The Most Popular Christmas Candy in Each State

Halloween may have passed, but we’re approaching an almost equally exciting candy season. Yes, it’s time for candy canes, peppermint bark, holiday-colored M&Ms, and chocolate shaped like Santas and nutcrackers.

CandyStore.com, a bulk candy retailer, recently asked 30,000 of its customers to name their favorite Christmas candy, in order to determine how America’s sweet tooth varies from state to state. And vary it does.

While 10 different states profess to love Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups the most (and why wouldn’t they), other states were more excited about Christmas-exclusive candies like peppermint bark (perhaps the only candy on the list that people might be enjoying a homemade version of) and candy canes. Eight states preferred candy canes, six preferred M&Ms, and five preferred the red, green, and white reindeer corn.

Some of the least popular candies on the list were PEZ (which was a favorite in eight states last year, but only three in this year’s rankings), chocolate Santas (a favorite in only North Dakota and Wyoming), and Skittles (which were no state’s absolute favorite, but showed up as a few states' second- or third-place choices). Reese’s Pieces, rather then peanut butter cups, showed up in just one state’s rankings (they are a favorite in Montana).

Explore the interactive map below, then check out the full rankings on CandyStore.com.

Source: CandyStore.com.