Op, you should add “uniquely” to the post title. That word in the title on the infographic is important. This is not showing the most popular Halloween candy, it’s showing candy that is much more popular there than the national average.
As an example, let’s say tootsie rolls are the 30th most popular candy in the us. But in the state of Stateland, it’s the 10th most popular, which makes it Stateland’s biggest deviation from the national popularity. This makes it Stateland’s most uniquely popular candy because it is much more popular there relative to the overall us. Snickers is actually the most popular in Stateland, but tootsie rolls show up on the chart as the state’s most uniquely popular Halloween candy.
A while back, I looked at a list of the most-widely-sold candy bars in the US, and it blew my mind how old they were.
Like, yes, they've seen formulas revised, and they aren't quite the same thing, but I'd have thought that the advent of technology would let people come up with new and interesting bars. Very few consumer products are as elderly as a lot of these and still selling widely.
I did a table with a list a while back -- the majority of popular bars are at least 70 years old. I don't want to do up a whole table right now, but let me pick a random one: Snickers.
Now, I've got nothing against Snickers. I like it. But Snickers hit the market in 1930. It's 93 years old. That means that in 93 years, we haven't been able to come up with anything sufficiently-better to displace it. That amazes me. In that period, we've seen radical changes to our diet and to technology. The refrigerator became widely deployed in the US, the freezer, the microwave. Automats came and went. Vending machines showed up. Year-round availability of many foods became the norm in grocery stores as transportation and storage capability improved. But the candy bar has remained surprisingly unchanging.
I grew up trick or treating in Texas. Never once did I get Fererro Rocher shit in my pillow sack.
I did get home made beef jerky on occasion. Spicy was always a disappointment, because my stomach can't handle much capsacin. I don't mean I don't like spicy stuff, I mean too much capsacin leads to ulceration and vomiting blood.
Oh wow, look at Texas getting all bougie.
Georgia is my wife's fault for singlehandedly skewing the average.
Florida is Dum-Dums?! I love it.
At least Texas has good taste in something.
They sell red vines in smaller sizes than "bucket" or is Halloween getting better
Colorado is the only state that knows what’s up seemingly
