kit Kat

Hawaii

  1. Original M&M's
  2. Hot Tamales
  3. Twix

Idaho

  1. Snickers
  2. Skittles
  3. Kit Kat

Illinois

  1. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
  2. Twix
  3. Milky Way

Indiana

  1. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
  2. Starburst
  3. Milky Way

Iowa

  1. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
  2. Kit Kat
  3. Milky Way

Kansas

  1. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
  2. Skittles
  3. Original M&M's

Kentucky

  1. Butterfinger
  2. Kit Kat
  3. Original M&M's

Louisiana

  1. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
  2. Kit Kat
  3. Original M&M's

Maine

  1. Kit Kat
  2. Original M&M's
  3. Twix

Maryland

  1. Milky Way
  2. Snickers
  3. Skittles

Massachusetts

  1. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
  2. Starburst
  3. Kit Kat

Michigan

  1. Starburst
  2. Kit Kat
  3. Milky Way

Minnesota

  1. Skittles
  2. Kit Kat
  3. Starburst

Mississippi

  1. Kit Kat
  2. Starburst
  3. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup

Missouri

  1. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
  2. Kit Kat
  3. Skittles

Montana

  1. Hot Tamales
  2. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
  3. Twix

Nebraska

  1. Milky Way
  2. Snickers
  3. Starburst

Nevada

  1. Kit Kat
  2. Skittles
  3. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup

New Hampshire

  1. Original M&M's 
  2. Snickers
  3. Twix

New Jersey

  1. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
  2. Kit Kat
  3. Milky Way

New Mexico

  1. Kit Kat
  2. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
  3. Hot Tamales 

New York

  1. Kit Kat
  2. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
  3. Twix

North Carolina

  1. Snickers
  2. Kit Kat
  3. Starburst

North Dakota

  1. Skittles
  2. Kit Kat
  3. Starburst

Ohio

  1. Original M&M's
  2. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
  3. Kit Kat

Oklahoma

  1. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
  2. Twix
  3. Kit Kat

Oregon

  1. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
  2. Twix
  3. Kit Kat

Pennsylvania 

  1. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
  2. Starburst
  3. Original M&M's

Rhode Island 

  1. Snickers
  2. Skittles
  3. Twix

South Carolina

  1. Kit Kat
  2. Skittles
  3. Starburst

South Dakota

  1. Kit Kat
  2. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
  3. Snickers

Tennessee

  1. Skittles
  2. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
  3. Kit Kat

Texas

  1. Starburst
  2. Kit Kat
  3. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup

Utah

  1. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
  2. Milky Way
  3. Original M&M's

Vermont

  1. Hot Tamales
  2. Kit Kat
  3. Twix

Virginia

  1. Kit Kat
  2. Skittles
  3. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup

Washington

  1. Skittles
  2. Starburst
  3. Kit Kat

West Virginia

  1. Kit Kat
  2. Skittles
  3. Snickers

Wisconsin

  1. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
  2. Milky Way
  3. Butterfinger

Wyoming

  1. Original M&M's
  2. Starburst
  3. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup

So, did you guess your state's top Halloween candy? Is there an underrated candy that didn't make any of the states’ top three? Let us know in the comments below.