It’s spring season, and that means Easter is coming! All the store shelves are filling up with Easter baskets, bunnies, eggs, and other festive items. Big candy brands like Sour Patch, Warheads, and Reese’s have special holiday snacks. Our newspaper team, The Wrangler, ranked a few of these treats.

All of these candies are available at so many stores. I purchased a Frankford giant chocolate bunny, regular and sour watermelon Peeps, Cadbury Creme Eggs, Warheads, Reece’s Eggs, and Oriental chocolate eggs and carrots. These are all pretty affordable, with prices ranging from $1 to $6.

As a team, each of us tried the candies and ranked them on a scale of 1-10. Starting with the Frankford chocolate, we ranked it about 3.5/10. We collectively agreed that the treat was a little too sweet for our liking. Moving on, we ranked the Warheads’ bunny-shaped gummies 8/10. It had the perfect sour/sweet ratio, and the shape was adorable. Then, we ranked the Cadbury Creme Eggs a 2.5/10. The chocolate was decently good, and we agreed it was better than the Frankford. However, the creme filling was too much for our taste palette- throwing it off. Finally, the most iconic Easter candy of them all: Peeps. We started with the original flavored yellow marshmallows, ranking them a 4/10. It was a little flavorless with a strong punch of sugar. After, we tried the sour watermelon Peeps and ranked them a 3/10. The presentation was nice with green with pink inside; however, the taste was very strong, and it almost gave a “fragrance” type of feel.

We then followed up with Reese’s eggs, collectively giving them a 7.5/10. They were a good bite-size snack, but too much can be too sweet. We then tried the carrot chocolate eggs, ranking them a 4.5/10. They were small with a nice crunch, but the chocolate lacked richness. Lastly, we ended with the mini chocolate eggs and ranked a 7/10. They were so small that you could only eat a couple before they became too sweet.