Report: America's Favorite Christmas Candy by State (2024)

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Report: America's Favorite Christmas Candy by State? ›

KitKat – Massachusetts, Oklahoma. Hershey Kisses – Maine, South Dakota, Utah. Chocolate Santas – Mississippi, North Dakota, New Mexico, Ohio. Reese's Pieces – Montana.

KitKat – Massachusetts, Oklahoma. Hershey Kisses – Maine, South Dakota, Utah. Chocolate Santas – Mississippi, North Dakota, New Mexico, Ohio. Reese's Pieces – Montana.

Candy sales tend to hit their peak around Halloween, with consumers spending billions of dollars on sweet treats to hand out to trick-or-treaters or enjoy themselves. The weeks leading up to October 31st see a surge in candy purchases as people prepare for the spooky holiday.

The most popular candy in the state is Almond Joy followed by Milky Way and then M&Ms. Other favorites around the country include Reese's Cups, Skittles, Starburst, Hot Tamales, Sour Patch Kids, Hershey Kisses, Snickers and Tootsie Roll Pops. Sometimes you feel like a nut, and sometimes you don't.

OHIO — Ohio is consistent with its favorite Christmas candy. For the third year in a row, a survey shows chocolate Santas are Ohio's go-to.

Illinois - Kit Kat. Indiana - M&Ms. Iowa - Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Kansas - Reese's Pieces.

Sour Patch Kids? All wrong, actually. Believe it or not, the Blow Pop is the Buckeye State's favorite. According to CandyStore.com's data, Ohioans purchased a total of 171,607 pounds of Blow Pops last year.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby is not only the best-selling Christmas/holiday single in the United States, but also the best-selling single of all time since the advent of recorded music, with estimated sales in excess of 50 million copies worldwide.

According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), the average American plans to spend $826 in 2022 on Christmas gifts, food, and decorations. Of that $826 dollars, around 500 are spent on gifts for family members. The most popular of these gifts are clothing, toys, and gift cards.

According to the study, Butterfinger is the top candy choice in Massachusetts, and it holds the same number one Halloween candy choice as Arkansas and Wisconsin.

What is the #1 Christmas candy? ›

Kit Kat ranked top in 13 states, followed by a tie between Skittles and candy canes. In a recent survey conducted by Hubscore, findings revealed that four in five Americans love to put candies in their Christmas stockings during the holiday season, while only a few preferred to fill them with small toys and gift cards.

Boston Cream Pie is not a pie at all, but rather a two-layer yellow cake filled with custard or cream, and topped with a chocolate glaze. It bears some resemblance to the “Pudding Cake Pie” that was popular in early American history. It is possible that the term “pie” is a result of baking trends of the 1800s.