Just in time for Halloween this year, we take a look at the way people will spend their money on Candy and other goods during this spooky time.

People in the US are expected to spend $9.1 billion on Halloween this year, according to a study by the National Retail Federation.

Several predictions about this year’s Halloween season include:

According to the survey, consumers plan to spend:

Among Halloween celebrants:

More than 3.7 million children plan to dress as their favorite action character or superhero, 2.9 million as Batman characters and another 2.9 million as their favorite princess while 2.2 million will dress as a cat, dog, monkey or other animal.

Proving that Halloween isn’t just for kids, a record number of adults (48 percent) plan to dress in costume this year. More than 5.8 million adults plan to dress like a witch, 3.2 million as their favorite Batman character, 3 million as an animal (cat, dog, cow, etc.), and 2.8 million as a pirate.

Pets won’t be left behind when it comes to dressing up for Halloween. Ten percent of pet lovers will dress their animal in a pumpkin costume, while 7 percent will dress their cat or dog as a hot dog and 4 percent as a dog, lion or pirate.

CandyStore.com released data from 10 years of bulk candy online sales that show favorite candies by state.

FiveThirtyEight took a different approach by analyzing data from 269,000 head-to-head matchups between candies. Their findings:

Reese’s took 4 of the top 10 spots!

They boiled it down into the following elements:

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