Half of Us Will Buy Ourselves Chocolate for Valentine’s Day, Plus the Top Candy in All 50 States
Valentine’s Day is a week out. So if you don’t know what you’re buying your sweetheart, you might want to get on that. We already know what we’re buying ourselves though.
According to a poll by CandyStore.com, 47% of Americans will buy themselves some chocolate for Valentine’s Day. They also looked at the most popular Valentine’s Day candy in all 50 states. And as usual, two types dominated . . .
1. Heart-shaped boxes of chocolate. They’re #1 in 14 states, and also D.C.
2. Conversation Hearts, 13 states. They’ll represent 10% of all the candy sold.
3. Hershey Kisses, eight states.
4. M&M’s, six states.
5. Chocolate hearts, four states.
6. Chocolate roses, three states.
7. Two states prefer a candy that didn’t rank first anywhere else. Candy necklaces in Alabama, and “Cupid Corn” in Michigan. That’s candy corn, but red, pink, and white.