Players rank Reese's Peanut Butter Cups #1: it wins 73.6% of its matchups (n = 1,331) and took the title in 106 of 531 brackets. Twix and Sour Patch Kids follow. Disagree? Candy Tier List is one tap away.
Built from win rates across 12,853 picks. Tiers use the win rate steadied toward 50% for entrants with few matchups (S from 75%, A 60%, B 50%, C 40%, D 25%). Steadying pulls a small sample toward the middle, so a high raw rate can sit a tier lower and a low one a tier higher than the rate shown, which is the raw one. What does S tier mean?
Every entrant with its record. Ordered by win rate, steadied for small samples; a rate shows once an entrant has 30 matchups. n is the number of head-to-head matchups behind each rate.
Pairs the crowd can barely split, from at least 20 real meetings each.
Crunch BarvsMilky Way
14–14 in 28 meetings
Jolly RanchersvsNerds
52–48 · 17–16 in 33 meetings
Jolly RanchersvsButterfinger
52–48 · 16–15 in 31 meetings
Most lopsided
SkittlesvsWhoppers
19–2 in 21 meetings
Gummy BearsvsTwizzlers
18–2 in 20 meetings
TwixvsWhoppers
26–3 in 29 meetings
Upsets and oddities
Patterns in 531 finished brackets.
Biggest upsetBaby Ruth leads Airheads 7–5Head-to-head (n = 12), though Airheads's record across all its matchups (48.1%) beats Baby Ruth's (32.8%). The records alone give Baby Ruth 35%.
Biggest upsetRing Pop leads Butterfinger 8–5Head-to-head (n = 13), though Butterfinger's record across all its matchups (49.9%) beats Ring Pop's (38.0%). The records alone give Ring Pop 38%.
Biggest upsetJolly Ranchers leads Sour Patch Kids 6–4Head-to-head (n = 10), though Sour Patch Kids's record across all its matchups (66.0%) beats Jolly Ranchers's (53.1%). The records alone give Jolly Ranchers 37%.
UntouchableReese's Peanut Butter Cups wins 73.6%The best record in the field (n = 1,331 matchups).
ClutchAlmond Joy: 18 titlesOnly #20 on win rate, but #10 for championships.
Still waitingTootsie Roll: no titles yetWins 27.2% of its matchups (n = 595) and has never been crowned.
Questions people ask
What is #1 in the Candy community ranking?
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. It wins 73.6% of its head-to-head matchups (n = 1,331) and took the title in 106 of 531 finished brackets.
How is the ranking worked out?
Every pick in a finished bracket is a win for one entrant and a loss for the other. Entrants are ordered by win rate, steadied toward 50% by ten imaginary matchups so that a newcomer with a 3–0 record can't top the table. The rate shown is the real one, with n, the number of matchups behind it.
Why win rate and not titles?
Draws are shuffled, so a title can come from an easy path. Win rate counts every matchup an entrant played, which is a fairer read of how people feel about it. Title odds are shown too, as the share of finished brackets each entrant won.
How many people have ranked Candy?
531 finished brackets so far, with 12,853 head-to-head picks between them. Only finished brackets count.
Can I rank all 32 myself?
Yes. Play the bracket at 8, 16, 32 entrants, free and with no sign-up. You get your own ranking and a link to share, and your picks join this page.