The few days before and after Halloween can make your sweet tooth and stomach ache. Everywhere you look it's candy, candy and more candy.Â
You might be shopping today for potential trick-or-or treaters or your candy dish. As you pick goodies, here are some interesting tidbits from LabDoor.com:
• 86% of Americans buy candy during the Halloween season.
• 4% of all candy is consumed on Halloween day.
• Eating one 1.69 oz (47.9 g) pack of M&M's is the sugar equivalent of three Krispy Kreme doughnuts.
• $4 billion is spent on candy.
The National Retail Federation has a more modest figure for Halloween candy in 2014: $2.2 billion.
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A billion here, a billion there. We're talking real money. And calories and sugar.
Here are the 15 best candies ranked by Business Insider extremely scientifically* and in descending order:
15. Junior Mints
14. Starbursts
13. M&Ms:
12. Pop Rocks
11. Nestle Crunch
10. Pixy Stix
9. Airheads
8. Nerds
7. Milky Way
6. Kit Kats
5. Sour Patch Kids
4. Butterfinger
3. Twix
2. Snickers
1. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
In fairness, here are Business Insider's 15 most disappointing Halloween "treats."
15. Butterscotch candies
14. Candy Corn
13. Bazooka Bubblegum
12. Flavored Tootsie Rolls
11. Necco Wafer
10. Sixlets
9. Mary Jane Peanut Butter Kisses:
8. Good & Plenty
7. Dots
6. Black Jelly Beans
5. Circus Peanuts
4. Raisins
3. Pencils
2. Toothbrush:
1. A penny
*Not really.
Kids have a bit different view of the top treats. There are the top ten candies for kiddos this year from kidzworld.com
10. Tootsie Rolls
9. Skittles
8. Whoppers
7. Sour Patch Kids
6. Twix
5. Nerds
4. Starburst
3. Smarties
2. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
1. Kit Kat
