30 Popular Easter Candies, Ranked

When you think of Easter candy, there's a good chance you imagine some standard offerings like Peeps, chocolate bunnies, and maybe even some jellybeans. But Easter candy has evolved into so much more than these simple treats. In fact, the Easter aisles are so jam-packed with goodies you may actually be overwhelmed by all the colors and flavors.

Let's simplify the process a bit. While shopping for Easter candy, one of the biggest things to keep in mind is variety. You do not want an Easter basket made entirely of chocolate, for example. It's best to mix in some sugary treats and maybe even some sour ones. We've noticed a massive trend toward candies that include toys, and while this may be interesting, generally, it also means that the chocolate is not as tasty as you might hope for. On the other hand, some less popular options may very well become your new family favorites. So with an eye towards variety, be sure also to consider your family's candy preferences while being wise in your selections.

You can find several different Finders Keepers toys on Easter shelves. Inside a Finders Keepers box, you'll find a chocolate egg and a toy enclosed in a separate container. While the toy is cute and perfectly sized for little hands, the chocolate leaves something to be desired. It is not unique tasting and was rather dry and even felt stale. Your little one might enjoy it, but it's not worth comparing to other popular chocolate brands. Buy this one for the toy rather than the candy.

We are always down for new flavors of jelly beans. However, we were admittedly disappointed in the Nerds variety. First off, in the bag, you only have three different flavors of jelly beans. While the purple and orange were pretty good, the yellow was pretty boring and not at all tart. Also, we couldn't quite get over the bumpy texture of the jelly beans. Before biting into them, we thought they might be a tightly bound collection of Nerds, but this isn't the case, and the bumpy texture of the candy is just odd.

In an effort to get in on the Peeps business, Puffs offers its own version of a marshmallow Easter treat. These little marshmallows are light blue on the outside and covered with speckles of many different colors, making it look something like a robin's egg, only bigger. The fun part about these marshmallows is that they're actually filled with milk chocolate. While we like the concept, the feeling of biting into milk chocolate inside of a marshmallow is kind of strange and not something we particularly enjoyed.

You've probably heard of a Cadbury Crème Egg, but the Caramel Egg variety may be new to you. This milk chocolate egg is full of gooey caramel, and though we liked the chocolate shell, we found the caramel filling to be overwhelming. There's just too much of it, to be honest. The caramel vastly overwhelms the chocolate, so it is overly sweet and very messy to eat. Still, we're very impressed with how well the chocolate contained this large amount of caramel.

Like the Whoppers Robin Eggs, these Cadbury Mini Eggs are shaped like little bird's eggs with a speckled pastel coating. Unlike the Whoppers, however, these are pure chocolate inside with a crunchy exterior. We like how snackable these are, and around Easter, you can find them in large bags or tiny ones like those we found. We especially enjoy this little bag of Mini Eggs because it fits perfectly in a plastic Easter egg.

The Ring Pop is another fun spin on a lollipop. The benefit of these sweets is that they can sit right on top of your finger without you needing to hold a stick to enjoy that sugary sweetness. For Easter, you can get these in a small bag with the Ring Pop in individual wrappers, making them perfect for egg stuffing. Our bag said it included three Ring Pops, but our bag had four! We were also excited to see that it contained some exciting flavors like Fruit Punch, Very Berry Punch, and Strawberry Watermelon Splash. Not exactly Easter-themed, but tasty.

It's almost a given that an Easter basket will have some Peeps in it, but you can also switch up that inclusion by offering some specially flavored Peeps. The company comes out with new varieties each year, and we think the Sparkly Wild Berry Peeps would make an adorable and tasty addition to your Easter baskets. These light, purple Peeps are bunny shaped and have a glittery, slightly sour coating all over them.

If gummy sour bunnies aren't quite enough of a kick for you, check out Warheads' Sour Jelly Beans. These little beans are oddly shaped compared to typical jelly beans, but since they have such a unique flavor, perhaps that is fitting. These jelly beans have a sour exterior, and the inside is a sweet jelly bean. However, since the outside is so sour, it really blends all the way through the jelly bean. That might be a detraction for some, but we liked it. 

When candy favorites get dressed up for a holiday, everyone wins. You can purchase a candy you already know your recipient will love, but it's also perfectly on theme. That's the biggest perk of the Reese's carrot. This arrangement of only orange Reese's Pieces comes in a little triangle bag to make it look like a freshly harvested carrot. The Reese's Pieces are as delicious as they usually are, and we love the presentation of this one.

If you're a fan of Sour Patch Kids, you'll absolutely love the Sour Patch Easter variety. These sweet and sour gummy treats taste exactly the same as the regular Sour Patch you'd get at a movie theater but are shaped like little bunnies. These Easter gummies do not come with blue pieces, but the other flavors are there. Of course, you'll only enjoy these if you love sour candy — and in case it wasn't clear by now, we're sour candy lovers.

We find that many times, caramel filling is too gooey. However, these Ferrero Collection Crispy Eggs are full of a creamy, buttery smooth caramel filling. Plus, after the chocolate egg exterior, there is a little wafer-like crunch before you even get to that soft center. These surprised us, and we really enjoyed them. They feel like a nice compliment to the runny center in many filled eggs you typically find in the Easter candy aisle.

If you love sour gummy worms, you know how delicious these are. Though they aren't shaped like the slimy little slithers, Trolli Gummi Bunnies are crave-worthy, binge-worthy, and the perfect plastic egg stuffer. With them being smaller than the typical gummi worm, it's very easy to eat one right after another. Plus, all of the flavors are great, and there are quite a few in each bag: cherry, orange, lemon, grape, lime, and strawberry.

If you enjoy a classic Reese's peanut butter cup, then you probably also enjoy the different shapes Reese's offers for the holidays. Around Easter, you can get egg-shaped ones, while the winter season offers an evergreen tree shape. Mostly, these Reese's tastes almost identical to the classic Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. But without the ridges presenting the same way, the texture and chocolate-to-peanut butter ratio can be quite different. As it turns out, we preferred the rounded edges and ratio of the Reese's egg to the rough edges of the classic peanut butter cup.

When it comes to chocolate bunnies, we are a big fan of the Lindt Chocolate variety. This sweet little bunny comes wrapped in gold foil and though it is hollow in the middle, like many other chocolate bunnies, the taste more than makes up for it. Generally, these chocolate bunnies come in a wide variety of brands, shapes, and even flavors, but try not to get swayed by the different options available for chocolate bunnies. You might as well go with the best.

With as much as we enjoy Kinder Joys, we just had to get the Kinder Happy Hippo Crispy Wafers a try. In the box, you get five hippos in their own foil wrapping that are perfect for Easter eggs. Each has a crispy exterior with eyes, eyebrows, a tail, and even a little nose, and each is full of milk and cocoa. Just like Kinder Joys, we were surprised by these little hippos. We thought the crispy wafer might have too much of a crunch, but it works perfectly with the filling. The texture, taste, and convenience make it the perfect addition to any Easter basket or egg hunt.