Americans Stuff Their Faces With Record Amount Of Candy
LatestCue the Stephen Colbert “We’re #1” chant, because Americans have topped themselves in ingesting unhealthy snacks once again. Candy sales for Halloween 2011 will be $2.3 billion, a new record. According to the National Confectioner’s Association, the average American will spend $7.36 on Halloween candy this year. Allow Susan Whiteside, the company’s vice president of communications, to explain the trend in the least amusing way possible: