Ohio's favorite Halloween candy is hated by people across America🍬

Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer
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Whether you love it or hate it, candy corn lives in all our minds rent-free during October. Debate surrounds the divisive treat every spooky season, with opinions falling on all ends of the spectrum.

However, according to a recent study by the oral care platform Byte, candy corn is Ohio's favorite Halloween treat this year. It also reigns supreme in Idaho, Kentucky, Oregon, Utah and Wisconsin. But despite these new results, many people are still not on the candy corn bandwagon. Byte reports that more than one out of three (34%) Americans hate candy corn, and a little more than one out of five (22%) love it. The other 44% are indifferent.

The teeth aligner startup surveyed 1,056 Americans about candy to determine the results of its study. Survey respondents ranged in age from 18 to 84, with an average age of 36. The company also analyzed Google search data for 529 terms related to candy in the top 30 most populous U.S. cities.

Continue below to see the most interesting results of the study.

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Each nearby state's favorite Halloween candy

  • Ohio: candy corn.

  • Kentucky: candy corn.

  • Indiana: Butterfinger.

  • West Virginia: York Peppermint Patties.

  • Pennsylvania: Hershey's Bar.

  • Michigan: Reese's.

America's favorite Halloween candy

Reese's, the iconic peanut-butter-chocolate cup, unsurprisingly took the crown for America's favorite candy.
Reese's, the iconic peanut-butter-chocolate cup, unsurprisingly took the crown for America's favorite candy.

  1. Reese's.

  2. Kit Kat.

  3. M&M's.

  4. Twix.

  5. Butterfinger.

America's least favorite Halloween candy

  1. Candy corn.

  2. Hot Tamales.

  3. Dots.

  4. Caramel apple suckers.

  5. Mike and Ike.

More results from the study

  • Americans buy an average of two bags of Halloween candy a year.

  • 52% of Americans are not planning to give out candy to trick-or-treaters this year.

  • Top reasons for not handing out candy include: inflation/desire to save money, they don't celebrate Halloween and their health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Candy Corn: America's most hated Halloween candy is Ohio's favorite