New Jersey’s Most Popular Halloween Icon

Author Joel Katz

October 31st 5:00 AM

Popular Halloween Icons by state

It may not be my absolute favorite holiday, but I do love Halloween. We get to dress up and be whoever or whatever we want to be. We also get to dress up our kids, our pets, and whoever or whatever will allow us to transform them into something else.

Scary things are popular, but what scary icon or thing is most popular? CCW Safe did some research to find out what it is. They analyzed Google Trends search data over the last twelve months to find the most popular Halloween icon in every state in the country.

Most Popular Halloween Icon in New Jersey

For example, New Jersey seems to have a favorite. Those of us in the Garden State appear to be most attracted to Frankenstein. We’ve searched for him more than any other monster, ghoul, or goblin.

Frankenstein first came on the scene in the early eighteen hundreds in the novel written by Mary Shelley.

However, Franky is not the most popular Halloween icon according to the study. He was down toward the bottom of the list with only three states searching for him the most. The other are the District of Columbia and New Hampshire.

Most Popular Halloween Icon in America

The icon that was the most popular for Halloween was a demon. According to their research, a demon was searched more than any other in seven states including Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, and Oklahoma.

New York’s most popular Halloween Icon was found to be a clown. Clowns were searched in the Empire State plus Illinois and New Mexico. Clowns were listed sixth in the rankings.

In second place for the most popular Halloween icon was the Cyclops. States wanting to learn more about the one-eyed monster are Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, and Nebraska.

Interestingly, “bogeyman” (not “boogeyman”) landed in the third spot. This lead me to find out the difference between the two spellings. Apparently, it began in English folklore and was spelled “Bogeyman,” but in North America it’s “boogeyman.” I’ve always spelled it “boogieman,” which is also the KC and the Sunshine Band spelling.

Other Halloween icons that made the list included alien, witch, vampire, ghost and more.

You can check out the breakdown and list of Halloween icons below in the graphic the folks at CCW Safe sent me.

Joel Katz is the Morning Show Personality, Assistant Program Director, Podcast Host, Voiceover artist, audio producer, and Digital Content Writer for Magic 98.3. Joel has been working in New Jersey radio since college and started at Magic in 2002 as the Morning Show Host, “I can’t think of another place where I’d fit more perfectly; it’s just a great company with awesome people.” Joel is married to Kathleen, his elementary school sweetheart (they were each other’s first dates at age 9), shares a birthday with his oldest son, Ty, and has twins, Kiera and Liam. Joel runs at least 3.1 miles every day and enjoys playing basketball, doing laundry, saving his turn signal for when he really needs it, kissing dogs through a fence, using coasters, making that cool noise by rubbing his fingers on balloons, and chasing after ping pong balls on a windy cruise ship.

Which Halloween Candy You Should Like Based on Your Astrological Sign

Every year our kids dress up and knock on strangers’ doors and ask for candy. Free candy! They just walk up and people they’ve never met before give them sweet treats, it’s arguably the best idea ever. We could complain that they don’t always get the candy we want, and sometimes it’s not even candy! Apples, pretzels, potato chips, and sometimes some loose change they have sitting around the house, what’s wrong with these people?

If you could choose your favorite what would it be?

According to a study by Coventry Direct, New Jersey’s overall favorite is Raisinettes. I always hoped for a Zagnut, but that’s another story. I say Zagnut is my favorite, but according to the New York Post, being a Scorpio the stars say it’s not.

The Zodiac is divided into twelve signs…

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18), PISCES (February 19 to March 20), ARIES (March 21 to April 19), TAURUS (April 20 to May 20), GEMINI (May 21 to June 20), CANCER (June 21 to July 22), LEO (July 23 to August 22), VIRGO (August 23 to September 22), LIBRA (September 23 to October 22), SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21), SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21), and CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19).

Here’s what they say your favorite candy SHOULD be based on your Zodiac sign…

AQUARIUS - M&Ms
FORT WORTH, TEXAS – JUNE 12: Kyle Busch, driver of the #54 Twix Toyota, celebrates after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Alsco Uniforms 250 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 12, 2021 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

“Aquarius is commonly associated with innovation and cosmic exploration. Fittingly, M&Ms were developed as a war ration. Their candy case prevents the chocolate from melting in the pockets of soldiers”
PISCES - NESTLE CRUNCH

Described as the “music to your mouth,” Pisceans are soothed by its sound. It’s like Rice Krispies cereal cemented in a chocolate casing. Snap, crackle, pop, crunch.
ARIES - SNICKERS
Snickers chocolate bars packaging are seen in a shop in Sulkowice, Poland on August 12, 2021. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Snickers bars are made by Mars Inc. and the Mars family named it after their pet horse. Marketing experts would reject that today. You need to research potential names, focus groups and surveys. Not for Snickers.
TAURUS - BUTTERFINGER
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – FEBRUARY 18: Nestle Butterfinger candy bars are displayed on a shelf at a convenience store on February 18, 2015 in San Francisco, California. Nestle USA announced plans to remove all artificial flavors and FDA-certified colors from its entire line of chocolate candy products, including the popular Butterfinger and Baby Ruth candy bars, by the end of 2015. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Bart and Homer Simpson said, “No one better lay a finger on my Butterfinger.” Tauruses are possessive so it all makes sense. Food that is named after a body part. Finger seems to be a popular name, just ask the chickens and ladies. There’s even a group of eats called “finger food.”
GEMINI - TWIX
KIEV, UKRAINE – 2019/09/02: Twix bars on a store shelf. (Photo by Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Gemini is represented by twins, and Twix comes in twos. It’s got a great combo of sweets. Cookies, caramel and chocolate, delicious!
CANCER - 100 GRAND BAR

“The 100 Grand Bar has been the subject of many a radio prank. Announcers offering callers $100,000 and delivering a single bar instead. It has even been plot points in episodes of “The Office” and “Seinfeld.” That product placement sold a lot of candy.
LEO - CANDY APPLE
UNITED STATES – 2020/01/26: Candy apple treats. (Photo by John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images)

They’re crunchy and delicious. Leos love their shiny appearance which garners attention which they love. One a day keeps the doctor away unless the doctor is a dentist.
VIRGO - KIT KAT
Kit-Kat candy at Hershey’s Chocolate World in Hershey, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021. Hershey Co. says it has entered into definitive agreements to buy Dots Pretzels and Pretzels Inc.for about $1.2b in total. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Kit Kat was named after a London club with strong literary and political ties. The candy debuted “during Virgo season in 1935.” My dad turns 88 next month and the Kit-Kat has just barely been around his entire life.
LIBRA -REESE'S PEANUT BUTTER CUP

This is the most popular candy in most circles. It allegedly came about by accident when two people, one eating chocolate and one eating peanut butter, bumped into one another causing their snacks to collide. They were about to kill one another when they both realized the discovery they made.
SCORPIO - CANDY CORN
UNITED STATES – Circa 1990s: Halloween Candy Corn. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

As a lifelong Scorpio, I’m not sure I agree with this. If I haven’t mentioned it, my fave is Zagnut. However, astrologically speaking, I love candy corn.
SAGITTARIUS - MR. GOODBAR

“Sagittarius is the eternal optimist of the zodiac…you can’t keep these people down or out…Mr. Goodbar was… [used]…as a way to keep the company afloat and employees at work during the Great Depression.” The story goes that someone in product development said, “That’s a good bar.” Milton Hershey heard that and decided on the name.
CAPRICORN - TOOTHBRUSH
SCHWELM, GERMANY – JANUARY 10: Water pours onto a toothbrush with toothpaste on January 10, 2007 in Schwelm, Germany. (Photo Illustration by Christof Koepsel/Getty Images)

I’m not sure I completely understand this. Apparently Capricorns hand out toothbrushes at Halloween because they “rule over the teeth.” I think the lesson here is, “Stay away from Capricorns on October 31st.