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☆ These are the most popular candies by state for 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Total Halloween spending is projected to hit $10.6 billion for 2022, reports say. On average, a person spends about $27.55 on Halloween candy, according to a report. In a post-pandemic world, trick-or-treaters are back in full force, so homeowners are stocking up on sweet Halloween staples to hand out on Oct. 31. Data from bulk candy retailer Candy Store has revealed which candy is most beloved by each state. Candy Store reports that the average American will spend about $27.55 on Halloween candy.

The "check your kids’ Halloween candy" meme, which first went viral in meme form in October 2014, parodies "a Halloween urban legend about people hiding needles and razors in candy before giving them out to trick-or-treaters," according to meme database Know Your Meme. We just found the Carina Nebula in a candy bar. No words," the LinkedIn official Twitter account wrote in an Oct. 11 tweet, featuring an image of a beach inside a candy bar. Arcade and restaurant Dave & Busters tweeted: "Be diligent and check your child’s candy this year, just found a finger trap shoved inside a candy bar. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation joked it had found a slimier surprise in a candy bar.

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☆ Retailers trot out 12-foot skeletons, haunted house cookie sets to boost Halloween sales
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-09 | by ( Melissa Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

At the Target department store in Exeter Township Tuesday afternoon for a story on halloween costumes. Cislo, 43, of Dallas, plans to spend about $700 for Halloween to step up his family's front yard decorations. As retailers brace for a lackluster holiday season, many are planning to pump up sales early by dangling a wider assortment of Halloween merchandise. Target executives expressed high hopes for sales of costumes, haunted house cookie building sets and other Halloween merchandise, even after cutting the company's profit outlook twice. That's expected to lift total Halloween spending to a record $10.6 billion, a jump from last year's $10.1 billion, the survey found.

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