Hi everyone! As you probably know, Halloween just past! Halloween is one of my favorite holidays-I mean, who doesn’t like getting free candy? In this post, I am going to tell you a bit about what my family and I do on Halloween and some info that you might have not known about the history of Halloween. First of all, here is some fun facts about the history of Halloween! All is information is from the History Channel.

As you most likely know, Halloween is celebrated on October 31. This tradition started with a festival called the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. At this festival, people would have a bonfire and wear costumes to scare off ghosts. During the eighth century, someone named Pope Gregory lll identified November 1st as a time where everyone would honor and appreciate the saints. After a little while, All Saints Day started adapting some of the traditions from Samhain. Soon, the night before All Saints Day became known as All Hallows Eve, which soon transitioned to Halloween. Over the years, Halloween advanced into a day of trick or treating, eating candy, having parties, dressing up, and much more.

Now that you you know a little bit about the history of Halloween, here are all the states’ favorite candies:

• Alabama: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
• Alaska: Snickers
• Arizona: Skittles
• Arkansas: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
• California: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
• Colorado: Original M&Ms
• Connecticut: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
• Delaware: Starburst
• Florida: Milky Way
• Georgia: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
• Hawaii: Original M&Ms
• Idaho: Snickers
• Illinois: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
• Indiana: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
• Iowa: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
• Kansas: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
• Kentucky: Butterfinger
• Louisiana: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
• Maine: Kit Kat
• Maryland: Milky Way
• Massachusetts: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
• Michigan: Starburst
• Minnesota: Skittles
• Mississippi: Kit Kat
• Missouri: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
• Montana: Hot Tamales
• Nebraska: Milky Way
• Nevada: Kit Kat
• New Hampshire: Original M&Ms
• New Jersey: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
• New Mexico: Kit Kat
• New York: Kit Kat
• North Carolina: Snickers
• North Dakota: Skittles
• Ohio: Original M&Ms
• Oklahoma: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
• Oregon: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
• Pennsylvania: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
• Rhode Island: Snickers
• South Carolina: Kit Kat
• South Dakota: Kit Kat
• Tennessee: Skittles
• Texas: Starburst
• Utah: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
• Vermont: Hot Tamales
• Virginia: Kit Kat
• Washington: Skittles
• West Virginia: Kit Kat
• Wisconsin: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
• Wyoming: Original M&Ms

https://www.realsimple.com/most-popular-halloween-candy-6755282

Is your favorite candy on this list? Now, I’m going talk about the things I do on Halloween. My favorite candies are Sour Patch Kids and Sour Skittles. What is your favorite Halloween candy? Usually, I go trick-or-treating with my family/friends and get A LOT of candy. Did you go trick-or-treating this year?

Fun facts about Halloween:

1. Candy corn used to be called chicken feed
2. Every year, Americans pay $3 billion on candy!
3. Jack-0-Lanterns used to be carved out of turnips and potatoes
4. Skittles are the TOP Halloween candy
5. The world’s heaviest pumpkin weighed 2096 pounds!

 

 

 

https://www.countryliving.com/life/g37154795/halloween-facts/

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/halloween-ideas/a35150/halloween-facts/

https://www.ef.edu/blog/language/13-thrilling-facts-bet-didnt-know-halloween/

 

Thanks for reading!