A recent report revealed that people are buying more non-chocolate candies to give out to kids on Halloween. Steve Cukrov - stock.adobe.com

It’s frightening news for chocolate-loving trick-or-treaters.

A recent report from market research and technology company Circana revealed that people are buying more non-chocolate candies to give out to kids on Halloween.

Last year, chocolate made up 52% of the total volume of Halloween candy sold in the US — but this year it dropped to 44% in the 12 weeks leading up to Oct. 5, Dan Sadler, a principal for client insights at Circana, told ABC News .

For an eight-week period through mid-September, Circana found that the sales of non-chocolate Halloween candy outpaced chocolates. Getty Images

Instead, shoppers are opting for sweet treats like

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