Halloween Candy

Halloween was my favorite holiday growing up because of all of the candy I would get trick-or-treating. With Halloween being this past Thursday, I thought I would share some Halloween candy facts found in this article.

Americans purchase nearly 600 million pounds of candy a year for Halloween. 

90 million pounds of chocolate candy is sold on the week of Halloween, making it the biggest week for the sale of chocolate. Additionally October 28th is the day with the most candy sales during the year. These days leading up to Halloween account for over 10% of annual candy sales or nearly $2 billion dollars in sales.

Coming in second for the biggest week of chocolate sales is Easter with almost 65 million pounds and coming in third is Valentine's Day with 48 million pounds of chocolate candy sold.                                         

                                                   

The top selling candy for Halloween is candy corn, with Americans purchasing over 20 million pounds of it. The next leading candy sellers in order are: Snickers, Reese's, Kit Kat, and M&M'S.

article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/28/halloween-candy-facts-statistics_n_1062687.html#s438416&title=Halloween_Splurgin

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