
Rec Therapist Favorite Candy – joke
Rec Therapy Today did a little informal research to determine what is a recreational therapists favorite Halloween candy?.
Danny Pettry – Two people had written, “recess” for this answer. I liked that because it has to do with play. I changed all “Recess” answers to Reese’s. Please note this answer also included included several different answers, including: peanut-butter cups, Reese pieces, and Reese’s pumpkins.
Danny Pettry’s reminder — always remember and consider patients who have allergies or diabetes or other eating disorders or needs at Halloween time.
We got a lot of answers.
# 1 – Reese’s (33%) or 1 out of 3 RTs said that this is their favorite!
Danny Pettry: The Reese pumpkins are my personal favorites! – so I’m in this group too.
# 2 – Snickers 12% said Snickers was their favorite.
# 3 – Candy Corn 8% of RTs said this was their favorite Halloween candy – and one person out of this 8% had written “Candy Corn, even thought I don’t like it myself.”
- 258 people completed a survey.
- 226 out of the 258 people who completed the survey shared their favorite candy.
- Some people said “none,” or left the question blank.
Reece (all types) | 77 | 226 | 33% |
Snickers | 26
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226 | 12% |
Candy Corn | 22 | 226 | 8% |
Twix | 20 | 226 | 7% |
Kit Kat | 17 | 226 | 6% |
Chocolate | 11 | 226 | 4% |
M&Ms | 9 | 226 | 2% |
100 Grand | 8 | 226 | 2% |
Take 5 | 7 | 226 | 2% |
Milky way | 6 | 226 | 2% |
Skittlse | 5 | 226 | 2% |
Twix | 5 | 226 | 2% |
Heath | 4 | 226 | 1% |
Staburst | 4 | 226 | 1% |
Butterfingers | 4 | 226 | 1% |
Dots | 3 | 226 | 1% |
M&M peanut | 3 | 226 | 1% |
Dark chocolate | 3 | 226 | 1 |
Almond joy | 3 | 226 | 1% |
Sour patch kids | 3 | 226 | 1% |
Everything else | 28 | 226 | 10% |
Line Graph

rec therapist favorite candy – bar graph
Pie Chart

Rec Therapist’s favorite Halloween Candy (2018)
What is everything else in the bottom of the bag?
Mike n Ike |
Nerds |
Gummy / gummy bears |
Caramel apple suckers |
Milk duds |
Licorice |
Coffee crips |
Mounds |
Taffy |
Cookies and cream hersheys bar |
Payday |
Runts |
Crunch |
Life savers |
Clark bar |
Carmel apples |
Smarties |
Tootsie rolls |
Three mustakteers |
Ring pop |
Mr. goodbar |
Candy pumpkin |
Swedish fish |