Top 5 favorite Halloween candy, ranked

Halloween is nearly a month away, and unless you prepare well in advance, you'll need to purchase some candy. Whether you are preparing for an endless night of excited trick-or-treaters, hosting a Halloween party, or perhaps wanting to reward yourself with some sweets, you'll need to make one of the toughest decisions in your life.

Which candy do you choose? Which candy should you avoid?

Should you buy in bulk? Should you buy the assorted candy bags?

We're here to help clear up some confusion by listing our top 5 favorite Halloween candy. Did your favorite Halloween candy make our list?

5. Skittles

Starting our list is the sugary sweet Skittles. These small, round, and chewy candies are the ideal size for a quick sweet treat.

The best part about this candy is the different varieties you could find. Some may love the original flavors of strawberry, lime, grape, lemon, and orange.

Others may find the other varieties to be far tastier, including Wild Berry, Smoothies, Sour, and Tropical. This is the perfect candy for those who dislike chocolate.

4. Snickers

Speaking of chocolate, Snickers bars are the perfect combination of milk chocolate, nougat, caramel, and peanuts. Their slogans and advertising have always been humorous and unique while getting straight to the point.

If you are hungry, a full-size Snickers bar can probably satisfy that hunger as a satisfying treat. But keep in mind that if you are going to grab a full-size Snickers bar this Halloween, check the nutritional stats, including calories.

You will be full but perhaps lay off the sweets for a bit afterward. Bonus points go to the bite-size versions, which make them perfect for snacking during a scary movie binge.

3. Hershey Bars

Hershey's chocolate bars are probably the most common and easy to consume of all Halloween candy. The original version is simply chocolate, and that's it.

No bells, no whistles, just chocolate, which for some is all they could ever ask for. But if you are the type of person who loves a little something extra with their chocolate, Hershey's chocolate bars include several varieties such as cookies 'n' cream, milk chocolate with almonds, birthday cake, mint, and dark chocolate.

Let's not forget that without Hershey's chocolate bars, s'mores would be obsolete.

2. Kit Kat

Ah, Kit Kat bars. Not only is the slogan still catchy all these years later, but the treat is the perfect blend of wafer and chocolate.

Although we believe the original is best, Kit Kat bars have become a trendsetter in the candy world for all of the wild, creative, and sometimes questionable flavor selections. From flavors like dark chocolate and vanilla to birthday cake, ghost toast, churro, frosted donut, and blueberry muffin, no other candy in the world could pull off such flavors.

But let's just hope you get the flavors you actually want this Halloween.

1. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

Not surprisingly, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups takes the No. 1 spot on our list! How could it not?

Reese's is what happens when the smooth, delicious peanut butter meets chocolate in the size of an easy-to-eat cup. They taste perfect frozen and at room temperature.

One bite, and your whole day transforms from gloomy to amazing! Tell me you were not over the moon the moment you arrived at a house on Halloween that gave away the King Size Reese's Peanut Butter Cup packages!

I know I hit the jackpot every time I did! Reese's has also taken new forms over the years, with so many options I can't keep track.

But as much as Reese's Pieces taste perfectly on ice cream or how the taste improves with the pumpkin, Christmas tree, or egg shapes, it is the original Reese's Peanut Butter Cups that take the crown!

Which Halloween candy is your favorite?

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