Last Updated on 12 October 2025
I was able to find 24 lists. I took the 24 lists of “best Halloween candies” and added all their content into a spreadsheet, noting the rank of each one. There were 74 that were on at least 2 lists. I averaged the rankings each one got and divided that average by a factor of the number of lists it was on. The lowest score meant a high ranking average on many lists. The complete spreadsheet is attached at the bottom.
The breakfast cereals that were on the most lists (out of 24) were:
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups – 22 lists
- KitKat – 22 lists
- Butterfinger – 19 lists
- Twix – 19 lists
- Snickers – 19 lists
- M&M’s – 19 lists
Here are links to the lists I used along with dates the lists were created:
- Chowhound – 2 Oct 2025
- PureWow – 11 Sep 2025
- CMS Patriot Post – 12 Nov 2024
- NJ.com – 30 Oct 2024
- Western Herald – 30 Oct 2024
- Quartz – 24 Oct 2024
- CandyStore.com – 21 Oct 2024
- Atascocita – 15 Oct 2024
- The Cut – 15 Oct 2024
- CandyStore Top3 – 14 Oct 2024
- Food & Wine – 11 Oct 2024
- CozyMeal – 1 Oct 2024
- Cut the Fromage – 17 Sep 2024
- News6 Orlando – 27 Oct 2023
- Mass Live – 26 Oct 2023
- Mix & Match Mama – 24 Oct 2023
- Food52 – 20 Oct 2023
- Delish – 27 Sep 2023
- Consumer Reports – 14 Oct 2022
- Los Angeles Times – 20 Oct 2020
- FiveThirtyEight – 27 Oct 2017
- Epicurious – 26 Oct 2017
- TastingTable – 31 Oct 2016
- Quaker Oats Credit Union – 1 Oct 2016