ACROSS AMERICA — In a couple of weeks, trick-or-treaters will making the rounds of U.S. neighborhoods, their faces expectant as they push their baskets and buckets forward to receive the treats.

Americans will spend about $3.5 billion on Halloween candy in 2024, according to the National Retail Federation’s annual consumer survey on Halloween spending.

What do the kids trick-or-treating in your neighborhood want in their candy bags? Candy corn? A Butterfinger, Milky Way or Snickers? Skittles, Sour Patch Kids or M&Ms? Or Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups? Or do they want something else? A different edible treat, or even a small toy?

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We’re asking for Block Talk, Patch’s exclusive neighborhood etiquette column.

Just fill out our informal, just-for-fun survey. Defend your choice. This is a Halloween candy throwdown, after all. (And don’t be scared: We won’t collect your email address.)

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Block Talk is an exclusive Patch series on neighborhood etiquette — and readers provide the answers. If you have a topic you’d like for us to consider, email [email protected] with “Block Talk” as the subject line.

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