ThunderRidge's Favorite Candy
Written by Joshua Higgins & Mathew Gill
According to The Daily Meal, Hershey Kisses are the most popular candy in Colorado. We conducted a round-robin survey around the school to find out what ThunderRidge’s favorite candies are as a school. In the voting poll, we were able to vote for many different candies and find the favorites. In our poll, we went off of four main categories of candy: candy bars, chocolate, sour candy, and fruity candy.
In the first round, students voted for their favorite candy bar: Heath, Kit Kat, 3 Musketeers, etc. In the chocolate category: Hershey’s, M&Ms, Junior Mints, etc. In the sour category: Sour Skittles, Warheads, sour gummy worms, etc. And in the fruity category Starbursts, Jolly Ranchers, Mike and Ikes, etc.
After the first round of voting ended, the results in each category were:
Candy Bar: Twix
VS.
Chocolate: M&Ms
Sour candy: Sour Patch Kids
VS.
Fruity candy: Starbursts
Interesting facts about the Top four candies-
Twix:
Twix is a shortbread chocolate candy bar made by Mars Inc. This candy can come in a wrapper with either one, two, or four Bars. The common slogan most people hear about the candy is “Try both. Pick a side.” This slogan represents the bar because of the funny debate between the left Twix and right Twix. Twix first appeared in 1967 under a different name, “Raider”, and was only found in the UK. Since the candy was so popular, the creator company, Mars Inc, introduced the candy bar to America thirteen years later in 1980.
Starbursts:
This candy was first introduced in 1959 in England and went by the name of Opal Fruits. There were four initial flavors: strawberry, lemon, orange, and lime. In 1967, the candy was brought to the United States, and the name was changed to Starbursts. Over the years, the candy has gotten a little smaller, and a little bit more sour because of manufacturing changes.
Sour Patch Kids:
Production of Sour Patch Kids began in the 1970’s, and were made by Frank Galatolie of Jaret International. The candy was “originally” called Mars Men because of The Space Craze at the time, and the candies were shaped like martian men. The logo on the wrapper was actually a blonde boy sticking his tongue out. The boy was Frank Galatolie’s Son, Scott.
M&M’s:
This candy was initially made for easy transport to military troops before the candy became popular. The candy was first commercialized in 1941 by the creator Forest Mars. M&M’s symbol wasn't initially on the candy. M&M’s came in five colors: red, orange, yellow, green, and violet.
After the second round of voting between the top four candies listed, the results for the final two were:
Twix
VS.
Sour Patch Kids
In a close battle, the 3rd and 4th, the candies were:
M&Ms
VS.
Starburst
After the third round of voting, the results of the survey were Sour Patch Kids beating Twix in an
astonishing win and M&M’s beating Starbursts. After the final round this shows:
In first place:
Sour Patch Kids
In second place:
Twix
In third place:
M&M’s
In fourth place:
Starbursts
At ThunderRidge High School, according to the poll, our top four candies ranked are Sour Patch Kids, Twix, M&M’s, and Starbursts. For me, these results were pretty surprising because I would have never expected Sour Patch Kids to come on top. As I started doing more research, I saw that Sour Patch Kids were in the top six candies in America according to The Daily Meal.
In the poll, we took at Thunderridge High School, we found out that the favorite candy as a school was Sour Patch Kids. To us, this was a surprising win. We never expected them to take the top spot. Anyways, this wraps up the poll, thanks for reading!
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