Spoiler alert: No one likes cherry cordials.
Worst vs. most popular
In a recent survey, CandyStore.com asked more than 11,000 customers for their opinions on what Christmas candy is the worst.
The top 10 weren't all that different from previous years. Also like other years, people's least favorite were among the most popular candy sold during the holiday season.
"They often contradict metrics like sales data," Ben George with CandyStore.com wrote on the company's blog. "Some of the biggest sellers are also mentioned below as the most hated. Their popularity only serving to enhance the vitriol from those whose opinions have been shaped the other way,"
For some perspective, this map shows this year's most popular candy in each state.
While many states prefer Reese's cups and chocolate Santas, there are several where peppermint bark and reindeer corn come out on top. And yes, both of those are on the following list.
Here's a look at the top, or rather bottom, 10, as well as some customer comments, just for fun:
10. Ribbon candy
"I honestly didn’t even know it was for eating until recently."
9. Peppermint bark
"Peppermint bark is just a brand now, does it even mean anything? It’s like pumpkin spice."
8. Non-peppermint candy canes
"Candy canes are gross as it is, and now you wanna make em ugly too?"
7. Old-fashioned hard candy mix
"That awkward moment when grandma offers you the dusty candy dish and thinks she’s making your day."
6. Chocolate oranges
"All the sudden I’m seeing these chocolate oranges at Christmas time. I wish they’d go back to whatever hole they crawled out of."
5. Peeps
"I don’t mind a little artificial ingredients in my candy, but come on. Ask yourself, what is in a Peep. Narl is what."
4. Reindeer corn
"They’re calling it Reindeer corn? Ok candy corn, change your color but not your flavor and that’s supposed to help me how?"
3. Lifesavers storybooks
"Lifesavers are not for Christmas."
Christmas tree nougat
Via Amazon.
1. Chocolate-covered cherry cordials
"It’s a precarious thing biting into a cordial, I feel like its going to burst and stain my clothes. And my tongue."
