I decided to do a very scientific study to determine what people’s favorite candies were but had neither the time nor other resources to put all that together, so I turned to my favorite research tool: Twitter Search. After all, if people are talking about it on Twitter, it’s got to be thorough and accurate, right?
Honestly, it was more curiosity than anything. What do people like? I searched for “is my favorite candy” and got these results. What surprised me most was that candy corn was on the first two listings returned. I love candy corn too but I thought more people did not have the appreciation for it that I did. What disappointed me is that nobody indicated that circus peanuts (the king of squishy banana-flavored candy) were their favorite. I guess there’s no accounting for taste.
What’s your favorite candy? Here’s what others said:
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dorish: @sdornhelm Candy corn is my favorite candy. I’d love to have some right now -
that1girl08: 3 musketeers is my favorite candy bar. You wanted to know. *giggle*15 days ago · Reply · View Tweet -
TheBeerWench: @JonathanNail Peanut M&Ms are my favorite candy. Well anything that combines nuts and chocolate is my favorite candy. Hehe. CREAM CHEESE? -
theang: The bakery had one lonely coffee crisp bar so I bought it. This is my favorite candy bar and it’s nearly impossible to find.about 1 month ago · Reply · View Tweet -
michellej: @tiffanybbrown 100 Grand is my favorite candy bar. You’re a lucky girl.4 months ago · Reply · View Tweet
4:14 pm on September 29th, 2008
Our recent “Top 10 Love em or Hate em” candies:
http://candyaddict.com/blog/2008/09/12/top-10-love-em-or-hate-em-candies/
had both candy corn and circus peanuts in the list
brian
10:49 am on September 30th, 2008
Do you think it’s possible to Love AND Hate ‘em, Brian? If so, that’s the relationship I have with circus peanuts. Weird and yummy all at the same time.
Candy corn on the other hand is amazing, but only at Halloween.
8:23 pm on September 30th, 2008
My favorite candy is the black and red raspberry candies. I love the bumpy texture on the outside, the coloring, the soft inside, and I think they really taste great. I never seem to be able to find them in regular stores only in specialty shops. On my day to day candy hunt runts are my favorite candy to gorge on…the bananas are #1.
9:00 am on October 1st, 2008
Susan – Circus Peanuts are nothing but pure goodness. As you know, what keeps them on the shelves and not in my mouth is the gelatin, which doesn’t play well with my vegetarian diet.
Christine – I love those too! Thanks for the memory. I had forgotten about them. I wonder where I can go for lunch that I can find these…
1:20 pm on October 1st, 2008
Christine – I also love those blackberry and raspberry candies! Once I was at a meeting at Jelly Belly and the man I was meeting with had a HUGE jar of them on his desk. It was all I could do to keep from diving right in. It’s a hazard of working in this industry.