Fun post! I'm surprised about how much is spent on greeting cards. My husband and I saw some when we were at Target the other day and we were wondering when greeting cards became a part of Halloween! But I guess someone must be buying them.

I hate those peanut butter taffy things!

Interesting facts!

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Love these kinds of posts!!

It amazes me that the top two selling candies contain peanuts and/or peanut butter. Those would never fly in our house with nut allergies.

@Virginia - my absolute favorite candy bar is Reece's Peanut Butter Cups... I am so glad there's no nut allergies here. But I agree, it seems like there's a lot of nut allergies, so I am surprised that both top selling candies do contain peanuts/peanut butter.

I never bother with decorations, but that's because my kids are too old to trick or treat. However, we get a very high number of candy desirers, and even if we only give out one per person, we go through over $50 in candy each year.

What is with that peanut taffy anyway?

I can't stand those peanut taffy things either! I wonder where people even buy them, I never see them around. Maybe they recycle them year after year and that's why they are so awful!

I have never understood those "taffy" things, either. SO GROSS. The people who give them out must have gotten them the year before, or maybe they just don't like children. Or people.

@Amy, @Tesa, and @Anne - I think dentist are behind them (and all taffy candy).