Trick or Tweet: The Most Talked About Candy on Social Media

TRICK TWEET THE MOST TALKED ABOUT CANDY ON SOCIAL MEDIA Halloween is around the corner! Viralheat trolled the social web to find out which candies satisfy the sweet tooth. SENTIMENT "Hungry? Grab the most positively mentioned candy on social media with 68% positive sentiment. TWiX Snickers!" Snickers is 25% NEGATIVE 43% POSITIVE 68% POSITIVE 12% NEGATIVE 32% NEUTRAL "Two for me, none for you." It seems like the majority of candy eaters wouldn't object as Twix has the most negative mentions - 1 in 4 comments are negative. 20% NEUTRAL CHOCOLATE WARS Chocolate is a common craving and favored when the sweet tooth comes calling. There are many options but M&Ms take the crown of most talked about chocolate with three times as many mentions as Twix, Snickers, and Reese's combined. TW 23,718 Mentions SNICKERS 55,034 Mentions Reeses 9,900 Mentions 2 PEANUT BUTTER CUPS 261,266 Mentions 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 300,000 FRUIT FIGHT To say Skittles dominates social media mentions against Starburst by a landslide is an understatement. Skittles is mentioned a whopping 60 times more than its fruity rival. 1,222 Mentions Starte Skittles 73,424 Mentions 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000 120,000 FUN SIZED, FUN FACTS "Halloween Candy" has been mentioned 64,809 times on Twitter in the past week. Pretzel Not surprisingly, M&Ms is the most popular candy on Pinterest. viralheat