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LAist's Ultimate Halloween Candy Ranker Quiz
Children in costumes receive candy during a Halloween parade in Tokyo on October 29, 2016. (Photo by BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images)
It's election season! It's that time of year when you go to the polls and make your voice heard on important issues... like whether chocolate-covered peanut butter is better than chocolate-covered caramel and whether gummy candies are superior to coconut-based ones. That's right, it's our Halloween candy ranker quiz.
In the past, we've asked our KPCC audience which candies they love — and which candies they love to hate. Now, we're asking our LAist audience to vote for their favorite and least favorite candies in our super scientific quiz.
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