Trick-or-treating is one of the most exciting parts of Halloween, especially for kids. It’s a time to show off those creative costumes and, of course, to indulge in some delicious treats. The anticipation of what you might find in your bag is almost as exciting as the costumes themselves!

We decided to rank our favourite Halloween candy on a “haunted” scale (5 ghosts = the best, 1 ghost = the worst).

 

KIT KAT MINI

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We don’t really need to explain ourselves here do we? The Kit Kat mini is voted the most popular Halloween candy by many Canadians. It’s also one of the most readily available chocolate bars this time of year coming in the magic red box with Smarties, Coffee Crisp and Aero. You can’t miss!

 

COFFEE CRISP MINI

HAUNTED SCALE:

Yeah another 5 out of 5 to start off our list, but since we were talking about this sweet Canadian treat above, we thought “why wait” to include it. You can’t beat Coffee Crisp!

 

MARS MINI’S

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You know you hit Halloween pay dirt when one of these gets dropped into your plastic pumpkin! They come from the other widely available Halloween chocolate box that includes TWIX, M&M’s and Snickers, but since no one likes Snickers, not many people buy the box (plus it usually costs a couple bucks more) … this is the reason you trick-or-treat early on Halloween. Because by 8pm, that house handing them out is left with a bowl of Snickers and that’s not good for anybody.

 

TWIX MINI’S

 

HAUNTED SCALE:

Ok we LOVE Twix, but we feel kinda ripped off at Halloween when we get these because we’re used to getting two at a time. One Twix doesn’t hit the same as getting two. They tried to get all cute by labelling them as “LEFT” and “RIGHT” Twix, but all that did was remind us we weren’t getting two! Don’t get us wrong, we’re never going to turn away a TWIX, whether is a single or a double the way it was meant to be … there is always room in our tummy for this one.

 

AERO MINI’S

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Old reliable AERO, nothing fancy, it doesn’t showboat or brag to be something it isn’t, and when you need a chocolate fix in a hurry AERO is always there for you. It’s not the perfect chocolate bar, but it’s pretty close.

 

CHIPS

HAUNTED SCALE:

Don’t get us wrong, we like chips … they’re crunchy, salty and a perfect late night Netflix-binging snack, but not what you seek out when trick-or-treating usually. You think chocolate on Halloween. Chips are usually sandwiched at the bottom of your trick-or-treat pale, getting crushed at the bottom so when you do go to eat them it’s all crumbs. The bags also take up more room when trick-or-treating so that’s less chocolate you can carry.

 

FUN SIZE M&M’S

HAUNTED SCALE:

M&M’s are one of the world’s best candy snacks, but this one loses points because of how few you actually get in a pack, 4 peanut M&M’s and a few more plain … these fun sized packs are best when you have a few and you combine them into one “Super Terrific Happy FUN pack”. We prefer peanut M&M’s more, but lumped the two packs together as not to discriminate against those who prefer milk chocolate M&M’s.

 

REESE’S PEANUT BUTTER CUP

HAUNTED SCALE:

OK, same reasoning here as we had above with TWIX … Reece’s Peanut Butter Cups gets 3 ghosts because that’s how many peanut butter cups you should get in one pack! The singles are a nice treat, but you’re always left wanting more … whoever thought of chocolate and peanut butter together was a genius and should be enshrined somewhere forever and ever.

 

MR.BIG

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This is an ultra-rare on Halloween … it comes in the harder to find box with Caramilk, Crispy Crunch and Wunderbar (which the jury is still out on … do we like Wunderbars?) … anyway, let’s shine the light back on Mr. Big because this beauty translates really well to the single mini size, just too bad more people aren’t handing them out on the 31st … probably because like us, if they’re in the house, they will be eaten. Sorry kids … (not sorry).

 

Crispy Crunch Mini

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If you were a kid in the 80s or 90s, you believe “the only thing better than a Crispy Crunch, is someone else’s”. Those people never had a Crispy Crunch mini and it shows. Crispy Crunch is a classic.

 

CARAMILK

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While you’re out there trying to figure out how they get the caramel inside a Caramilk bar, we’re out there trying to figure out they get the caramel inside a MINI Caramilk bar. The mini’s come in two’s so we often eat a more than one at a time, it still stands as one of the BEST chocolate bars on earth and we’ll take it every time.

 

TOOTSIE ROLL MINI

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No one know who was handing them out or when they got put in your bag, but at the end of the night, you always find one or two of these in your haul. They weren’t the most popular as a kid and we’re surprised they’re still being handed out. Does anyone actually eat these any more?

 

SWEDISH BERRIES/SOUR-PATCH KIDS/FUZZY PEACHES/TROPICAL FISH

HAUNTED RATING:

Of all the non-chocolate options, these are the best! They’re delicious and usually taste like a drink you’d have on a nice beach somewhere on vacation. You can sneak a few of these out of your kids haul after they go to bed and you probably wouldn’t get caught.

 

RAISINS

HAUNTED SCALE: 0/5

Ugh, don’t event go there … we were having a nice time with this list until this …