Kroger reveals America's favorite Easter candies

The top Easter candies include eggs, jelly beans, and Peeps.

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The Kroger Co. is sharing America's favorite candies ahead of Easter. The retailer revealed it expects the Easter Bunny's top picks will be chocolate, jellybeans, and candy eggs in several varieties and shared a brand-new Peeps flavor available exclusively at Kroger.

"No one has better taste in candy than the Easter Bunny who is selecting a lot of egg-cellent treats to fill baskets this year," said Carlo Baldan, group vice president of center store merchandising. "No need to hunt for low prices on Easter essentials at Kroger. We have every bunny covered with affordable holiday meal staples, everyday low prices and savings on candy and gifts to make the day extra hoppy."

America's favorite Easter candies are:

Reese's Eggs
Cadbury Mini Eggs
Lindt Milk Chocolate Gold Bunny–hot digital deal alert: get $1 off, March 20-26.
Starburst Jellybeans
Cadbury Crème Eggs
Whoppers Robin Eggs
Peeps Chicks and Bunnies. Consumers can try the Kroger exclusive flavor, Sour Strawberry.
M&M's Easter Milk Chocolate Candy
Kinder Joy Eggs
Brach's Classic Jelly Bird Eggs

Liz Parker is the senior editor of Candy Industry and Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery, and has worked at BNP Media since 2012. She has written for CBS Detroit as well as for her own blogs. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Michigan. Liz can be contacted at (248) 839-7156 or at parkere@bnpmedia.com.