Reese’s dream all got started when H.B. Reese decided to run a candy store. He was struggling to find a job in around the 1930s. After looking for jobs, he found himself working at a dairy in the town of Hershey, Pennsylvania. Reese’s saw that the chocolate company Hershey's was selling hundreds of pounds of chocolate each day, and he decided to try his luck selling candy. In the basement of his house he started making chocolate covered nuts and other varieties of candy. His business was called R & R, as he was selling more and more candies he expanded his workshop to a factory. In around 1930 Reese started making Reese’s Peanut Butter cups. All around the country Reese’s cups were sold at grocery stores for one,three, and five cent cups. He made them out of real peanut butter and chocolate, today the ingredients are much different. One man states “Too bad Hershey’s has cut corners with their peanut butter cups, adding filler to the very small amount of peanut butter still present. The milk chocolate isn’t quite the same as it used to be, either.” (Rod Labbe, 2015) …show more content…
Reese’s had used the hershey's chocolate to make the cups, but in the early 2000s they started making their peanut butter cups cheaper. The Peanut butter cups have changed a lot since they started. They have many different types, such as Reese’s Pieces, Reese’s Puffs,and Reese’s Bars. All of these types all have the old Peanut and Chocolate flavor. The quote “ You got Peanut Butter in my Chocolate!”-(Reese’s 2014) is used today to attract people to the