Candy Tier List: 32 Classics, Head-to-Head
All 32 candies here, ranked by 531 players. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups leads: it wins 73.6% of its matchups (n = 1,331) and was champion in 106 of 531 brackets. Disagree? Your first pick is right here. No sign-up.
Size
AirheadsChewy taffy
TwizzlersStrawberry licorice
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Candy: the community’s best
Win rate across 12,853 head-to-head picks from 531 finished brackets. n is the number of matchups behind each win rate; only entrants with 30 or more are listed.
| # | Candy | W–L | Win rate | vs .500 | Titles | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 979–352 | 73.6% | 106 | 1,331 | ||
| 2 | 830–410 | 66.9% | 49 | 1,240 | ||
| 3 | 738–380 | 66% | 49 | 1,118 | ||
| 4 | 634–362 | 63.7% | 30 | 996 | ||
| 5 | 538–322 | 62.6% | 28 | 860 | ||
| 6 | 617–398 | 60.8% | 29 | 1,015 | ||
| 7 | 561–412 | 57.7% | 22 | 973 | ||
| 8 | 487–400 | 54.9% | 13 | 887 |
Candy: the community tier list
From 12,853 head-to-head picks in 531 finished brackets. Placed by win rate, steadied toward 50% for entrants with few matchups: S is 75% or more, A 60%, B 50%, C 40%, D 25%.
Stier, win rate 75% or more
- Nobody yet
Atier, win rate 60% or more
- Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
- Twix
- Sour Patch Kids
- Kit Kat
- Snickers
- Skittles
Btier, win rate 50% or more
- M&M's
- Starburst
- Gummy Bears
- Jolly Ranchers
- Milky Way
- Hershey's Chocolate Bar
- Crunch Bar
- Nerds
Ctier, win rate 40% or more
- Butterfinger
- Mike and Ike
- Airheads
- Swedish Fish
- 3 Musketeers
- Almond Joy
- 100 Grand
Dtier, win rate 25% or more
- Warheads
- Life Savers
- Ring Pop
- Whoppers
- Candy Corn
- Twizzlers
- Laffy Taffy
- Baby Ruth
- + 3 more
Ftier, win rate 0% or more
- Nobody yet
Closest rivalries
- Jolly Ranchers v Nerds52%–48% · n = 33
- Jolly Ranchers v Butterfinger52%–48% · n = 31
- Twix v M&M's53%–47% · n = 40
Pairs the crowd can barely split. n is how many times they met in finished brackets.
How the Candy bracket works
This candy tier list is played, not dragged into rows. You get one matchup at a time — Reese's Peanut Butter Cups or Skittles? Snickers or Kit Kat? — and after 15 picks the bracket has a champion, with everything else placed by how far it got. A straight list invites you to hedge. A matchup does not, and that is what makes the final 32-deep order worth screenshotting.
This bracket runs 4 rounds at the default 16-slot size (Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final), drawn from a pool of 32 choices. Everyone gets the same draw on a given day, so you can compare runs with friends; New draw gives you a genuinely different bracket rather than the same path twice. You can also play it at 8 or 32 slots for a shorter or longer run.
15 picks, 4 rounds
- Round of 168 matchups
- Quarterfinals4 matchups
- Semifinals2 matchups
- Final1 matchup
Roughly 1-2 minutes start to finish at the default size.
All 32 entrants
All 32 entrants are listed below, including Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Skittles, Snickers and Kit Kat. Updated
- Reese's Peanut Butter CupsChocolate & peanut butter
- SkittlesTaste the rainbow
- SnickersNougat, caramel & peanuts
- Kit KatCrispy wafer bars
- M&M'sChocolate candies
- TwixCookie, caramel & chocolate
- Sour Patch KidsSour then sweetPhoto: Evan-Amos / Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- Gummy BearsHaribo or otherwisePhoto: Jebulon / Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- StarburstFruit chews
- TwizzlersStrawberry licorice
- Milky WayNougat & caramelPhoto: Evan-Amos / Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- Hershey's Chocolate BarClassic milk chocolate
- ButterfingerCrispy peanut butter
- Jolly RanchersHard fruit candyPhoto: James St. John / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
- Swedish FishRed gummy candy
- NerdsTiny tangy crunchy
- AirheadsChewy taffyPhoto: Harrison Keely / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
- 3 MusketeersFluffy nougat
- Almond JoyCoconut & almonds
- Baby RuthNougat & peanuts
- Laffy TaffyStretchy taffy
- Mike and IkeFruit flavored
- WhoppersMalted milk balls
- PayDayPeanut & caramel
- Candy CornLove it or hate it
- Tootsie RollChocolate taffyPhoto: Evan-Amos / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- 100 GrandCaramel & rice crispies
- Crunch BarChocolate & crisped rice
- Ring PopWearable candy
- WarheadsExtreme sour candy
- Heath BarEnglish toffee
- Life SaversRing-shaped candyPhoto: Spencer Ayers-Hale / Wikimedia Commons · CC0
Tier list instead?
Load all 32 into the tier list maker and sort them into S through F yourself: same entrants, no matchups.
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Open the bracket makerGetting a ranking you actually agree with
- Answer as if both options were in front of you and you could only eat one.
- Start at 16 slots. If the result feels too obvious, replay at 32 so more of the 32 choices make the field.
- If a matchup genuinely splits you, undo and replay it — a coin-flip pick in round one distorts everything below it.
Questions people ask
What is the best candy?
According to 531 BracketRanker players, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (Chocolate & peanut butter). It wins 73.6% of its head-to-head matchups (n = 1,331) and was champion in 106 of 531 brackets (20%).
How many choices are in the Candy bracket?
The pool holds 32 choices. A default run uses 16 of them and takes 15 picks across 4 rounds: Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final. Other field sizes are available too — 8, 16, 32 slots.
Which choices are included?
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Skittles, Snickers, Kit Kat, M&M's, Twix, Sour Patch Kids, Gummy Bears, Starburst, Twizzlers, Milky Way and Hershey's Chocolate Bar, plus 20 more. Every entrant is listed further down this page with its artwork.
How long does the Candy bracket take?
About 1-2 minutes — 15 choices at the default size, or 7 if you drop to an 8-slot bracket. There is no sign-up, and your progress is saved on this device after every pick.
Is this a candy tier list or a ranking?
Both are here, and the bracket is closer to a tier list than it looks. It ends with a champion, a runner-up and then every other choice grouped by the round it went out in — which is exactly a set of tiers, decided by 15 direct comparisons rather than by your first guess at a layout. What it deliberately does not do is claim a precise gap between two choices that never met. If you would rather place the choices into S through F rows yourself, the tier list maker loads all 32 of them at bracketranker.com/tier-list-maker.
Is there a community candy ranking?
Every completed bracket feeds the Candy community results page, which aggregates win rates across all plays and tracks how often each of the 32 entrants takes the title. It updates continuously, so it moves as more people play.
Can I change which choices are included?
Use the bracket maker: add your own choices, name it, and share the link so other people play the same field. That is the route to take when this pool of 32 is missing something you would have picked, or when you want a version scoped to one era, label or franchise.