#reeses

#reeses

In 1919, H.B. Reese created his eponymous candy company. In 1928, he invented the flagship peanut butter cups that would define his brand, and in 1963, his sons sold the company to The Hershey Co. Now, H.B. Reese's grandson Brad Reese is standing up for his grandpa's original recipe, alleging that Hershey has replaced a portion of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups' key ingredients with lower-quality alternatives.

Brad Reese used to eat a Reese's product every day. Not anymore. The 70-year-old grandson of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups inventor H.B. Reese wrote a scathing open letter to Hershey accusing the candy giant of replacing milk chocolate with compound coatings and peanut butter with peanut crème in multiple products. He recently threw out a bag of Reese's Mini Hearts. "It was not edible," he told the Associated Press.

But it's not just us - Reese's is clearly getting into the spirit, too. The brand started rolling out its holiday candies, and this month, in addition to bringing back those beloved Christmas trees, it's also launching new Unwrapped Mini Trees. I rushed to three different grocery retailers before I could get my hands on a bright-orange bag. Here's how they compare to the O.G.

After three secretive years of research and development, Oreo and Reese's have debuted a limited-time collaboration mashing up the two iconic treats. I tried both and found a clear winner between the two. The snack kingpins officially launched their new products on August 26: an Oreo cookie with Reese's peanut butter-flavored creme filling and miniature and king-size Reese's cups with an Oreo creme-flavored chocolate shell and cookie crumbs inside.

This peanut butter cookie comes topped with a mousse made from Reese's iconic Peanut Butter Cups, chocolate drizzle, and then some extra Cups pieces for good measure, because why not?