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Halloween candies with the most sugar content

It’s no secret that Halloween candy contains plenty of sugar (it is candy, after all), but some are worse than others.

So where does the candy in your Halloween bowl rank?

In an analysis of more than 50 pieces of Halloween candy, a new report found Nerds to be the candy with the “highest sugar quantity,” a release from the tobacco website Snusboss said. Per serving, Nerds come in at about 14 grams of sugar.

On the other end, Twizzlers had the least sugar quantity, followed by Red Vines, the report said.

In second place on the list was Sour Patch Kids, “despite their relatively low-calorie content.” Swedish Fish came in third, at 77 grams of sugar per 100 grams of product. Candy corn, perhaps the most controversial Halloween candy of all, landed in the No. 4 spot on the list. Skittles rounds out the top five on the list, with 73 grams of sugar per 100 grams of product.

Here’s the full list of Halloween candies with the highest sugar content

RankProduct nameSugar content per 100 grams
1Nerds Candy93
2Sour Patch Kids80
3Swedish Fish77
4Candy Corn74
5Skittles73
6Sugar Babies73
7Sweet Tarts73
8Charms Blow Pops72
9Werther’s Candy69
10Dum Dum Pop69

Here’s the full list of Halloween candy with the lowest sugar content

RankProduct nameSugar content per 100 grams
1Twizzlers38
2Red Vines40
3Butterfinger41
4Twinkie42
5Whatchamacallit44
6Mounds44
7Sour Punch Twists47
8Haribo Goldbears47
9Almond Joy47
10Dove Dark Chocolate Bar47