It seems the Reese's company, of Reese's Peanut Butter Cup and Reese's Pieces fame, has fallen on hard times. How, you ask, have I come to this conclusion? Well, every time I turn around at the convenience store, they have a new version of the peanut butter cups. Sheesh, they've got the big cup, the bite size, the honey roasted, the dark chocolate, the white chocolate, and the inside out. Was the original just not selling anymore?
Maybe they need to revive those comercials from the mid 80's in which two single, young people "accidently" end up with their peanut butter and chocolate mixed together, allowing them to make a simultaneous discovery that peanut butter and chocolate actually taste good together. For some reason, this happened at a movie a theater, and what I want to know is, how many of you have actually brought a jar of peanut butter to the movies? Anybody? And, if you did, would you insist on sharing the half-eaten candy bar that a stranger mistakenly shoved into your jar of Skippy?
With candy in mind, I do want to give props to Reese's for the Fast Break candy bar. Jon Amos turned me on to them about a year ago, and I've been very pleased. It's no Snickers, but I'd say it's a strong second. Here's my top five:
Snickers
Fast Break
Almond Joy
Twix
Payday
Reese's is actually part of the massive Hershey Food's conglomerate, so they aren't likely going anywhere anytime soon. It's probably just Hershey trying to get more mileage out of the "Reese's" brand name.
For a truely useless fact, three out of your top five candy bars are now made by Hershey.
Posted by: kathryn at December 11, 2003 01:35 AMI could eat nougat on a stick. Or perhaps a jar of it. Any way is fine with me.
Posted by: andy at December 11, 2003 04:12 AMResee's pieces were made famous by E.T. M&M's turned down the job.
Posted by: Jessie at December 11, 2003 07:53 AMDon't you mean "Reesey piecey"?
Posted by: Christin at December 11, 2003 09:13 AMHey, Crunch and Munch was also invented by accidently combining two snack ingredients, I believe. Though it seems to have occured in a lab instead of a movie theatre, which makes it worse. Thats the last place a snack accident should be happening!
Posted by: Patrick at December 17, 2003 12:20 PM