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Treat or Treat?

10/26/13 | holiday

This weekend is the unofficial start of Halloween and I could not be more excited.  “Chocolate is big business, and Halloween is its biggest holiday. According to a recent survey from the National Confectioners Association, 72% of all candy spending this Halloween will be on chocolate.”  (source)

Somehow my list is nowhere near 72% chocolate but halloween is one of those days where you get things you do not ask for and you say thank you anyway! And to liven it up, a few more facts from the National Confectioners Association’s 2013 survey:

* 81 percent of parents confess to taking candy from their child’s Halloween haul

* 74 percent of households plan to hand out candy to trick-or-treaters, and 80 percent of households with children will do so

* 72 percent of households will hand out two or three pieces of candy per trick-or-treater

* 72 percent of Americans say chocolate is their favorite Halloween treat

My favorite fact from this list though is that more than 6 in 10 shoppers choose their own favorite when selecting Halloween candy. Um, yes? That way when you have left overs they are all yours.  This promoted me to look up the most popular Halloween candies and I have to say, I disagreed with the list. Take a look at the most popular candies and then my top 10:

Their List

(1) Snickers
(2) Nerds
(3) Tootsie Rolls
(4) Life Savers
(5) M+Ms
(6) Reeses PB Cups
(7) Twizzlers
(8) Butterfinger
(9) Skittles
(10) Candy Corn

My List
(1) Twizzlers
(2) Reeses PB Cups
(3) Kit Kats
(4) Twix
(5) Sour Patch Kids 
(6) Starbursts
(7) Dots 
(8) Sour Skittles 
(9) York Peppermint Patties
(10) Tootsie Pops

Obviously Twizzlers top my list but it is surprising that there is not much chocolate on here.  I am much bigger fan of small quantities of semi-bitter dark chocolate that mass produced overly milk chocolate.  One candy I absolutely HATE? Good and Plenty.  Take them, get them out of my pile now, or better yet? Trade me for something I DO like!  Oh, and almond joys, I am not a fan of those either.

Besides talk of candy Halloween is in five days – I am super excited to dress up.  Tonight I plan on being Snow White for a Halloween themed boat cruise and next Friday I am going to be Little Red Riding Hood at a friends costume party – yay for dressing up as an adult.  And I did not want to do a whole post devoted to it but how cute are these DIY kids Halloween costumes?

Gumball Machine / Flower Pot / E.T. 
Happy Early Halloween!

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Comments

  1. Kelly says

    October 27, 2013 at 4:38 pm

    Hehe! Adorable list, and super cute post. Hope you have a great holiday!

    <3

    Kelly

    kellyinthecity.com

  2. Kelly in the City says

    October 27, 2013 at 4:38 pm

    Hehe! Adorable list, and super cute post. Hope you have a great holiday!

    <3

    Kelly

    kellyinthecity.com

  3. RCSOATL says

    October 27, 2013 at 8:18 am

    sooo cute!!

    http://www.rcsoatl.com

  4. RCSOATL says

    October 27, 2013 at 8:18 am

    sooo cute!!

    http://www.rcsoatl.com

  5. Ginny @ Buttergirl Diaries says

    October 26, 2013 at 12:58 pm

    I love #5 on YOUR list. I knew that’s why I liked you so much 🙂 HEHE! Happy Halloween! 🙂

  6. Ginny @ Buttergirl Diaries says

    October 26, 2013 at 12:58 pm

    I love #5 on YOUR list. I knew that’s why I liked you so much 🙂 HEHE! Happy Halloween! 🙂

  7. Hayfa says

    October 26, 2013 at 12:39 pm

    Haaa when I read about tking candy from the kids all I could think about was the Jimmy Kimmel video where he asked parents to trick their kids into thinking that their candy was all gone!

    Hayfa

    http://www.londonloafers.com

  8. Hayfa says

    October 26, 2013 at 12:39 pm

    Haaa when I read about tking candy from the kids all I could think about was the Jimmy Kimmel video where he asked parents to trick their kids into thinking that their candy was all gone!

    Hayfa

    http://www.londonloafers.com

  9. Areeba Siddique says

    October 26, 2013 at 7:33 am

    The biggest amount I got last year is of Nerds but I love Twix, such heavenly yummy candy!
    Snow White? Can’t wait to see you dressed up! 😀

  10. Areeba Siddique says

    October 26, 2013 at 7:33 am

    The biggest amount I got last year is of Nerds but I love Twix, such heavenly yummy candy!
    Snow White? Can’t wait to see you dressed up! 😀

  11. Sam J says

    October 26, 2013 at 7:21 am

    I had no idea that much candy was consumed at Halloween, I wish we had an excuse to dress up here. Your outfits sound terrific, please post some pics 🙂 How cute is that pot plant!

  12. Sam @ Frills & Thrills says

    October 26, 2013 at 7:21 am

    I had no idea that much candy was consumed at Halloween, I wish we had an excuse to dress up here. Your outfits sound terrific, please post some pics 🙂 How cute is that pot plant!

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