Dum Dums so fitting for Florida
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Ah, the old folks home of America is finally getting hip for the youngsters by putting their hard candy on sticks.
Op, you should add “uniquely” to the post title. That word in the title on the infographic is important. This is not showing the most popular Halloween candy, it’s showing candy that is much more popular there than the national average.
As an example, let’s say tootsie rolls are the 30th most popular candy in the us. But in the state of Stateland, it’s the 10th most popular, which makes it Stateland’s biggest deviation from the national popularity. This makes it Stateland’s most uniquely popular candy because it is much more popular there relative to the overall us. Snickers is actually the most popular in Stateland, but tootsie rolls show up on the chart as the state’s most uniquely popular Halloween candy.
Wtf is Texas secretly bougie or something?
Why Florida gotta do themselves like that?
They were confused by the survey and just self identified.
Now, I do like candy corn, but if that's the favorite candy in your whole state, there's something wrong with your state
This survey is based on candy bought, not favorite candy. MatPat made a video on why the reason candy corn is a favorite is because it is cheap in terms of per pound basis. If the task for people is buy 1 pound of candy, the answer is hot tamales and candy corn. Cheap candy.
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I once found Twizzlers in a german supermarket for a lot of money. I bought it out of curiosity.
Do you really like that stuff? I found it disgusting and threw it away.
Densely populated areas buy the cheapest candy.
The size/price ratio probably beats most other candies.
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Never buy stuff from the american section. Shit is expensive as hell and not for human consumption.
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There's no way this is accurate.
I've lived in GA my entire life and literally nobody has ever handed out trolli gummies.
They all just go for those mixed bags that Hershey's puts out that end up in the Halloween sections of every grocery store.
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I grew up trick or treating in Texas. Never once did I get Fererro Rocher shit in my pillow sack.
I did get home made beef jerky on occasion. Spicy was always a disappointment, because my stomach can't handle much capsacin. I don't mean I don't like spicy stuff, I mean too much capsacin leads to ulceration and vomiting blood.
Man. I. Tired. I kept reading it as Halloween candles and got so confused.
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God dammit oklahoma, why you always gotta make me ashamed to live here? We really are just the worst at everything.
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Georgia is my wife's fault for singlehandedly skewing the average.
Ferrero Rocher are candies? These are chocolate. It's a weird definition of candy to include them.
Anyway, the best candies for Halloween are Brussels sprouts.
Surely the same is true for m&ms or Reeses cups?
I thought candy was just generic term for all sweets/chocolatey items in the US to be honest. Is it not?
It is. Especially in the context of Halloween candy.
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Oh wow, look at Texas getting all bougie.
Florida is Dum-Dums?! I love it.
So Alaska gives out Hi-Chews? As in the ones you find at convenience stores in Japan? (ハイチュウ)
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Virginia, North Carolina, Mississippi: are you ok?
(it's a rhetorical question, I know you're not)
To be fair, candy corn gets a bad rap. If you try more brands you'll find some are actually quite good.
The worst brands? Popular ones like Jelly Belly. Jelly Belly candy corns taste like flavorless wax.
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From Texas, never heard of Ferrero Rocher, but after looking up the company and seeing images of their candies, yeah. Yeah, I've seen a ton of those. My grandparents always have a box of them.
At least Texas has good taste in something.
Twizzlers are fucking disgusting
Fuck you, too!
I don't see 100 Grand bars anywhere on this map and I am calling Bullshit
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