Statistics About The Most Popular Candies In The World • Gitnux (2024)

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What is the most popular candy worldwide? ›

No matter if you're a bigger fan of the right Twix or the left Twix, your purchase has contributed to the yearly sales of this popular candy bar. A staggering 161 million Twix are sold a year by Mars, Inc.

Using sales data for the time period before Halloween, the distributor determined which candy was the most popular with the winner being: Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Here are the top 10 most popular candies in America, according to CandyStore.com: Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.

Top-selling chocolates and sweets. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are the No. 1 selling candy brand in the United States, consisting of white fudge, milk, or dark chocolate cups filled with peanut butter. They were invented by H.B. Reese after he founded the H. B. Reese Candy Company in 1923.

1. Mars Wrigley Confectionery, div. of Mars Inc. Andrew Clarke, global pres.

Snickers is the top-selling candy bar in the United States and is produced by Mars, Inc. This classic chocolate bar is made with nougat, caramel, and peanuts, and it has been a favourite among Americans since its introduction in 1930.

The name is a portmanteau of "twin sticks".

The Fry's Chocolate Cream, produced by J. S. Fry & Sons since 1866, consisted of a plain fondant centre enrobed in plain chocolate. It is the first mass-produced chocolate bar and predates the invention of milk chocolate.

Snickers

Snickers is not only best-selling candy bar in the U.S., it's also the best-selling worldwide. The Snickers bar, made by Mars Inc., was named after the Mars family's favorite horse. Snickers is a mixture of peanuts, caramel and nougat wrapped inside a layer of chocolate.

Is Reese's more popular than Hershey's? ›

That's no surprise, given that Reese's Peanut Butter Cups were 2022's top-selling candy in the U.S., according to a survey from the National Retail Federation (per USA Today). The candy beat out Kit Kats, M&M's, and even Reese's parent company's signature product, the Hershey's chocolate bar.

A 2016 study done by Jordbruksverket, the Swedish Board of Agriculture, and featured in a recent article by The New Yorker, found that Sweden has the highest candy consumption per capita in the world — about 35 pounds per person per year. That means that the average Swede eats over half a pound of candy every week.