Hot Take: Twizzlers Are Actually The Best Halloween Candy

Here’s a thought: Because they aren’t that good, Twizzlers are the very best treat out there. Let us explain.

Few foods elicit as candid and as heated of a response as Twizzlers. The red licorice-type candy (fun fact: no extracts of the licorice plant are actually found in Twizzlers) is the subject of many discussions across internet forums, and particularly among my family members and circles of friends. Those conversations rage anew each year at Halloween.

I’m here to take a stand for the Twizzler and argue that it might very well be the most versatile candy out there and, therefore, the top sweet Halloween treat available to the vast majority of celebrants. On my quest to figure out what exactly makes it my favorite, however, I am confronted with a barrage of commentary diametrically opposed to my own thinking. And it comes from my very own friends and family.