{"id":286660,"date":"2025-10-08T13:53:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T13:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/286660\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T13:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T13:53:10","slug":"instacarts-analysis-of-nys-top-halloween-candy-may-surprise-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/286660\/","title":{"rendered":"Instacart&#8217;s analysis of NY&#8217;s top Halloween candy may surprise you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/86356941007-reeses-halloween-case.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Watch breakdown of Reese\u2019s Peanut Butter Pumpkins case<\/p>\n<p>A 2024 suit filed against Hershey\u2019s claimed \u201cdeceptive marking\u201d for some of its Reese\u2019s Peanut Butter products.<\/p>\n<p>Halloween is the perfect holiday for those with a sweet tooth and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instacart.com\/company\/data-trends\/americas-halloween-sweet-tooth\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instacart just revealed<\/a> which candy is New Yorkers&#8217; favorite.<\/p>\n<p>Through an analysis of the total weight of candy sold on Instacart in October 2024, the grocery delivery company found which candies reign supreme in each state.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what to know.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s New York&#8217;s favorite Halloween candy?<\/p>\n<p>New Yorkers have both a sweet and sour tooth as their top Halloween candy pick is Sour Patch Kids, according to Instacart&#8217;s analysis. Four other states \u2014 Colorado, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Texas \u2014 share the Empire State&#8217;s top pick.<\/p>\n<p>Instacart&#8217;s top 10 Halloween candies across the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Instacart also found that Utah loves its Halloween candy as the Beehive State bought candy 50% more often than the national average in October 2024. Here&#8217;s which candies are the most popular across the U.S.:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reese&#8217;s Peanut Butter Cups<\/li>\n<li>Peanut M&amp;M&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li>M&amp;M&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li>Kit Kat<\/li>\n<li>Snickers<\/li>\n<li>Sour Patch Kids<\/li>\n<li>Hershey&#8217;s Milk Chocolate<\/li>\n<li>Milky Way<\/li>\n<li>Twix<\/li>\n<li>HARIBO Goldbears<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>How do New Yorkers feel about candy corn?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not a fan favorite in the Empire State. According to Instacart, New Yorkers ordered candy corn 14.6% less than the national average in October 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Halloween in Sleepy Hollow country: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lohud.com\/story\/news\/local\/2025\/09\/18\/halloween-2025-where-to-go-what-to-do-in-and-around-sleepy-hollow-ny\/86195450007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Where to go, what to do for spooky season<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCandy Corn is the ultimate Halloween wildcard,\u201d says Instacart trends analyst Alex Orellana. \u201cIn some states, it\u2019s a nostalgic must-have that people eagerly stock up on, while in others, it\u2019s the first candy left behind in the bowl. That split is what makes Candy Corn so fascinating: it\u2019s not just a treat, it\u2019s a tradition that people either love to celebrate or love to debate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emily Barnes\u00a0reports\u00a0on consumer-related issues for the USA TODAY Network\u2019s New York Connect Team, focusing on scam and recall-related topics. Follow her on X and Instagram\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByEmilyBarnes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">@byemilybarnes<\/a>.\u00a0Get in touch at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ebarnes@gannett.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ebarnes@gannett.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Watch breakdown of Reese\u2019s Peanut Butter Pumpkins case A 2024 suit filed against Hershey\u2019s claimed \u201cdeceptive marking\u201d for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":286661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[647,5229,25423,25427,25422,2542,13654,2879,990,8617,141117,26279,49313,17810,11090,85397,7709,19820,11652,425,993,2551,40848,635,405,403,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,450,1457,1451,13331,19153,25426,11853,19817,5677,2107,30575,25424,646,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,636],"class_list":{"0":"post-286660","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-affiliate","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-candy","11":"tag-candy-u0026-sweets","12":"tag-comparisons","13":"tag-connect","14":"tag-delivery","15":"tag-events","16":"tag-food","17":"tag-grocery","18":"tag-grocery-delivery-services","19":"tag-grocery-shopping","20":"tag-grocery-stores","21":"tag-halloween","22":"tag-holiday","23":"tag-holiday-marketplace-hub","24":"tag-holidays","25":"tag-holidays-u0026-seasonal-events","26":"tag-hub","27":"tag-local","28":"tag-local-affiliate-food","29":"tag-local-connect","30":"tag-marketplace","31":"tag-new","32":"tag-new-york","33":"tag-new-york-city","34":"tag-news","35":"tag-newyork","36":"tag-newyorkcity","37":"tag-ny","38":"tag-nyc","39":"tag-overall","40":"tag-overall-positive","41":"tag-positive","42":"tag-price","43":"tag-product","44":"tag-product-reviews-u0026-price-comparisons","45":"tag-reviews","46":"tag-seasonal","47":"tag-services","48":"tag-shopping","49":"tag-stores","50":"tag-sweets","51":"tag-u0026","52":"tag-united-states","53":"tag-united-states-of-america","54":"tag-unitedstates","55":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","56":"tag-us","57":"tag-usa","58":"tag-york"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}