The Most Popular Christmas Treats In Every State

better homes and gardens ^ | 12/15/2020 | Emily VanSchmus

[mylife]

Alabama: Red velvet cake

Alaska: M&Ms

Arizona: Hot chocolate

Arkansas: Cheesecake

California: Peppermint chocolate chip cookies

Colorado: Gingerbread cake

Connecticut: Cheesecake

Delaware: Chocolate chip cookies

Florida: Cheesecake

Georgia: Red velvet pound cake

Hawaii: Oreo cheesecake

Idaho: Candy canes

Illinois: Chocolate Santas

Indiana: Pudding

Iowa: Oreo balls

Kansas: Cinnamon rolls

Kentucky: Pudding

Louisiana: Pudding

Maine: Chocolate truffles

Maryland: Gingerbread cake

Massachusetts: Christmas trifle

Michigan: Cheesecake

Minnesota: Peppermint kiss cookies

Mississippi: Red velvet cake

Missouri: Vegan Christmas cookies

Montana: Yule log cake

Nebraska: York Peppermint Patties

Nevada: Cheesecake

New Hampshire: Gingerbread men

New Jersey: Chocolate Santas

New Mexico: Cheesecake

New York: Cheesecake

North Carolina: Fruitcake

North Dakota: Peanut butter blossoms

Ohio: Cheesecake

Oklahoma: Cheesecake

Oregon: Peppermint bark

Pennsylvania: Gingerbread cheesecake

Rhode Island: Christmas trifle

South Carolina: Fruitcake

South Dakota: Sugar cookies

Tennessee: Pudding

Texas: Peppermint chocolate chip cookies

Utah: Jolly Ranchers

Vermont: Chocolate chip cookies

Virginia: Gingerbread men

Washington: Skittles

West Virginia: Fudge

Wisconsin: Andes Peppermints

Wyoming: Eggnog

[mylife]

Seriously? Jolly Ranchers? Skittles? M&Ms? York Peppermint Patties?

[NEMDF]

Jolly Ranchers cannot be series, IMHO.

Not as a Christmas treat, but we like gingerbread (the cake style) with lemon pudding. YUM

For Christmas, Santa usually puts a few Andes mints in the stockings along with other treats. And Brach pick-a-mix was very popular, but seems to no longer be available....

[mylife]

I’m guessing cheese cake is popular on the 4th of july.

[dangus]

Alaska: M&Ms. The plane lands in November?

[KarlInOhio]

Many of these "most popular" lists are "slightly above the national average" lists. So if 1.5% of Utahans like Jolly Ranchers while the national average is 1%, you get 50% above average and it's the winner, even if 39% of Utahans prefer cheesecake.

[mylife]

Plane or Peanuts?

[mylife]

Watermelon or green apple cheesecake?

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Washington: Skittles

Explains a lot.

[mylife]

When mixed with Purple Drank.

[Bon of Babble]

Fruitcake would be more appropriate in my home state of California.

But I do like mint chocolate chip cookies.

[cdcdawg]

Utah: Jolly Ranchers - WTF? Just when you think they can’t get any weirder ...

Virginia: Gingerbread men - gendering the cookies? Patriarchy much, bigots?

Washington: Skittles - there is no hope for these people.

[Dr. Sivana]

Missouri: Vegan Christmas cookies

What was the sample survey size?! One?

I lived in Missouri for a year. People there make their cookies with butter just like everybody else.

[Ezekiel]

Missouri: Vegan Christmas cookies

Are they made with real vegans?

[Bon of Babble]

Not as a Christmas treat, but we like gingerbread (the cake style) with lemon pudding. YUM

Yum is right. Dont' know about lemon pudding, my German grandmother made gingerbread in a small square pan and then made a thin lemon sauce on the stove to top it off with.

Took the recipe with her to the grave.

[mylife]

“Vegan Christmas cookies”

How did I miss that one? LOL I put liver in my Christmas cookies

[Alas Babylon!]

What BS.

The traditional Christmas treats are Christmas treats for a reason.

In every state, I’m sure it similar—Sugar cookies shaped like Christmas Trees, wreaths and other typical designs, candy canes, ribbon candy, etc.

It’s not like at the border, say, between Ohio and Indiana, that some switch gets flipped. The West, the South, the Northeast, the Midwest... All share a similar Christmas culture, as popularized in music, the movies and TV.

America! F Yeah!

[mquinn]

> “New Hampshire: Gingerbread men”

“DAT’S MISOGYINIS!!!!! DOWN WITH THE GINGERBREAD PATRIARCHY!!!”

You can practically hear it coming.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Yeah. That is too weird. I doubt more than 1% of the people in Missouri even heard of "Vegan Cookies", let alone eat them. Probably even dogs won't eat them. Pretty much queers the whole story.

[cyclotic]

I’ve only lived in Maryland 11 years but gingerbread cake are two words I’ve never heard uttered together.

I only lived in Michigan for 45 years but cheesecake isn’t a big Christmas tradition.

Sounds like the authors used a dartboard for their analysis.

[mylife]

Or polled retards