A starting-point candy ranking
Halloween-haul logic: what you trade for, and what sits in the bowl until March. Rank your own above.
SReese's, Sour Patch Kids, Skittles
AStarburst, Twix, Kit Kat, Nerds, Haribo Gold-Bears
BM&M's, Airheads, Jolly Rancher, Swedish Fish, Milky Way
CTootsie Roll, Dots, Laffy Taffy, Mike and Ike
DCandy Corn, Circus Peanuts, Necco Wafers
Candy corn is statistically America's most polarising candy — a top Halloween seller and a top hated item at the same time. Where you put it says more about you than the candy.
Chocolate and fruity are different sports
Candy rankings hide a structural split: chocolate bars and fruity/sour candy are judged by different physics. Reese's dominates the chocolate bracket on ratio engineering; Sour Patch Kids own the acid bracket. Texture is the under-rated axis — Twix earns tiers on crunch contrast, Airheads lose them on dental commitment. And every list has a designated villain: candy corn exists so that F tier is never empty, while Almond Joy splits households like an inheritance dispute.