Written by: Taylor Duff | Lifestyle Editor
Every year children knock on strangers’ doors to get that delicious sweet treat, and sometimes that treat is hit or miss. People browse the candy aisle at their nearby Walmart and see that there are so many options to choose from, but which are the best? What candy will kids stash so that their parents won’t take any? That is where this list comes in handy and the results might shock many.
S++ Tier —
- Full-size candy bars of any kind
S Tier —
- Reese’s, specifically the ones in the gold wrapper, also known as the miniature cups; don’t get any of the shaped Reese’s; they are different from regular Reese’s
- Kit Kats, but the snack size, and the chocolate-to-crisps ratio is where it’s at
- Snickers
- Gummy bears
- Butterfingers
- Twix
- Lindt brand Lindor truffles
A Tier —
- Snickers Peanut Butter
- Peanut Butter M&Ms
- Peanut M&Ms
- Crunch
- Simply Caramel Milky Way
- Sour Skittles
- Swedish Fish
- Trolli Sour Bite Crawlers
B Tier —
- Starburst
- Cookies and Crème Hershey’s
- Whatchamacallit
- Sour Patch Kids
- Caramel apple suckers
- White Kit Kats
- Life Savers gummies
- Reese’s Pieces
- Werther’s originals
- Ghirardelli squares
- Ring Pops
- Pixy Stix
C Tier —
- Milky Way
- Smarties
- Hershey’s
- Hershey’s Kisses
- Almond Joy
- Rolos
- 100 Grand
- Nerds clusters
- Heath bars
- Rucker’s molasses peanut butter candy
- Strawberry hard candies
- Dove chocolate
- Blow Pops
D Tier —
- Skittles
- Airheads
- Dum-Dums
- Tootsie Rolls
- M&Ms
- Peppermint patties
- Paydays
- Nerds
- Tootsie Pops
- Fundips
- Jolly Ranchers
- Baby Ruths
- Mike and Ikes
- Runts
- Atomic Fireball round cinnamon candies
- Chick-O-Stick
- Warheads
- Lemonheads
Trash Can —
- Whoppers
- Candy corn
- Raisinets
- Mounds
- Three Musketeers
- Milk Duds, because they get stuck in your teeth
- Bit-O-Honey
- Dots
- Reese’s Take 5
- Sno-Caps
- SweeTARTS
- Twizzlers
- Bottlecaps
- Jelly beans
- Gobstoppers
- Red Hots
- Sugar Babies
- Good & Plenty
- Hot Tamales
- Laffy Taffy
- Life Savers
- Apples
Contact the author at howllifestyle@mail.wou.edu
