WASHINGTON 鈥� October is candy lovers鈥� favorite month, so just imagine how big it is for the nice folks who make the stuff.
鈥淭his is like our Super Bowl,鈥� said Lauren Aardewijn of Hershey鈥檚 Co.
Their Reese鈥檚 Peanut Butter Cups are consistent favorites in that annual Super Bowl of candy. So perhaps it鈥檚 no surprise they just dominated a much bigger game: 蜜桃视频app鈥檚 Candy Crush-Off 2017.
Reese鈥檚 stood tall in the chocolate division (24 percent) and stood even taller in overall competition (30 percent). The closest runner-up in each of those divisions was Mars Inc.鈥檚 Snicker鈥檚 bar (11 percent and 9 percent, respectively).
Those peanut butter cups actually outshined Mark Rypien’s Super Bowl XXVI performance.
The results came as no surprise to Aardewijn: Reese鈥檚 Peanut Butter Cups, she said, are among Hershey鈥檚 biggest Halloween sellers (along with Hershey鈥檚 Milk Chocolate bars and KitKats).
鈥淚t鈥檚 just this amazing combination of chocolate and peanut butter,鈥� Aardewijn said. 鈥淚t is just the perfect combo.鈥�
In the non-chocolate division, Skittles (11 percent) edged out Candy Corn (10 percent).
Sour reaction
The results left some fans of other sweets a little sour. 蜜桃视频app news and programming director聽 Mike McMearty, a toffee enthusiast, believed Heath and Skor deserved a fairer shake from voters, despite their apparent love affair with peanut butter.
鈥淚 love peanut butter as much as the next guy,鈥� he said, 鈥渂ut I think Reese鈥檚 rise to prominence and popularity is due to aggressive marketing throughout the past few decades.鈥�
鈥淚t does melt, it鈥檚 soft and, I believe, overrated.鈥�
Another Skor aficionado, comedian Greg Behrendt, was taken aback that the winner lacked a certain ingredient.
“I鈥檓 surprised that there鈥檚 not something with caramel at the top,鈥� he said.
The comedian (and America’s foremost candy thought leader) bemoaned what the survey shows about the state of candy in America.
鈥淚 think a country that allows itself to enjoy M&Ms peanut [No. 3 overall at 6 percent] doesn鈥檛 want candy at all,鈥� he said.
OK. Let’s not let our emotions get the best of us. After all, it’s Oct. 31, we’re grown-ups, and we can have as much candy as we darn well please.
The final results are below. Happy Halloween!
