These candies are among favorites on Halloween

Soon there will be the pitter patter of little feet scurrying about the neighborhood.

The door bell will ring.

There, standing in front of you, is a witch, Spider-Man and a vampire.

Trick-or-treat!

So what do you give them?

The National Confectioners Association says that 52 percent of Americans will hand out chocolate this Halloween. Filling out the top 5 are hard candy and lollipops

(30 percent), chewy or gummi candy (19 percent), bubble gum (16 percent) and caramel treats (14 percent).

Before you toss that candy into those waiting kids’ buckets, here are our favorites.

HERSHEY’S Chocolate Bar

Calories: One full size bar has 210.

* Milton S. Hershey introduced the original HERSHEY’S Milk Chocolate Bar in 1900. It sold for just 5 cents.

* In 1908, Hershey introduced the milk chocolate bar with almonds.

Tootsie Pops

Calories: 60 calories per pop.

Flavors: Blue Raspberry, Cherry, Chocolate, Grape, Lemon Lime, Orange, Pomegranate, Raspberry, Strawberry and Banana.

* The Tootsie Pop was invented in 1931.

* Tootsie Pop products now include Tootsie Pop miniatures and Pop Drops.

* So how many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Pop center of a Tootsie Pop? The World may never know.

Candy Corn

Calories: 140 calories per serving.

* Oct. 30 is National Candy Corn Day.

* More than 35 million pounds of candy corn will be produced this year. That equates to 9 billion pieces — enough to circle th emoon nearly 21 times if laid end to end.

* Candy Corn is not just for Halloween. Companies now make Reindeer Corn for Christmas, Cupid Corn for Valentine’s Day and Bunny Corn for Easter.

Dubble Bubble Bubble Gum

Calories: 50 calories per piece.

Flavors: Original, Apple, Blue Razz, Pink Lemonade, Sour Cherry and Watermelon.

* Dubble Bubble Bubble Gum was invented in 1928 by Walter E. Diemer, an accountant for Philadelphia-based Fleer. Diemer said he made the gum by accident. It went on the market nationally in 1937.

Brach’s Milk Maid Caramel Rolls

Calories: 140 calories per five pieces

Flavors: Chocolate, Maple, Vanilla, Raspberry, Orange and Butter Rum.

— Information taken from www.candyusa.org and

various other Web sites.