Necco Wafers ranked as one of the worst Halloween candies in a survey by candystore.com.

Necco Wafers ranked as one of the worst Halloween candies in a survey by candystore.com.

The best — and worst — Halloween candy ever

What’s your favorite sweet to score? What about the stuff you’re happy to donate to the family junk food drawer?

Candystore.com did a survey and came up with these lists of best and worst.

1. Best

1. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

2. Snickers

3. Twix

4. Kit Kat

5. M&Ms

6. Nerds

7. Butterfinger

8. Sour Patch Kids

9. Skittles

10. Hershey Bar

2. Worst

1. Circus Peanuts

2. Candy Corn

3. Wax Cola Bottles

4. Necco Wafers

5. Peanut Butter Kisses

6. Tootsie Rolls

7. Smarties

8. Licorice

9. Good & Plenty

10. Mary Janes

Source: CandyStore.com.

3. We asked Herald readers to weigh in on Facebook. Here’s what they said:

Andrew Thorp: “I always had to have Smarties. I loved the extra acidic taste they had. You had to not breathe, though, when chewing them, because breathing the dust brought on a bad coughing fit. And I also loved Neccos.”

RuthAnn Shepherd Henshaw: “Candy corn can go into the junk drawer and rot for all I care. Now anything with peanut butter… well, those were my favorites.”

Katie Carlisle Conner: “I miss the candy that was like salt water taffy in texture but wrapped in orange or black wrap. I remember coveting those above all the rest.”

Geoffrey Thorp: “Neccos were fun for playing Holy Communion.”

Ramona Lane: “I loved Nerds when I was a kid. But I never really liked Tootsie Rolls.”

Jesse Nord: “Neccos are amazing!!!”

Jessica Sanchez: “Neccos taste like chalk.”

— Andrea Brown, Herald writer and licorice lover

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