Halloween is just around the corner which means it’s time to start stocking up for all of those trick-or-treaters. The question is, what will you give them? Candy corn or M&Ms? Depending upon where you live, the most popular Halloween candy could be very different.

CandyStore.com has created it’s annual list of the top Halloween candy in every state using data compiled from the last 12 years of sales. Check out America’s top five candies below and see where your favorites stack up.

1. Skittles

Skittles via Instagram

California, Florida, Minnesota and South Carolina, Hawaii and Arkansas all love tasting the rainbow. Skittles came in first in all of these states and took the top spot overall for the entire country.

2. Reese's Cups

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The salty-sweet combo of chocolate and peanut butter is a big winner in Texas, Oregon, Kansas and North Carolina where Reese's Cups came in first, taking second overall for the country.

3. M&M's

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Ohio and Vermont are plenty sweet on the chocolate that melts in your mouth, not in your hands and M&M's take third place overall.

4. Snickers

Snickers via Instagram

Snickers satisfies as the number one treat in Mississippi and takes fourth overall in America.

5. Starburst

Starburst via Instagram

Wisconsin, South Dakota and New Hampshire can't get enough of Starburst, which takes the top fifth spot.

Rounding out the top ten Halloween candy in the country is candy corn (yes, really!), Hot Tamales, Tootsie Pops, Sour Patch Kids and Hershey’s. Check out CandyStore.com‘s interactive map below to see what candy takes the top spot in your state.

Source: CandyStore.com.

—Shahrzad Warkentin

Featured photo: Ryan Bruce via Burst

 

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What’s better than tasting the rainbow? Tasting a yogurt-covered one, apparently! New Skittles DIPS are a yogurt coated candy that’s sure to be your newest confectionary obsession.

Skittles has just revealed that the yogurt-coated Skittles, which are already extremely popular in the United Kingdom, are set to make their American debut. “Our fanciest Skittles yet are being hand-delivered to a store near you,” the Skittles Facebook announcement is captioned. “Get ready for Skittles DIPS coming in 2020!”

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According to Delish, each package of the new Skittles DIPS will feature the original five flavors, including strawberry, orange, grape, green apple and lemon covered in a yogurt-flavored coating.

TODAY Show hosts Willie Geist and Sheinelle Jones had mixed reactions when they were among the first to try the new confection, but that doesn’t dampen our enthusiasm. The new flavor won’t hit store shelves until Feb. 2020 so you’ll just have to wait to give the yogurt-coated rainbow a taste for yourself.

—Shahrzad Warkentin

Featured photo: Skittles via Instagram

 

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Do your mini chefs love helping out in the kitchen? It can be a lot fun to cook with your kids, but it’s not always easy to get them to follow the recipe. If you left things up to them, you’d end up with some very creative concoctions, much like the recipes in this cookbook written by preschoolers.

Twitter user Jordan Adams shared the finished pages from a cookbook created by his nephew Ethan’s pre-K class. While these dishes might not be entirely edible, Gordon Ramsey would definitely give them an apron for sheer out-of-the-box creativity.

One of the best examples is Ethan’s own recipe for “Eggs.” The ingredients include “pancakes, sugar and skittles.” No eggs, obviously, and all of the ingredients should be procured from a “Texas Roadhouse.” The prep time is one hour, but the cook time is listed a mere “two seconds.”

Now for the instructions, which read, “First you put pancakes and then sugar and that’s it. You can cook it, but you can go to my house and I will give you eggs because my mom makes eggs all the time. You can eat them with a spoon. Don’t put anything on them because that’s how you makes eggs, with nothing.”

Another recipe for pancakes includes just one solitary ingredient, “salt” and all you have to do is “get a thingy from the house and you put it in the hot thingy. Turn on the hot thingy and it burns so you have to be careful. You make like, something and put it in and it cooks.”

The internet’s favorite recipe by far, however, is Joe’s Tacos, which turns out to be a recipe for cheesy roll ups because as the directions explain, “First I don’t actually know, I really don’t remember anything. Can I change this to cheesy roll ups? Because they are super easy. There is only 3 stuff you need, white cheese, yellow cheese, and tortilla. I don’t even want to make tacos anymore. I don’t even know how. It is so hard think about tacos. But I can make cheesy roll ups. They are super easy. They come from Taco Bell.”

Delicious.

—Shahrzad Warkentin

Featured photo: Jordan Adams via Twitter

 

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Those colorful, plastic Easter eggs just wouldn’t be the same without the tasty treats tucked inside, but with so many options to choose from, what’s the best Easter candy to stock up on for that egg hunt?

CandyStore.com surveyed over 23,000 customers to rank Easter candy and here are the top selections.

Sour Patch Easter Bunnies

Target

Sweet, sour and bunny power, this treat has it all.

Skittles Filled Easter Eggs

Target

These eggs are already pretty filled with a taste of the rainbow, all you have to do is hide them.

Foil Wrapped Chocolate Eggs

Target

A timeless classic, just be careful if it’s a hot day for an egg hunt.

Gourmet Jelly Beans

Target

When it comes to jelly beans, they’re not all created equal. Bypass the generics in favor of fancy and check out the top Jelly Bean flavors in every state for more ideas.

Kinder Joy Eggs

Target

Chocolate and a toy all wrapped up in an egg, what could be a more perfect Easter treat?

Whoppers Robins Eggs

Target

Whopper fans will love these malted milk balls wrapped in a colorful candy shell which adds an extra crunch.

Lindt Chocolate Carrots

Target

Chocolate with a hint of hazelnut is wrapped up to look like an adorable carrot umbrella.

Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs

Target

Reese's Cups in egg form. Need we say more?

Chocolate Bunnies (Hollow)

Target

There is no candy that screams Easter more than a chocolate bunny. With a variety of styles and sizes available, every Easter basket should have at least one of these. 

Cadbury Mini Eggs

Target

These Easter candy-coated chocolates don’t have the same storied history as chocolate bunnies, but they were by far the most popular choice for those surveyed by CandyStore.com.

—Shahrzad Warkentin

 

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Even though you may still have a pantry filled with candy canes and little chocolate Christmas Santas, it’s time to move on to the next—and sweetest—holiday. We’ve got the best limited-edition Valentine’s Day candy picks for 2019 so you can totally be the hip parent who wins the Valentine’s Day candy exchange this year.

Hershey's Molten Lava Kisses

Target

Imagine a mini lava cake that explodes and melts in your mouth. Well, that's exactly what Hershey has done here. Get your bag at Target for $3.59. 

Reese's Valentine's Hearts

Target

Whatever shape they come in, these little chocolate and peanut butter treats are always welcome.  The heart shape adds that extra something that says, "I love you" on this sweetest of holidays. Target sells these yummy hearts for $4.29 for a six-pack. 

Reese's Love-Mojis

Target

Those cute little emojis you love to use are making their way to your fave peanut butter and chocolate treat. Get these limited-edition goodies at Target for $3.59!

Dove Pink Champagne & Milk Chocolate Hearts

Target

While these aren't really champagne, they're the closest thing you'll get to a glass of bubbly during your busy Valentine's Day. Target has these little gems for  just $3.69 a bag. 

Dove Caramel and Milk Chocolate Love Notes

Target

With holiday-themed foil wrappers, these little love notes are the sweetest Valentine's Day gift. Find them exclusively at Target for $3.69.

Skittles Love Mix

Target

Skittles-lovers rejoice! The candy fave now comes in festive Valentine's Day colors and flavors just for the holiday. Get your sweetie a bag at Target for $2.69. 

White Cheesecake M&M's

Walmart

These super-sweet M&M's taste like a pint-sized version of the real deal. Bonus? No refrigeration required! Get these chocolaty treats exclusively at Walmart for $2.84 for al limited time.

Russell Stover Valentine's Day Chocolates Chalkboard Heart

Target

This isn't your ordinary box of chocolates. Nope. It comes in a chalkboard heart box so you can write a message to your sweetie on it! Get the candy assortment for $7.99 at Target

Peeps Valentine's Day Love Bird Pops

Target

Peeps aren't just for Easter and these little birdies are all about Valentine's this year! This lolli-looking box of holiday-colored peeps is perfect for your preschooler, sweetie or anyone else. These Peeps Love Bird Pops sell for $1.99 each at Target

Love, Oreo Cookies

Target

While not officially candy, these new Oreos might as well be. Nabisco's limited-edition Love, Oreo Cookies combine the iconic chocolate wafer with a Valentine's Day-inspired pink creme center. They also include one of four sweet messages: "Dunk In Love," "Dear Cupid Send Oreo," "XOXO Oreo" or "Let's Twist." Pick up a pack at Target for $2.99. 

Aldi's Valentine's Day Cheese Assortment

Courtesy of Aldi

Okay, so these aren't technically candy either, but we'd be remiss if we didn't share the love for this adorable Aldi's Valentine's Day Cheese Assortment. The oh-so-cute heart-shaped cheeses start at $3.99. Look for the heart-y goodies in Aldi stores starting Jan. 30.

Mrs. Field's Heart-Shaped Cookie Cake

Mrs. Field's

This is the only time of year you can snag one of Mrs. Field's famous cookie cakes in a heart-shape for Valentine's Day. You can customize the icing design and even arrange for it to be sent to someone as a surprise. Each cookie cake is $24.99, order one (available to ship after Feb. 2) by clicking here

—Erica Loop

Featured Photo: Target

 

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Kids have no filter, and sometimes the things that come out of their mouths are confusing, hilarious, or brutally honest. And sometimes they say things that’ll flat-out send a shiver down our spines. We’ve compiled a list of creepy things children have said to their parents, as shared by parents of Reddit. So sit back and prepare to be spooked.

I was tucking in my two year old. He said “Good bye dad.” I said, “No, we say good night.” He said “I know. But this time it’s good bye.” Had to check on him a few times to make sure he was still there.

– UnfotunateBirthMark

 

While changing my daughter in front of the open closet door. She kept looking around me and laughing. I asked her what was so funny. She said, “the man.” To which I replied, “what man?” She then pointed at the closet and said, “the man with the snake neck.” I turn around and nothing was there. I’m afraid to look into the history of my house to see if anyone hung themselves in the closet. At least she wasn’t scared.

– QuagmireDP

 

“Daddy, remember that time we died?”

– CtrlShiftZ

 

“Go back to sleep, there isn’t anything under your bed”.

“He’s behind you now”.

– ToastedCheesee

 

My 3 year old daughter stood next to her new born brother and looked at him for awhile then turned and looked at me and said, “Daddy its a monster..we should bury it.”

– Like_I_Was_Sayin

 

I was sound asleep, and at around 6am I was woken up by my 4 year old daughter’s face inches from mine. She looked right into my eyes and whispered, “I want to peel all your skin off”.

– psalm_69

 

My niece was sitting on the couch with a weird look on her face. Her mom asked her what she was thinking about, and she said, “I’m imagining the waves of blood rushing over me.”

– hrhomer

 

Not to me, but to his grandmother. He was cuddling with her and being very sweet (he was about 3 at the time). He takes her face in his hands, and brings his face close to hers, then tells her that she’s very old, and will die soon. 

– NotTomPettysGirl

 

“My brain is telling me to do things I don’t want to do.”

– Bortson

 

My daughter told me she wanted to live with me and my wife forever. She’s 17.

– I_Am_Not_Jesus

 

Photo courtesy of Emily is Skittles via Flickr

 

What was the creepiest thing your child has ever said to you? Tell us in the comments below!