Opinion
Trick or Treat
Halloween came and went this year! We hope you got tons of candy from trick or treating or just for fun. Recently, Influenster came out with a map depicting the most popular candy in every state, and I decided to use that to figure out what the most popular candies are in every BBYO region in the United States! So, what are the most popular candies in your region? Do you agree? Let’s find out….
Big Apple Region: Sweet Tarts
Central Region West: Lifesavers, 100 Grand Bar
Connecticut Valley Region: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Starburst
Cotton States Region: Airheads, Skittles, Swedish Fish, Hershey’s Kisses, Candy Corn
Eastern Region: Reese’s Pieces, Butterfinger, Candy Corn, Pixy Stix
Evergreen Region: Airheads, Candy Corn, Butterfinger, Kit Kat Bar, Snickers
Gold Coast Region: Nestlé Crunch Bar
Great Midwest Region: Snickers
Greater Atlanta Region: Pixy Stix
Greater Jersey Hudson River Region: Sweet Tarts, Sour Patch Kids
Hudson Valley Region: Sweet Tarts
Kentucky Indiana Ohio Region: Milky Way, Reese’s Pieces, Whoppers
Keystone Mountain Region: Swedish Fish, Oreos
Liberty Region: Swedish Fish, 3 Musketeers, Sweet Tarts
Lonestar Region: Candy Corn
Manhattan Region: Sweet Tarts
Miami Region: Nestlé Crunch Bar
Michigan Region: M&Ms
Mid-America Region: Twizzlers, 100 Grand Bar, Sour Patch Kids, Laffy Taffy, Skittles, Hershey’s Kisses
Mountain Region: Toblerone, Jolly Ranchers, Nerds
Nassau Suffolk Region: Sweet Tarts
New England Region: Starburst, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
North Florida Region: Nestlé Crunch Bar
North Texas Oklahoma Region: Candy Corn, M&Ms
Northern Region East: Almond Joy, Twix, Reese’s Pieces
Ohio Northern Region: Milky Way
Pacific Western Region: Lifesavers
Rocky Mountain Region: Milky Way, 3 Musketeers, Candy Corn
South Jersey Region: Sour Patch Kids
Wisconsin Region: Laffy Taffy
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