每个州很受欢迎的万圣节糖果

每个州最受欢迎的万圣节糖果

Halloween is a tricky holiday to write about food-wise. On the one hand, I know it's important to take into consideration ingredients and the working conditions on cocoa farms when deciding what to hand out at my front door. On the other hand, there's so much nostalgia around Halloween candy that I'm still interested in mainstream treats.

万圣节是一个棘手的节日，写关于食物的智慧。一方面，我知道在决定门前分发什么东西时，考虑可可农场的成分和工作条件是很重要的。另一方面，万圣节糖果有太多的怀旧气息，我仍然对主流糖果感兴趣。

In the 1970s — my prime trick-or-treating years — Halloween was about as good as it got. I lived in a small town and there were no official trick-or-treating hours. We would start on one side of town after school and make our way to the other side by night. Our pillowcases would be stuffed full of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, M&Ms, Almond Joys, Bit-O-Honey, Smarties, Hershey Bars, and more — along with the bummer of all treats, pennies.

在20世纪70年代，也就是我最喜欢玩“不给糖就捣蛋”的那几年，万圣节是最好玩的。我住在一个小镇上，那里没有正式的“不给糖就捣蛋”的时间。放学后，我们从镇的一边出发，晚上再从另一边出发。我们的枕套里会塞满里斯的花生酱杯、m&m巧克力豆、杏仁乐糖、比奥蜜、Smarties巧克力、好时巧克力棒等等，还有所有让人失望的零食，硬币。

So I find myself looking at this interactive map of America's Favorite Halloween Candy from Candy Store a little wistfully, thinking 9-year-old me would be heading to Oregon, Kansas, North Carolina or Texas to trick-or-treat. I was a peanut butter cup fiend, and when we ended our trick-or-treating on Halloween night, I would often trade everything in my bag (except my Reese's) for all of my brothers' peanut butter cups. (When you're the youngest by several years, your siblings have a way of getting the better of you yet somehow making you think you've come out on top, but more on that issue at a later date.)

于是，我发现自己有点伤感地看着糖果店里这张美国人最喜欢的万圣节糖果的互动地图，心想9岁的我会去俄勒冈州、堪萨斯州、北卡罗来纳州或得克萨斯州玩“不给糖就捣蛋”。我是花生酱杯的狂热爱好者，当我们在万圣节之夜玩完“不给糖就捣蛋”的游戏后，我经常会用我包里的所有东西(除了我的瑞茜糖)换掉我哥哥所有的花生酱杯。(当你比弟弟妹妹小几岁时，你的兄弟姐妹们总有办法让你变得更好，但不知怎的，他们会让你觉得自己是最棒的，不过以后会在这个问题上表现得更好。)

Move your cursor over the map and find out what the most popular Halloween candy in your state is, along with the second and third choices.

把你的光标移到地图上，找出你所在州最受欢迎的万圣节糖果是什么，以及第二和第三种选择。

I live in New Jersey, and I think the top three treats — Skittles, M&M's and Tootsie Pops — seem accurate based on what has come home in my sons' pillow cases in the past. I do wonder about the states where candy corn is the most popular treat. My unscientific survey of the Halloween candy we love to hate put candy corn at the top of the list.

我住在新泽西州，我认为前三种糖果——Skittles、M&M's和Tootsie Pops糖果——似乎是基于我儿子过去的枕套里的糖果。我很想知道玉米糖在哪些州最受欢迎。我对我们爱恨交加的万圣节糖果进行了一项不科学的调查，结果把玉米糖果排在首位。

The data for this map came from 12 years of sales data (2007-2018) from the Candy Store website. The store took the data from the months leading up to Halloween, assuming much of what they sold would be used at Halloween time. And not to beat on candy corn, but I have to wonder if all that candy corn ends up in trick-or-treaters' bags or if it's more of a decoration, only to be tossed once the season is over.

这张地图的数据来自糖果店网站12年的销售数据(2007-2018)。这家商店收集了万圣节前几个月的数据，认为他们出售的大部分商品会在万圣节期间使用。我也不喜欢玉米糖，但我不得不怀疑，玉米糖是会被放进“不给糖就捣蛋”的袋子里，还是更像是一种装饰品，一季结束就会被扔掉。