Favorite Chocolate Candies In New York

Fact Checked by Nate Hamilton

The temperatures in New York are getting cooler, the NHL and NBA seasons are getting underway and the new year is fast approaching. This means two things: Halloween costumes are flying off the shelves and so is the best part of Halloween: The candy!

Actually chocolate is having a moment for two reasons: National Chocolate Day is Oct. 28, followed quickly by Halloween on Oct. 31, when we reward those little Trick-Or-Treaters with fun-sized bits of candy goodness. And if there’s some left over after Halloween, so much the better.

With that in mind, NYCasinos.com took a quick dessert break from our coverage of efforts to make New York online gambling legal and looked at which big-name candies were the favorite in each state. Here are the results:

Favorite Chocolate Candy In Every State

State Winner Second Third
Alabama Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Kit Kat Snickers
Alaska Snickers M&M’s Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
Arizona Kit Kat Snickers Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
Arkansas Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Snickers M&M’s
California Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Kit Kat Milky Way
Colorado M&M’s Kit Kat Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
Connecticut Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups M&M’s Twix
Delaware Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Milky Way Snickers
Florida Milky Way Kit Kat Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
Georgia Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Twix Kit Kat
Hawaii M&M’s Twix Snickers
Idaho Snickers Kit Kat Twix
Illinois Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Milky Way Snickers
Indiana Snickers Milky Way Butterfinger
Iowa Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Kit Kat Snickers
Kansas Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups M&M’s Kit Kat
Kentucky Butterfinger Kit Kat Twix
Louisiana Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups M&M’s Hershey’s Milk Chocolate
Maine Kit Kat Twix M&M’s
Maryland Milky Way Snickers Butterfinger
Massachusetts Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Snickers M&M’s
Michigan Kit Kat Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Twix
Minnesota Kit Kat Butterfinger Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
Mississippi Kit Kat M&M’s Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
Missouri Milky Way Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Kit Kat
Montana Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Twix Hershey’s Milk Chocolate
Nebraska Milky Way Twix Snickers
Nevada Kit Kat Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Twix
New Hampshire M&M’s Snickers Butterfinger
New Jersey Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Milky Way Snickers
New Mexico Kit Kat Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups M&M’s
New York Kit Kat Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Twix
North Carolina Snickers M&M’s Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
North Dakota Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Kit Kat
Ohio M&M’s Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Milky Way
Oklahoma Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Twix Kit Kat
Oregon Twix Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Butterfinger
Pennsylvania Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Milky Way Twix
Rhode Island Snickers Twix Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
South Carolina Kit Kat M&M’s Hershey’s Milk Chocolate
South Dakota Kit Kat Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Snickers
Tennessee Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Kit Kat Twix
Texas Snickers M&M’s Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
Utah Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Milky Way Twix
Vermont Kit Kat Twix M&M’s
Virginia Twix Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups M&M’s
Washington Kit Kat Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Butterfinger
West Virginia Snickers Kit Kat Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
Wisconsin Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Twix Butterfinger
Wyoming M&M’s Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Hershey’s Milk Chocolate

The Winner In New York Is…

Give me a break, give me a break! No, we’re not asking for a recount on this chart. That’s the longtime commercial jingle for the No. 1 candy in New York, according to our research. The rest of the lyric, of course, is “Break me off a piece of that Kit Kat Bar.”

Yes, Kit Kat is the favorite in the state where New York casino apps might yet be among the treats that folks in the Empire State can partake in at some point. In second place is Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, with Twix finishing third.

Kit Kat famously comes in a package of four big bars (we’re not counting mini sizes here) with the idea being to break them off and eat them one at a time. Each bar has three layers of wafer, separated by then covered in a surrounding layer of chocolate.

Did you know that, in addition to the classic chocolate variety, Kit Kat comes in flavor variations such as strawberry and dark chocolate, mint and dark chocolate or chocolate hazelnut? Also, it’s manufactured by Hershey’s in the United States, but elsewhere in the world Kit Kat is a Nestle’s product. That has led to some wild variations, especially in Japan, where more than 300 flavors have been made – if it’s your life’s goal to discover the Easter Banana, Vegetable Juice or Green Tea Kit Kat, check out Japancandystore.com.

States That Prefer Kit Kat

Kit Kat was the winner not only in New York but in 11 other states: Arizona, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont and Washington.

If this were a political convention, though, we’d have to go to another vote. That’s because Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups carried 19 states – a plurality, but not a majority. Other brands carrying at least one state were Snickers (the top choice in seven states), M&Ms (five), Milky Way (four), Twix (two) and Butterfinger (one).

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Jim Tomlin

Jim Tomlin has more than 30 years of experience in sports journalism as an editor and writer. He has covered pro and college events as well as sports betting-related issues for publications such as the Tampa Bay Times, FanRag Sports and more. He now lends his expertise to NYCasinos.com along with other websites.