You always hear about nerds, sour Patch, Pop starts, Twizzler and so on.
But are those just well known outside the US because of good Marketing or are those really what people buy around here?


34 comments

  1. Based on what kids grab at Halloween– starburst, M & M’s, Reese’s cup, and skittles are pretty popular.

    I do know that snickers is the most popular candy bar.

  2. Skittles, Starburst, Jolly Ranchers, Jelly Belly, lemon drops, and good chocolate are my favorites

  4. The neat thing is, with 330 million people of diverse tastes… yes, people really do eat *all* of our candies. Even candy corn which I despise, is someone’s favorite.

  6. I love any sour candy, but I rarely buy it. NERDS, sour patch, sour sweet tarts. If I buy a chocolate bar, also very rare, its a fruit and nut by Cadbury.

  7. Personally? Various chocolate bars from Aldi and Albanese gummy bears. I do love a Reese’s peanut butter cup, York peppermint patty, or Mounds bar, though.

  8. I don’t eat any of those, but I do like red vines and Albanese gummy bears

  9. Baby Ruth, heath and skor candy bars.

    Albanese gummies are the best ones.

  11. I have eaten all of those things and more within the last 6 months. I love candy.

  14. they’re in other countries because they’re so damn popular here, they’ve made a killing and can afford to export.

  16. I don’t eat a lot of candy but I’m always on the lookout for Australian Violet Crumble, I’m a total sucker for honeycomb toffee with a great back story. Here in the states my favorite is red licorice with twizzlers being a poor substitute.

  17. Im a “fat kid” as they say. I eat all of the candies, I tend to stay away from licorice style of candies (twizzler, red vines) and i hate gum drops. I love anything made by mars bars, and Hershey. To name a few specific ones that I really enjoy; sour patch kids watermelon, milky way chocolate bar, Peachie Os by Trolli, reces peanut butter cups, butterfinger, etc… oh and I’m crazy for the Cadbury cream eggs, but they’re only available around april.

  18. All of them. Every person you ask will have a different favorite.

    I’m partial to Milky Way or really any mix of caramel and chocolate. Only thing I can’t deal with is licorice.

  22. Reese’s. Anything peanut butter that Reese’s makes are my absolute favorite and I intentionally have to stop myself from constantly buying and eating them. My absolute favorite are the mini cups.

  23. I don’t really eat much candy, but once in a while… a Snickers or a Twix just hits the spot.

  25. Lol, I read this as asking which *candles* we eat. I was like, oh dear, time to debunk another stereotype.

  26. Nerds gummy clusters are my favorite. Went from barely eating candy to a couple bag a week habit.

  29. Nerds and Sour Patch Kids are pretty popular. I don’t know what Pop starts are, did you mean “Pop Tarts”? those aren’t candy, they are breakfast pastries.

    Skittles, Snickers, Starbursts, Jolly Ranchers, Baby Ruth, Nestle Crunch, Butterfingers, Twice, KitKat, Reese’s Pieces, Reese’s Peanut butter cups, Sweet Tarts, DumDums, Gum Pops….are a few that quickly come to mind

  30. If I had to guess, the most popular are Snickers, Reese’s, and M&Ms. Sour Patch Kids and Twizzlers are relatively popular.

    My go-to is Justin’s Dark Chocolate peanut butter cups.

  31. Me and everyone I know only really eat those types of candy during Halloween season or as freebies from events/work/school. Otherwise I eat a lot of Asian candies or gummies from Trader Joe’s.

  33. People mainly eat the shit that is on the shelves at eye level. We have tons of candies available but the ones with good marketing are more common. 

    Snickers, Reese’s, Twix, m&m, skittles and a few other are the main staples of Americans. 

    Also in some regions Mexican and Japanese candy can be common. 

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