Which North Carolina Town Loves Halloween The Most? This Website Tells You
Halloween will be here soon and before you stock up on candy for trick-or-treaters. But, what North Carolina town loves Halloween the most? New research is here with some insights on America’s favorites. Instacart’s Halloween trends report has just come out and it reveals the most popular candies, along with the best places in the country for trick-or-treating.
This year, Instacart is introducing a new tool that lets you put in your zip code to find out your area’s Scare Score. To come up with the score, they analyze candy, costume and decor purchases made on Instacart, and it rates your community’s Halloween spirit.
I put in some North Carolina towns and found out how much they love Halloween. Locally around Charlotte, a few cities scored pretty high. Waxhaw came in with a score of 87.1. Peanut M&M’s were the favorite candy in that city. Gastonia is a little less into Halloween. They scored a 75.0, with Tootsie Pops being the most popular candy. Mooresville got a score of 83.5 and Reece’s Peanut Butter Cups were the top candy,
In South Carolina, Fort Mill scored an 88.2 with Peanut M&M’s as the best candy. Rock Hill was a 78, and Lancaster had low score of 48.9.
Using this data, Instacart identifies the top zip codes for trick-or-treating:
- 84083 – Lehi, Utah
- 75205 – Dallas, Texas
- 77024 – Houston, Texas
- 76092 – Southlake, Texas
- 84045 – Saratoga Springs, Utah
- 60606 – Chicago, Illinois
- 92223 – Beaumont, California
- 11530 – Garden City, New York
- 08057 – Moorestown, New Jersey
- 93536 – Lancaster, California
- According to the report, the state that buys the most Halloween candy is Utah, with an average of 9.8-ounces per customer.
- Montana is second with 8.5-ounces per customer, followed by Alaska with 8.4-ounces.
- Hawaii buys the least at 3.7-ounces per customer, Washington, D.C. is next with 4.0-ounces and Maine is third with 4.6-ounces per customer.
The 10 Most Popular Halloween Candies Sold On Instagram
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- Peanut M&Ms
- Plain M&Ms
- Tootsie Pops
- Twizzlers
- Hershey’s Milk Chocolate
- Sour Patch Kids
- Candy Corn
- KitKat
- Starburst
How Long It Takes To Burn Off Halloween Candy Calories
Snickers
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Each Fun Size Snickers bar has 160 calories, which will require 125 minutes of pushups to burn off, and that’s if you go really hard since the calorie burn ranges between four and 11 per minute.
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
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Sure, the peanut butter in these treats has protein, but each Fun Size Cup also comes with 110 calories. And you’ll need to jump rope for nearly half an hour (27.5 minutes) to clear that cup.
Skittles
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These colorful fruity candies contain 60 calories per fun sized bag and it takes 7.5 minutes of punching a boxing bag to work those off.
Butterfinger
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The Fun Size Butterfinger packs 85 calories and you’ll need to swing a kettlebell for anywhere from four to 21 minutes to burn that many calories.
Twix
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Caramel and chocolate are another winning combo and the Twix Fun Size bars clock in at 80 calories. To work those off, get ready to do eight minutes of box jumps.
M&Ms
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Those little Halloween bags of this classic candy are 73 calories, which takes seven minutes on the treadmill at a 5% incline going four miles per hour to torch.
Sour Patch Kids
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Fans of these chewy, sour treats should know that a five-ounce bag has 150 calories and to burn those off, you’ll be slamming battle ropes for a solid 13 minutes.
