I had SUCH a sweet tooth when I was a kid. Used to routinely blow whatever spending money I had on candy.
My current preference for peanut m&m's is more of an adult thing. When I was a kid, I really didn't play favorites. I enjoyed many different candies, and never settled on just one. I did much prefer candy containing chocolate and nuts over non-chocolate candy...with the exception of Chuckles and Dots. LOVED Chuckles and Dots.
Never much got into the sour or Sweet Tart types of candies. Licorice was okay, but I didn't go out of my way for Snaps, Good and Plenty (Chew Chew Charlie was an engineer...), or Black Crows.
With great fondness, I recall devouring:
Clark Bars
Charleston Chew
Butterfinger
Baby Ruth
Oh Henry
Snickers
Milky Way
Three Musketeers
$100 Grand
Reese's
Bun Bars
Seven Up
Mars Bars
Chunky
Junior Mints
York Peppermint Pattie
Goobers
Raisinettes
Twix
Nestle Crunch
Almond Joy (sometimes you feel like a nut)
Mounds (sometimes you don't)