Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Candy By the Numbers

From the October 31st Parade Magazine.


#1 Kids favorite treat? No surprise here: it's CHOCOLATE. (I personally like McRibs.)

68% Adults who admit midnight raids on their kids' stashes.

7.2 billion. The number of Smarties (?) (15 per roll) in kids' trick-or-treat bags. What's a Smartie?

$2 billion. Amount spent on Halloween Candy this year. I spent $22 on 360 pieces, not counting what I have bought at the half-price sales starting Monday.

16 The number of Trick-or-Treaters we had. An all-time low. Even giving four pieces at a time, we still have LOTS o' candy to eat. Sorry kids.

9 billion The number of pieces of candy corn produced for 2010. Enough to circle the moon nearly four times is laid end-to-end.

19 million Pounds of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups made in October (about as heavy as the Eiffel Tower).

August 15th-- The first Halloween displays up that I saw.

It's a Sweet Tooth Thing. You Wouldn't Understand. --DaCoot

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