(NEXSTAR) – Are you hoping the neighborhood mischief-makers won’t “T.P.” your house on Halloween? Then maybe you should hand out the candies they actually like.
CandyStore.com, an online candy retailer specializing in wholesale and bulk orders, has sought to determine the “most popular” Halloween candies in the country based on the last 17 years of sales data (specifically sales per pound) from the months leading up to Halloween. The retailer also breaks down the results by state, to give a better understanding of the crowd-pleasing candies that even the most hardened Halloween hooligans would likely love.
“We’ve gathered the data to ensure you’re stocked with the most sought-after sweets,” Ben George, the marketing director of CandyStore.com, wrote in a blog post published earlier this month.
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On a national level, there’s been somewhat of a shakeup in terms of our country’s candy preferences, at least when compared to previous years. The latest tallies suggest that M&M’s have overtaken Reese’s Cups as the nation’s preferred Halloween candy — overall — for the first time since the retailer has been keeping track.