Halloween candy

After a busy and cold night of Halloween trick-or-treating in Illinois, just how long will your candy stash last before you shouldn't eat it? We have answers.

Halloween is inching closer and the grocery store shelves are loaded with fun-size candy bars, but when should you pick up a bag for the festivities?

The type of candy you choose for trick-or-treaters may cost you more than others.

Byte.com, in their piece on the most popular Halloween candy by state, says that candy corn is hated by 34 percent of us, loved by 22 percent, and a whopping 44 percent say they "don't care about candy corn."

How long is that bag of candy in the cupboard going to last? I'll answer that question about every kind of candy, except candy corn, because that lasts forever.

If you live in Wisconsin or Illinois, and you're stocking up for a Halloween candy extravaganza, you should probably leave these off the shopping list.

Those of us in the candy game refer to these as just "Kids."

Jolly Ranchers are fine but are they really the most popular Halloween candy in Illinois?

The Jelly Belly Beanboozled challenge has the nasty candy game cornered year-round, but Skittles is hoping to get a small chunk of it this Halloween.

Police say needles were found in Halloween candy that was distributed in Arcadia Wisconsin.