What about those that are on the bottom? Minis come in pretty low on the ratio, too, as they're around 28 percent peanut butter. Now you know, and you can plan accordingly. Halloween is a great time of year, but it always comes with a certain amount of disappointment. There's always candy left in the bag that literally no one on the block actually wants, and in , Reese's came up with a pretty awesome way to demonstrate their superiority. The idea was simple: drop in your unwanted Halloween candy , and get peanut butter cups in return.
Win, right? The machine was ready, willing, and able to give out around 10, peanut butter cups in just the five hours it was out on the street, and it was a massive hit. Sadly, it seems as though that was its only appearance. Hershey spokespeople hinted that they might "bring the Reese's Candy Exchange to other cities" in the following years.
Maybe if we all asked nicely the candy converting machine will go on a national tour? Some people want nothing more than to ruin good things for others, and one particular viral post that's made the rounds on social media is the perfect example of that.
The post links the ingredients to all kinds of nasty things like cancer, gastrointestinal problems, and "delirium and collapse. The three ingredients are in Reese's, but that's about all there is to the truth of it. The claim that soy lecithin causes cancer comes from a single study where rats were exposed to around times more soy lecithin than a human gets in a day and yes, of course, there were problems That's kind of like saying apples are bad for you because their seeds contain cyanide.
They do, says Medical News Today , but that's not keeping you away from apples, is it? PGPR, which is used to improve texture, has been repeatedly proven safe by the European Food Safety Authority, and as for TBHQ, that's a preservative that has also been repeatedly tested and approved by numerous food safety authorities.
There are no studies out there, however, that support the claims made in the viral post. So go ahead — grab those Reese's. No one's perfect, and sometimes, things slip through the cracks. That's even happened with Reese's, and there's a valuable lesson to be learned here — if you get a Reese's without the peanut butter, definitely reach out to them on social media. In , an Iowa man named Alex Hentges headed over to their Facebook page to post about his peanut-butter-less Reese's and ask the company what the heck was going on.
They responded, and Today says that at first, they told him they were going to be sending him some coupons to replace his defective Reese's. When mail showed up a few days later, it was something much more substantial. Hentges received a letter of apology and a massive box containing about 5 pounds of various Reese's candy. While they said that they weren't sure just how that particular cup missed getting its peanut butter, they said: " The brand had to make things right!
Reese's mix of chocolate and peanut butter is nothing short of magical, and it turns out that there's a scientific principle at work here. According to Penn State University professor of food science Gregory Ziegler via Mic , it's something called "dynamic sensory contrast.
Couple that with another contrasting combination — the sweetness of the chocolate and the saltiness of the peanut butter — and you've got a winning team that no one can resist. There's a catch, though — these contrasting flavors and textures are so good that it makes you sort of forget how much you're eating. Ever powered your way through half a bag of Minis without realizing it? It wasn't you just being a glutton, it was science! Essentially, these contrasting flavors can taste so good it overrides our sense of feeling full.
The principle is also called the "ice cream effect," and it's why there's just always room for ice cream even after the biggest of dinners. Sure, we've all had Reese's on their own, and you've probably even baked with them, too. But have you had them in a cocktail? Why not! First, grab a bottle of vodka and a handful of Reese's Pieces. Take out just enough vodka that you can pour in those little candy nuggets of deliciousness, replace the top, and let it sit.
It might have to hang out on the top shelf for a few days, but it's worth the wait. The vodka will be infused with all that Reese's flavor and when it's done, it's cocktail time! It's the perfect thing to add to a dessert cocktail. Mix with milk, chocolate liqueur, and add a dash of chocolate syrup.
Which shape is more visually appealing? Which one hits you with the perfect peanut butter-to-chocolate ratio? However, there is something much more sinister going on here. These Pink Hearts, instead of using skim milk for the chocolate, use lactose milk. Whatever is happening to the lactose through the process of cooking, making chocolate, and adding the color makes it Reese's least lovable candy.
White chocolate is a nightmare. This is a medical fact. Take it up with science. Peanut Butter Cups and Pumpkins are basically the exact same thing.
I did a blind bite test, and aside from the spiked edges, I was getting the same amount of chocolate and peanut butter in each bite. Truly the only difference is one is shaped like a pumpkin, and the other is shaped like a… cup?
Ghosts only come in white chocolate, which I like. I appreciate that a lot. It gives the Ghosts more of an authentic feel to it than the other white chocolate products. Ghosts get the edge over the classic Cups and Pumpkins. As you will see below, my love of Miniatures is strong. So it's a testament to how much I despise white chocolate that these things are ranked in between Ghosts and Minis.
But you would never get something like that confused. Very solid. The reason the Minis top the bill for the white chocolate products is because, since they are so small, each bite gives you the least amount of white chocolate.
Not to belabor the point, but white chocolate is an abomination. Seems like a great idea, right? Mini cups, Pieces, peanuts, and pretzels in a trail mix-style format?
I really like the idea behind this. The problem, however, is that the peanuts are weak. How does a company famous for peanut-based products have such mediocre peanuts? Listen to me, and listen well. Sorry for yelling. Back to the matter at hand. I remember loving them a lot. Weird, right? I could have sworn they were half peanut butter, half chocolate. But nope. Without the chocolate, you're misremembering they fall supremely flat.
The thicker and crunchier shell makes a difference though, and sort of evens out the peanut butter. As with the rest of the Pieces, though, they need some chocolate to fully balance things out. Remember Buncha Crunch? A white chocolate product so much higher than the others? When I first tried one of these little dudes, I was pleasantly surprised. Simply, this monster is too big. The thing is gigantic, but only encased in a very thin layer of chocolate. Now look, I eat lots of garbage.
As you can see, I literally do it for a living. A mound of chocolate and peanut butter bigger than your palm is no small undertaking. If so, it would take a minimum of two people to eat, but mostly likely three or four. None of this really matters as much as the other glaring problem, though, which is the ratio. This thing is absolutely overwhelmed by chocolate. At the end of the day, this thing is a gigantic chocolate heart with some peanut butter in the middle.
Get it for the novelty if you must. The 6-ounce Egg has more or less the same design and construction of a Miniature Egg, but is about 10 times the size.
The thin-on-the-top-thick-on-the-bottom setup works extremely well in the small ones, but when you blow it up this big it fails. The ratio is a lot better too, with a much bigger portion of peanut butter: In fact they almost seemed to have used the exact same amount for both sizes, which goes to show how hard the 8 ounce is skimping.
The issue, unfortunately, is that this is still way too big of a portion for any reasonable person. The 5-ounce Reester Bunny is very similar to the 5-ounce Heart, but it has a couple of advantages going for it. For starters, Reese has given us the gift of an actual specific character. Secondly, the PB consistency is a lot more normal. I love dark chocolate. However, this dark chocolate is a snoozefest. The chocolate itself seems to ride a weird supernatural line between being boring yet far too rich.
How did they achieve that? Bells sort of taste like a Miniature Cup that had a bunch more chocolate packed around it to form the shape of a bell. These are good. Truly bite size. This means that A each one has a lot less flavor because of its tiny little size, and B the likelihood of overeating is a lot higher. This product is all over the map. I opened up three different Eggs and in each one, the Pieces seemed to be all shoved to one side.
This would be like if somebody made you a burrito but decided to put all the salsa at the very bottom. In theory, these should have been stone cold killers. The trees are working with a heavy peanut-butter-to-chocolate ratio, so the idea of some Pieces to crunch danced through my head like sugarplums. Each one is broken into about three or four smaller bits, so the crunch is hard to come by.
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