Let’s face it…Our children are much different than we were.  Gen Z is growing up so fast. How’s a grown up supposed to keep up with the latest trends, let alone Halloween candy?

And I don’t know about you, but decision fatigue is real for me in 2022. Trying to go back to simpler times amidst the noise of the news and social media and politics. If you are over trying to keep up with these young ‘uns, I’m here to at least make Halloween candy decisions easier.

I removed the guesswork with facts. There are a lot of choices on both sides of the good and bad spectrum. You may not agree with what is the most popular Halloween candy in your state, but you can at least avoid getting the worst candy.

With so many candy ranking lists out there, it’s tough to get a handle on what’s what. So I did some heavy research, ie. googled it! and was able to Compile a master list considering some listener choices and hard facebook data for you to choose from.

Times have change since we were kids. The candy you loved as a child may not be a hit with young kids these days. It’s hard to accept, I know. It is for me too; I used to love Now & Laters. Still do! But for the kids, I adapt.

I chose to go to my social media pages ie. facebook and Instagram and took a poll of the top 10 worst Halloween candies and mashed them all together into the ultimate list. As you are preparing for Trick or Treaters, you might want to be the house with the good candy. To help guide your decision making, according to www.candystore.com here are the top 10 WORST candy choices for Halloween.  You decide…

• #10. Good & Plenty

  Since Good & Plenty are pretty much licorice, it follows that they would come right before Licorice on the list. I never minded getting a box here and a box there on a Halloween excursion. But they were never my favorites — which meant I ate them first, to get them out of the way. Which is kid logic for ya. Never throw away candy.

• #9. Black Licorice

  Here we’re talking black licorice, and this does not include Twizzlers, and if you read the outside lists we included in our evaluation, you’ll see they also allude to, if not outright say, black licorice. So it’s maybe more understandable that way. Twizzlers are mostly fruity flavored, chewy sugar candies. Traditional black licorice has a savory side that perhaps isn’t associated with the sugar highs of Halloween.

• #8 Tootsie Rolls

  Your kids will get a lot of these. They’re the easy way out for people who don’t want to spend much money handing out candy to kids. You can throw a handful into each kid’s bag and it won’t set you back much. But apparently kids tend not to like them very much for Halloween. Note that this is a combination of regular Tootsie Rolls and flavored Tootsie Rolls, which may be more or less appealing(?). We combined a few items on the lists to make it cleaner.

• #7. Butterfinger -Controversial Choice

  The classic Butterfinger appeared on a number of lists, usually in the second half of the top 10. We’re not going to argue. It’s a personal favorite of mine, but it’s easy to see why it would turn off some candy fans. I definitely think a full-size bar of it is just too much. But the bite size version is pretty much on point. Butterfinger gets mega points on crunch, and I like-a da cronch. You’re not going to complain when one gets dropped in your bag, are you?

• #6. Smarties

  Another one accused of being dry and chalky. Your kids will get plenty of these on Halloween. It’s inevitable. At first they’re not so bad. But the human tongue can take only so many vaguely sweet, chalky hard candy.

• #5. Wax Coke Bottles

  Wax coke bottles are holding down that number 5 spot. The novelty factor of these is great. The first time you get one. When you’re five years old. Then the realization sets in: you’re biting through wax to get not even a mouthful of sugar water. By age eight you toss them in the trash without even bothering.

• #4. Necco Wafers

  They were off the market for a while, but are back now. You may recall the Great Necco Wafer Panic of 2018. It’s weird, because clearly some people absolutely love Necco Wafers. But these took the top spot on one list, and I’m personally surprised they weren’t on every list. When we started this project, I was sure that they’d be the hands down worst candy. But then again, since they’ve had a few rough years, maybe kids aren’t as likely to kick a candy when it’s down. Complaints about these are that they’re dry and chalky.

• #3. Peanut Butter Kisses- (debatable)

   These are the generic looking candies with a plain orange or black wrapper. If you’ve never actually opened the wrapper to try them (understandably), they’re peanut butter flavored chewy candies. Despite the name, they are neither Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups nor Hershey’s Kisses -level Halloween candy. I’ve seen them referred to as Mary Janes, which makes enough sense. You know these because Necco made a Mary Janes version of these for a while. Which explains a lot. My advice is to leave them in that wrapper and move onto the next candy.

• #2. Candy Corn

  Candy corn slid up into the #1 spot 3 years ago when it knocked circus peanuts off the throne. Lot of haters out there. But like the timeless champion it is, candy corn has hung in there and is now only the runner-up worst Halloween candy! Great job CC.

  I was actually shocked, I love the stuff. Look, if you don’t like candy corn, you can just give it to me. Yes, it’s pretty much just sugar. Isn’t that the point? Candy corn is nothing special. There are absolutely better candies out there. But if you can’t enjoy stuffing handfuls of candy corn into your mouth, well, I don’t even know what to tell you. But clearly, I’m in the minority.

• #1. Circus Peanuts

  These have rightfully reclaimed the dark throne of #1 worst Halloween candies. They were the #1 worst Halloween candy 3 years ago and fell back to #2. There was a trned to hate on candy corn and the circus peanuts benefited slightly. People, there is no way to describe the vileness that is Circus Peanuts. How could there possibly be a worse Halloween Candy?

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