Written by Caisi Calandra
If there was a system ranking Halloween candies from best to worst, Kit-Kats would be number one. But according to Candy Industry, the rest of the nation tends to disagree. On Sept. 25, 2019, one of their writers, Crystal Lindell, published an article detailing the nation’s favorite candies by state. The search was conducted by compiling people’s search results on the Internet in the months of Sept. 2018 and Oct. 2018 — and by surveying 2,004 people from across the country. Not the best way to survey, in my opinion, but, alas, it shows how people’s views on Halloween are changing.
On Sept. 18, 2019, the website Bid-on-Equipment reported that Virginia’s most popular Halloween candy is M&M’s, and Washington D.C.’s is Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Surprisingly, Colorado’s favorite candy is Nerds, and it’s the only state to have that candy as their number one. Joining Colorado for being so unique is Louisiana — for its love of Airheads. And the most exciting thing happening in North Dakota, Nebraska, and Oklahoma is their weird obsession with Hot Tamales. (This just begs the question, why stan spicy candy when you could just have something sweet?) Florida likes its M&M’s, which is a little disappointing, considering its one of the more chaotic states.
The only states doing it right, for stanning Kit-Kats, are California and (shudder) Connecticut — two extremely polar opposite states. And it’s definitely possible California’s interest in Kit-Kats may or may not have been influenced by Kourtney Kardashian’s viral video “6 Steps to Eating a Kit Kat.” But Kit-Kats slap — they’re chocolate-y, full of crisp wafers, and they provide a satisfying snap, depending on how you eat them.
Some would say the best way is to just bite into it, across the perfectly snappable rows of chocolate-covered wafers, and some (those in the wrong) would disagree. All sarcasm aside, both ways of eating Kit-Kats are valid — they’re just based on entirely different moods. As long as we can band together and collectively hate on Kourtney Kardashian’s six steps, I think we’ll all be fine this Halloween.
