I Love Reese's To Pieces!

My alternative title for this post was "What's the Reesequency, Kenneth?" but that sounded pretty dumb, right?

Does anyone not like Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups? I mean, I've never seen anyone refuse one. No one ever runs screaming from these delightful little chocolate cups infused with peanut butter, do they? I have seen people almost barf at the sight or smell of black licorice, but it seems like everyone loves Reese’s. I've had "other" more "generic" peanut butter cups, but they are always sub-par. I don't know what it is that makes Reese’s so good, maybe it's the little crinkles on the sides, the brown wrapper the cup is nestled in, or that bright orange wrapper. Who can say? It's just, as the commercial states "Two great tastes that taste great together". Pure marketing genius. I'm starting to suspect the orange color might have something to do with it because I own two Reese’s shirts with that color on them, and it sure makes 'em easy to spot in the candy aisle, admit it.

Now, as much as I love Reese’s, I do believe that there can be too much of a good thing. And as evidence of this I submit the following picture:

Now, up top is the beloved classic, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Tried and true, little has changed in that logo since as far back as I can remember (which isn't that long, I'm not sure what I had for breakfast this morning...oh wait, it was a pack of low-carb Reese’s...and I ain't lyin').

Now below this, we have the White Chocolate Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups which I first noticed in Australia. Sure enough, it's white chocolate with peanut butter inside. Now, they do taste good, but they aren't a true Reese’s. Maybe I just don't want to mix white chocolate with my peanut butter, buddy, but these things aren't my fave.

Next in line we have the Extra Smooth & Creamy Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Now, this I don't get at all. Has anyone eaten a Reese’s and had their mouth sliced to ribbons by the hard diamond-like chocolate and peanut butter? EXTRA smooth and creamy? I don't think the regular ones can get much smoother and creamier. I have no idea what this tastes like, because as you can see by the packaging, this is a LIMITED EDITION, so I should put it in a mylar bag and store it in the cellar for 48 years. A LIMITED EDITION candy? Someone slap me.

And following this closely is yes, another LIMITED EDITION, only this one is the Peanut Butter Outside! Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Inside Out. Note their clever usage of the exclamation mark to show you just how WACKY it is that the peanut butter is on the OUTSIDE! Whoa! That's nuts! I suppose Frank down at the factory fell asleep on his shift and look what happened! Zoinks! I can only pray that their marketing campaign commercials aren't something like that. I think Keebler did something like that where the elves were on crack or something and made all the cookies out of fudge. Or adobe, or something. And who remember the ALL CRUNCHBERRY Captain Crunch cereals? WHOOPS! All Crunchberries! What a catastrophe! Now, granted I do love peanut butter, so I might have to eat these eventually. Someday. If I can force myself to tear open the Limited Edition package. Maybe I should buy one to keep forever, and another to enjoy. Clever, Hershey's, very clever.

BLAHG UPDATE! You heard it hear first. Even more Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups LIMITED EDITIONS are on the way in late 2004 and early 2005, including:

Reese’s Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

Fudge Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

and Reese’s BIG CUP Peanut Butter Cups. What's this? A MASSIVE serving of chocolate and peanut butter for people who want to OD on them? Available in regular:

and white chocolate, of course. Dark Chocolate lovers, sorry, no love for you.

And whoops I accidentally left out Honey Roasted Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (wtf?):

and wasn't there a Crunchy Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups at one time? The sugar hath eroded my memory cells.

And finally I leave you with a picture of my breakfast packaging.

Just what every healthy boy needs while growing up. This and a diet mountain dew (which I am not nearly as fervent about as I am Reese’s).

PS - My birthday is coming up in 24 short days. If you need tips, check out this site: Reese’s Store

I particularly like this:

The racing jacket is really cool, but might possibly scream "I'M A HUGE DORK" a bit louder than anything else I own. And I scream it loud enough now, thank you very much.

Comments

[leslie]

rob hates reese's. he hates all things peanut butter. he won't even kiss me if i eat peanut butter. his loss!

[Kevin]

Well, we all know Rob is a bit weird. So this goes without saying. His loss is OUR gain. More for me. And you, I SUPPOSE.

[mark]

Hi, my name is mark from Austin, Texas and my best friend also loves Reeses products. As you know Christmas has just passed and I've been out of town and I was wondering where you found your Reeses t shirts or where they can be found. Thank you for your time.
all in all,
Mark

[Kevin]

Hey Mark,

Best place I've found is Dylan's Candy Bar (http://www.dylanscandybar.com). Great customer service, and I bought my coolest Reese's shirt there - http://store.yahoo.com/dylanscandybar/relodimet.html.

How is Austin? I miss living there...I went to UT and graduated in '96 and am now out in Los Angeles.

Kevin

[Sara]

I *really* want to know where you can find the Dark Chocolate cups...

[Eric]

I've spent the last 3 hours trying to find the old Reese's Peanut Butter Cup jingle or one of the old "...your chocolate is in my peanut butter..." commercials on-line, without any luck. Any ideas where i could find one?

[Alejandra]

Oh god how can someone be so weird and write a whole entire page talking about those nasty peanut butter cups with chocolate which are so disgusting come on people, you guys go crazy for all those weird candy bars i just cant understand what can u say about some peanut butter cups to fill in a whole page
the american best candy is called NERDS, i tried them in 2001 so i dunno if they're still sold over there they were so good
anyway guys please stop eating that stuff cause one day u'll regret it

[stephanie]

lol, I like how you said "limited edition" as though people were going to keep them and sell them later. too bad candy expires huh?

hopefully you know the real reason they run limited edition periods.