# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/241 "2018-11-05T22:11:02Z")
4 years, and sanity _ **STILL** _ hasn’t prevailed?!?! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/242 "2018-11-06T01:59:02Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > [Reese’s Peanut Butter Bar](https://www.quill.com/Reeses-Chocolate-Peanut-Butter-Bar-Extra-Large-425oz-12-Case/cbs/288619.html?cm_mmc=SEM_PLA_CB_19p_288619&mcode=SEM_PLA_CB_19p_288619&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1oWGjpS23gIVRUSGCh3VXga2EAQYAiABEgLQMvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds) > > Aaaaaaaannnnnnnnd, I think we are done here. Hardly. Quill is an office-supply company. Calling it a peanut butter wildebeest or a peanut butter protostar does not make it so. You will note that the word “bar” does not appear on the candy’s wrapper. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/243 "2018-11-06T02:31:35Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > [Reese’s Peanut Butter Bar](https://www.quill.com/Reeses-Chocolate-Peanut-Butter-Bar-Extra-Large-425oz-12-Case/cbs/288619.html?cm_mmc=SEM_PLA_CB_19p_288619&mcode=SEM_PLA_CB_19p_288619&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1oWGjpS23gIVRUSGCh3VXga2EAQYAiABEgLQMvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds) > > Aaaaaaaannnnnnnnd, I think we are done here. That is a completely different product than the cup. They are a grid of PB filled squares. [https://www.amazon.com/REESES-Giant-Peanut-Butter-6-8-Ounce/dp/B01LWU1ZHW/ref=sr\_1\_13\_a\_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1541471397&sr=8-13&keywords=reese+peanut+butter+bar](https://www.amazon.com/REESES-Giant-Peanut-Butter-6-8-Ounce/dp/B01LWU1ZHW/ref=sr_1_13_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1541471397&sr=8-13&keywords=reese+peanut+butter+bar) Here is a clearer picture. ---
**Author:** ![HowSoonIsThen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@HowSoonIsThen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HowSoonIsThen)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/244 "2018-11-06T02:55:38Z")
I voted no, but since yes is winning I guess I can start calling my gold coins gold bars! I feel much richer now! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/245 "2018-11-09T04:25:31Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > 4 years, and sanity _ **STILL** _ hasn’t prevailed?!?! Sanity has prevailed, as the poll majority shows the correct anwser of yes. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/246 "2018-11-09T13:32:53Z")
Polls predicted Clinton winning. Just sayin’ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/247 "2018-11-09T13:39:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Hardly. Quill is an office-supply company. Calling it a peanut butter wildebeest or a peanut butter protostar does not make it so. > > You will note that the word “bar” does not appear on the candy’s wrapper. I can buy candy at Office Depot too. And “bar” does not appear on the wrapper of a Peanut Butter Cup either. Now I’m off to eat some M&M candy bars :rolleyes: 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/248 "2019-10-28T11:44:33Z")
Another Halloween, another reposting of this important question… ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/249 "2019-10-28T12:03:16Z")
And another urgent request that everyone learn to pronounce it correctly. ---
**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, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/250 "2019-10-28T13:25:59Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > And another urgent request that everyone learn to pronounce it correctly. What’s the incorrect way? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/251 "2019-10-28T13:33:33Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > What’s the incorrect way? ReeSeez (rhymes with feces). I have no idea why so many people say it that way or how it started but it truly makes me stabby. No smiley face. ---
**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, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/252 "2019-10-28T13:41:29Z")
I’ve never heard that pronunciation. But yeah, it’s totally incorrect. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/253 "2019-10-28T13:44:28Z")
Sorry, that’s how I pronounce it in my dialect of English. So, it cannot be incorrect. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/254 "2019-10-28T13:57:35Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Sorry, that’s how I pronounce it in my dialect of English. So, it cannot be incorrect. :p:p:pSilence! I keeeeeeel you! ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/255 "2019-10-28T14:05:37Z")
Ree-seez pee-seez, NOT a candy bar. ETA: The bar is the shape of the thing, see? ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/256 "2019-10-28T14:44:28Z")
If the shape is the only thing that matters, is a Mike and/or an Ike a candy bar then? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/257 "2019-10-28T14:50:44Z")
I’d call those lozenges. 😃 Or jellybeans. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/258 "2019-10-28T15:48:54Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Just in time for Halloween: do you consider Reese’s Peanut Butter cups a candy bar? No, they’re not really a candy bar. > [@MsKaren](#): > > 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. But for purposes of stuff like this, they’re comparable enough to candy bars that it makes sense to, well, _compare_ them in this way. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2019, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/259 "2019-11-03T05:02:54Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > And another urgent request that everyone learn to pronounce it correctly. > [@Leaffan](#): > > What’s the incorrect way? I have always pronounced “it” as it’s spelled. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2019, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/260 "2019-11-03T06:15:52Z")
I wonder how many of those who mistakenly say Reese’s is not a candy bar also mistakenly think _Die Hard_ is not a Christmas movie. The correlation might be interesting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699.md?page=14)