The Top-Selling Halloween Candies in Tennessee, Georgia, and More Over the Past 16 Years

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Thanks to Halloween, October is a huge candy month and almost EVERYONE is going to be buying candy over the next few weeks.  But not everybody buys the same loot to hand out to trick-or-treaters.

CandyStore.com reviewed candy purchases from the past 16 years, and put together a ranking of the top three candies in every state.  Of course, people buy candy for a lot of reasons throughout the year so they focused on the months leading up to Halloween.

Here’s the Top 10 overall… along with the states where it was the top seller:

1.  Reese’s Cups – #1 in:  Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, New Hampshire, and Wyoming.

2.  M&M’s – #1 in:  California, Kansas, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and D.C.

3.  Hot Tamales – #1 in:  Minnesota, New Mexico, and North Dakota.

4.  Skittles – #1 in:  Alabama, Oklahoma, and South Carolina.

5.  Sour Patch Kids – #1 in:  Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Nebraska, New York, and Texas.

6.  Starburst – #1 in:  Indiana, Michigan, and South Dakota.

7.  Hershey Kisses – #1 in:  Arizona and Maryland.

8.  Candy Corn – #1 in:  Our hearts. Kidding.  It was only #1 in Utah.

9.  Hershey Mini Bars – #1 in:  Hawaii, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

10.  Snickers – Idaho.

Outside of the Top 10, Twix is #1 in Alaska and Montana… Butterfinger is #1 in Arkansas, Massachusetts, Virginia, and Wisconsin… Milky Way is #1 in Colorado… Almond Joy is #1 in Connecticut and Missouri…

Tootsie Pops are #1 in New Jersey, Tennessee and Washington… 3 Musketeers is #1 in Mississippi… Blow Pops are #1 in Ohio… Lemonheads are #1 in Louisiana… and Jolly Ranchers are #1 in Georgia.

One last note:  Candy Corn has been climbing up the overall list lately, and it’s now more popular than Snickers and Butterfinger.

SOURCE: CandyStore.com