The ‘most popular’ Halloween candy in every state, according to online sales data

(NEXSTAR) – Which kinds of hardened candy residue will your child’s dentist be scraping from their teeth at the next visit?

Well, it might depend on where you live.

CandyStore.com, an online candy retailer specializing in wholesale and bulk orders, has sought to determine the “most popular” Halloween candies in each state, based largely on the past 16 years of the company’s sales data in the months leading up to Halloween. Distributors and manufacturers who work with CandyStore.com also “chipped in” to provide additional stats, according to CandyStore’s analysts.

While the top candies vary from state to state, CandyStore estimates that Reese’s Cups, M&Ms and Hot Tamales are the country’s three “most popular” candies overall (and in that order) based on sales per pound between 2007 and 2022.

But which sweets, specifically, might your local dentist find lodged between your children’s sensitive, especially vulnerable teeth in the coming months? Take a look below at the “most popular” candies in each state, as determined by CandyStore.com.

State	Top Candy	2nd Place	3rd Place
Alabama	Skittles	Starburst	Hershey’s Mini Bars
Alaska	Twix	Sour Patch Kids	Milky Way
Arizona	Hershey Kisses	Hot Tamales	Snickers
Arkansas	Butterfinger	Jolly Ranchers	M&M’s
California	M&M’s	Reese’s Cups	Skittles
Colorado	Milky Way	Hershey Kisses	Twix
Connecticut	Almond Joy	Milky Way	M&M’s
Delaware	Sour Patch Kids	Skittles	Life Savers
Florida	Reese’s Cups	Skittles	Hot Tamales
Georgia	Jolly Ranchers	Swedish Fish	Reese’s Cups
Hawaii	Hershey’s Mini Bars	Skittles	Butterfinger
Idaho	Snickers	Starburst	Candy Corn
Illinois	Sour Patch Kids	Kit Kat	Starburst
Indiana	Starburst	Hot Tamales	Jolly Ranchers
Iowa	Reese’s Cups	M&M’s	Hershey’s Mini Bars
Kansas	M&M’s	Sour Patch Kids	Reese’s Cups
Kentucky	Reese’s Cups	Hot Tamales	Swedish Fish
Louisiana	Lemonheads	Reese’s Cups	Blow Pops
Maine	Sour Patch Kids	Candy Corn	Starburst
Maryland	Hershey Kisses	Hershey’s Mini Bars	Reese’s Cups
Massachusetts	Butterfinger	Sour Patch Kids	Dubble Bubble Gum
Michigan	Starburst	Candy Corn	Butterfinger
Minnesota	Hot Tamales	Tootsie Pops	Skittles
Mississippi	3 Musketeers	Snickers	Butterfinger
Missouri	Almond Joy	Milky Way	Hot Tamales
Montana	Twix	M&M’s	Dubble Bubble Gum
Nebraska	Sour Patch Kids	Salt Water Taffy	Twix
Nevada	Hershey’s Mini Bars	Hot Tamales	Hershey Kisses
New Hampshire	Reese’s Cups	M&M’s	Starburst
New Jersey	Tootsie Pops	M&M’s	Skittles
New Mexico	Hot Tamales	Candy Corn	Hershey’s Mini Bars
New York	Sour Patch Kids	Hot Tamales	Candy Corn
North Carolina	M&M’s	Reese’s Cups	Hershey’s Mini Bars
North Dakota	Hot Tamales	Candy Corn	Jolly Ranchers
Ohio	Blow Pops	M&M’s	Starburst
Oklahoma	Skittles	Dubble Bubble Gum	Snickers
Oregon	M&M’s	Reese’s Cups	Candy Corn
Pennsylvania	Hershey’s Mini Bars	M&M’s	Skittles
Rhode Island	M&M’s	Twix	Candy Corn
South Carolina	Skittles	Butterfinger	Candy Corn
South Dakota	Starburst	Jolly Ranchers	Candy Corn
Tennessee	Tootsie Pops	Salt Water Taffy	Skittles
Texas	Sour Patch Kids	Reese’s Cups	Starburst
Utah	Candy Corn	Tootsie Pops	M&M’s
Vermont	M&M’s	Skittles	Milky Way
Virginia	Butterfinger	M&M’s	Hot Tamales
DC	M&M’s	Tootsie Pops	Blow Pops
Washington	Tootsie Pops	Salt Water Taffy	M&M’s
West Virginia	Hershey’s Mini Bars	Blow Pops	Hot Tamales
Wisconsin	Butterfinger	Hot Tamales	Starburst
Wyoming	Reese’s Cups	Salt Water Taffy	Dubble Bubble Gum

No matter which candy might be most popular in your neck of the woods, there’s likely to be plenty to go around: The National Retail Federation estimates consumer spending for Halloween candy to reach approximately $3.6 billion in 2023 — around a half-billion more than in 2022.

More information, including an interactive map and additional candy-centric stats, can be found at CandyStore.com.