For the ninth straight year, October is Dining Month on OnMilwaukee, presented by the restaurants of Potawatomi Hotel & Casino. All month, we're stuffed with restaurant reviews, dining guides, delectable features, chef profiles and unique articles on everything food, as well as voting for your "Best of Dining 2015."
According to the National Retail Federation, Americans will spend an estimated $2 billion on Halloween candy this month. Which sweets top their lists?
This year, 29,000 voters participated in a poll at Ranker.com, and ranked Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups as their most popular Halloween treat.
Interestingly enough, Halloween’s (supposed) trademark sweet, candy corn, was the 25th most popular candy on the list.
1. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
2. Twix
3. Kit Kat
4. Snickers
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5. Reese’s Peanut Butter Pumpkins
6. Hershey’s Miniatures
7. Starburst
8. Butterfinger
9. Skittles
10.Gummy Bears
Other interesting results
- Women picked Twix as their No. 1 favorite Halloween candy.
- Men voted M&M’s and Baby Ruth amongst their Top 5 picks.
- Millennial voters included Nestle’s Crunch and York Peppermint Patty in their Top 5.
- Baby Boomer voters ranked M&M’s and Mike & Ike’s in their Top 10.
As a passionate champion of the local dining scene, Lori has reimagined the restaurant critic's role into that of a trusted dining concierge, guiding food lovers to delightful culinary discoveries and memorable experiences.
Lori is an avid cook whose accrual of condiments and spices is rivaled only by her cookbook collection. Her passion for the culinary industry was birthed while balancing A&W root beer mugs as a teenage carhop, fed by insatiable curiosity and fueled by the people whose stories entwine with every dish. Lori is the author of two books: the "Wisconsin Field to Fork" cookbook and "Milwaukee Food". Her work has garnered journalism awards from entities including the Milwaukee Press Club. In 2024, Lori was honored with a "Top 20 Women in Hospitality to Watch" award by the Wisconsin Restaurant Association.
When she’s not eating, photographing food, writing or planning for TV and radio spots, you’ll find Lori seeking out adventures with her husband Paul, traveling, cooking, reading, learning, snuggling with her cats and looking for ways to make a difference.
