The 10 Best Halloween Candies

There's a reason these have been around forever: they're classic chocolate treats! Whether you're getting a plain hershey bar, a crispy Krackel, or a nutty Mr. Goodbar, you can't go wrong with these...unless you're a kid and wind up with the dreaded Special Dark!

When I was a kid, it was all about the Green Apple or Blue Raspberry Blow Pops...now that I'm older, it's really gotta be cherry -- MAYBE watermelon if I'm feeling a little crazy!

Let's be honest: when it comes to jelly beans, it's Jelly Belly or bust. Bonus points if you get the bag with the pictures on the back of the package so you know which flavor you're eating!

Sometimes when you want candy, something like chocolate just won't do. You need something sour, and there's no better sour candy than Sour Patch Kids. Perfection in chewy, mouth-puckering form!

A Milky Way will always satisfy a craving for chocolate, but I always feel like it's missing something to really push it to the edge of greatness. It's the kind of candy you eat, and then say, "Meh."

We are now into solidly good Halloween candies. Kit Kats have a good ratio of chocolate to crispy wafer, plus, if you're a lunatic like me, they take longer to eat because yo u have to eat it a certain way: all chocolate off the ends, then the sides, then, if possible, separating the wafer levels. (Told you, lunatic.)

Snickers have the perfect combination of chocolate, caramel, peanuts, and soft nougatty awesomeness. They will undoubtedly satisfy any sugar craving, plus, peanuts have protein, so that makes them healthy, right? (Yay for denial!)

This is another opportunity for me to put on my crazy pants, because I also eat Twix like a crazy person: chocolate off the ends, then the sides, then the top with the caramel, then the cookie. No Twix is safe near me...I heart them for life.

This one is controversial, I know. There are two kinds of people in this world: those who love coconut, and those who hate it. I am of the former, and this is my list, so Almond Joy sits comfortably at #2. (I put Mounds under the same umbrella as the Almond Joy...they obviously aren't nearly as good, but they'll do in a pinch -- or when you for some reason DON'T feel like a nut.)

This can't possibly even be a discussion. In fact, if you DON'T think that Reese's PB Cups are the best Halloween candy, I don't understand you, and I question our ability to be friends. (That's totally not true, we'd probably be besties, because you'd give me all of YOUR PB cups...) For real though, there are few better flavor combos than peanut butter and chocolate, and peanut butter cups will forever make me happy!