# Reese's Peanut Butter Cups question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [October 27, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699 "2014-10-27T23:51:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/1 "2014-10-27T23:51:45Z")
Just in time for Halloween: do you consider Reese’s Peanut Butter cups a candy bar? ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_from\_CB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@Alex\_from\_CB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_from_CB)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/2 "2014-10-28T00:04:05Z")
No. A candy bar requires rigidity as one would expect of a bar. It’s a cup or some other form of candy. DQed as a\*\* bar\*\* of candy for insufficient rigidity. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/3 "2014-10-28T00:06:02Z")
While probably technically not, since it’s not bar shaped, I voted yes. If I’m going in to buy a candy bar I’ll just as likely buy a Reese cup as anything else more bar-shaped. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/4 "2014-10-28T00:08:05Z")
No. It is a candy, but not a candy _bar_. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/5 "2014-10-28T00:13:52Z")
In Canada it’s a chocolate bar. So yes. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/6 "2014-10-28T00:58:38Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > No. It is a candy, but not a candy _bar_. This is correct. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/7 "2014-10-28T01:06:54Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > No. It is a candy, but not a candy _bar_. Exactly. So far, the majority has it wrong on this one. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/8 "2014-10-28T01:13:52Z")
Technically no, but for all intents and purposes that matter yes, so yes. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/9 "2014-10-28T01:14:07Z")
No, and neither is a length of steel. They’re both halfway there. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/10 "2014-10-28T01:35:59Z")
No. It’s a candy cup, not a candy bar. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/11 "2014-10-28T01:37:00Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > No. It’s a candy cup, not a candy bar. That was my daughter’s answer, verbatim. ---
**Author:** ![MsKaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@MsKaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsKaren)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/12 "2014-10-28T01:45:42Z")
There is this: [http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/the-list/os-top-5-selling-candy-bars-in-the-world-20140411-post.html](http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/the-list/os-top-5-selling-candy-bars-in-the-world-20140411-post.html) which like dozens of others lists them at the #2 favorite candy bar. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/13 "2014-10-28T01:50:14Z")
How in the shit is “yes” leading this poll? No it’s not a candy bar. In what world is it a candy bar? It’s like I’m living in bizarro world or something. Seriously, I’m surprised that a majority of voters consider it a candy bar. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/14 "2014-10-28T01:54:16Z")
Yes, if I have a hankering for a candy bar, a Reeses cup is likely to satisfy it. So? So are a handful of Hershey’s kisses or M&Ms, and I don’t think anyone would claim that those are candy bars. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/15 "2014-10-28T01:55:06Z")
Reeses Fast Break is a candy bar. A normal Reeses is no more a candy bar than a chocolate truffle is. Insanity. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/16 "2014-10-28T02:14:35Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Yes, if I have a hankering for a candy bar, a Reeses cup is likely to satisfy it. So? So are a handful of Hershey’s kisses or M&Ms, and I don’t think anyone would claim that those are candy bars. Tell me then, what is the distinction between candy and candy bar? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/17 "2014-10-28T02:16:46Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Tell me then, what is the distinction between candy and candy bar? Presumably a candy bar is in the shape of a bar, but it seems to me there’s a lot of leeway in that. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/18 "2014-10-28T02:19:46Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Presumably a candy bar is in the shape of a bar, but it seems to me there’s a lot of leeway in that. Right, but if you claim Hersey Kisses and M&Ms are candy bars, than pretty much any form of candy can be called a candy bar. Which is ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/19 "2014-10-28T02:20:10Z")
Speaking precisely it’s not a bar. But in context, like in a list off best-selling candy bars, it’s close enough. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/20 "2014-10-28T02:24:19Z")
If I have a hankering for a candy bar, more often than not I’ll satisfy it with a couple Resse’s Peanut Butter Cups (the rest or the time, I’ll probably be in the mood for a three Musketeers). That said, it’s not a ‘candy bar’. It’s not even a ‘candy cup’; it’s a ‘pair of candy cups’. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699.md?page=2)