The ingenious flavor combination in each of these treats can be traced back to 1928, when H.B. Reese, an employee of The Hershey Company, created REESE'S Peanut Butter Cups in his basement. The Hershey Company supplied Reese with the chocolate coating for his candy and eventually purchased his business in 1963.

Meet Andrew Athias, “The Reese's Guy.” It's his jawn: “Everyone has a favorite something, I just happen to be outwardly expressive about it, as a Philadelphian would. When we like something we're going to tell you about it whether you want to hear it or not.”

Reese's Pieces: Sugar, particularly defatted peanuts: particularly hydrogenated vegetable oils (palm kernel oil and soybean oil), reduced minerals whey (milk), dextrose, contains 2% or less of : corn syrup, artificial color (blue 1 lake, red 40 lake, yellow 5 lake, yellow 6 lake), salt, soy, lecithin, resinous glaze, ...

8 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Reese's

• Harry Burnett Reese's First Attempt in the Candy Business was a Total Fail.
• Reese's Second (and Wildly More Successful) Shot at the Candy Business Began in His Basement.
• You Can Purchase Half-Pound Reese's Cups.
• E.T. Was Supposed to be Eating M&Ms, Not Reese's Pieces.

In the 1970s, Hershey Chocolate developed a formula for sweetened peanut meal with the consistency of chocolate. It became the basis for Reese's Pieces, which were made using the same procedures and equipment as Hershey-Ets. The new product was originally named PBs.

Harry Burnett Reese (May 24, 1879 – May 16, 1956) was an American inventor and businessman known for creating the number one-selling candy brand in the United States Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, and founding the H. B. Reese Candy Company. In 2009, he was posthumously inducted into the Candy Hall of Fame.

The ingenious flavor combination in each of these treats can be traced back to 1928, when H.B. Reese, an employee of The Hershey Company, created REESE'S Peanut Butter Cups in his basement.

Then the cups cool for 30 minutes before they're wrapped up and shipped across the globe. And get this Reese's. Makes enough peanut butter cups. In one year to circle the Earth sept.

REESE'S Chocolates is the number one candy brand in the United States and the biggest confectionery brand in the whole world… yet we can almost smell the peanut-buttery deliciousness being created just down the road here in Hershey, Pa.

1: Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. This perennial favorite easily finished first in the candy derby, earning the title of most popular Halloween candy in 18 states, including densely populated ones like California, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts.

They Weren't Hershey's First Sugar-Coated Product Hershey's developed the ability to produce sugar-coated (or panned candies) in the 1950's, and their first product was called Hershey-Ets, which were candy-coated chocolate disks. These were eventually discontinued, making way for Reese's Pieces two decades later.

Hershey, PA Today, Reese's makes enough peanut cups each year to feed one cup to every person in the USA, Japan, Europe, Australia, China, Africa and India! Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are made in Hershey, PA, Stuarts Draft, WV and in Monterrey, MX.