There are so many different ways to celebrate Halloween: You can trick-or-treat, stay home and pass out candy, attend a party or just stock up on candy and pig out. But which candy is the best candy?
This is your definitive guide.
1. Twix
The ultimate candy bar. There’s something in it for everyone. Cookie? Check. Chocolate? Check. Caramel? Double check. Left Twix or right, it doesn’t really matter. This is the best you can do.
2. Reese’s Cups
A mixture of peanut butter and chocolate is a winner every time. Unlike other candies, the presentation is unique. They’re like little cupcake slivers. No frosting? No problem. You could also go for Reese’s Pieces. Same taste, less mess.
3. Candy Apples
Turning a fruit into a sugary snack is basically magic. Nothing shows that you care more than giving out these treats. The time and effort that goes into making candy apples are incredible. And then to give them out for free? You’re a saint. If you’re on the receiving end, you hit the jackpot.
4. Snickers
This mix of nougat, caramel, chocolate and peanuts seems like it shouldn’t be slapped together in one candy bar, but it’s actually the perfect storm of sweets. Despite what the commercials might say, please don’t eat these whenever you’re hungry. That just isn’t healthy.
5. Jolly Ranchers
There’s more to Halloween than chocolate and caramel. Switch it up by adding some hard candy into the mix. I’m not quite sure what’s so “jolly” about them, but no matter what flavor you pick up, they’re pretty good.
6. Hershey’s Bars
Could you imagine what the world would be like without bars of milk chocolate? I don’t really want to. Thanks to Milton S. Hershey, we don’t live in that dystopian place.
7. Sour Patch Kids
This is the sour candy for everyone. It’s sour, but not so much so that it’s unsettling. Also, these turn into little human-shaped gummy candies after all the sour sugar is gone. Nice!
8. Skittles
Skittles are one of the safest bets you can make when picking out Halloween candy. A bit uninspiring, sure, but these come in a ton of different flavors. Original, sour, tropical, wild berry and more. Use that variety to treat yourself — or your trick-or-treaters.
9. M&Ms
Some people prefer their chocolate inside of a candy shell and in a strange pellet form. That’s boring and pretty weird, but different strokes for different folks. The peanut ones are pretty good, though.
10. Tootsie Rolls
These candies deserve their own category, honestly. I’d label it “chocolate tar.” Tootsie rolls are supposed to be chocolate, right? Except, they don’t quite taste like it. Even these abominations don’t really know what they’re supposed to be. Whatever you do, stay away from the fruit-flavored ones that are somehow even worse.
11. Candy Corn
Nothing is more cliche than candy corn and nothing about it makes sense. Who would sculpt candy in the form of corn kernels? Who would make such a creation orange, white and yellow? I can’t understand it. The only appropriate use of candy corn is decoration. Don’t eat it, y’all.
