The best / worst has mostly been covered.
For me, the best is chocolate-based (as opposed to gummy). I'm not that picky, so that can be Reese's to Snickers and even the Hershey's minis in any variety. Take 5 seems to hit all criteria (chocolate, PB, caramel, crunch), so I'll take that as "favorite."
Least favorite. Anyone remember Necco Wafers. The worst. And the stuff that only gets purchased at Halloween (Bit-o-honey, milk duds, Sugar Daddy (can't believe someone listed that as a favorite!)). You would think Goldenberg's Peanut Chews would go here, but those are solid!
When I buy the candy to give out, I get three levels:
- Chocolate-based: I go "fun size" not mini and go for variety.
- Gummy: For allergy kids, I usually go twizzers and a swedish fish/sour patch kids mix. I also have a little bag of Halloween erasers for the severely allergic kids. I've had a couple kids take them over the years so the rest just go in the attic when the bowls get put away.
- Cheap stuff: When a teen shows up with no costume acting like a punk, I don't give nothing, but I give them a dumdum or something else that sucks and cost me like $1 for the bag.