# 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:** 14
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/261 "2019-11-03T12:30:33Z")
Bar, cup, don’t care. As long as it comes when I call it. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2019, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/262 "2019-11-03T12:48:46Z")
What about Ferrero Rochers? Candy bars? ---
**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, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/263 "2019-11-03T23:34:10Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > What about Ferrero Rochers? Candy bars? Now we’re just being silly. Those are hardly the same as a Reese’s. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/264 "2019-11-04T09:09:21Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Now we’re just being silly. Those are hardly the same as a Reese’s. Are we talking about the big Reese’s, or the miniatures? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/265 "2019-11-04T09:36:41Z")
That opens us up to a debate on whether the Snickers/Milky Way/Three Musketeers nibbles that measure about half an inch on a side qualifies as a candy bar… ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/266 "2019-11-04T09:40:06Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > That opens us up to a debate on whether the Snickers/Milky Way/Three Musketeers nibbles that measure about half an inch on a side qualifies as a candy bar… IMHO, they’re still bar-shaped, and thus qualify as candy bars, whereas the Reese’s miniatures are perfectly round and can therefore be defined as pralines. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/267 "2019-11-04T11:17:05Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > That opens us up to a debate on whether the Snickers/Milky Way/Three Musketeers nibbles that measure about half an inch on a side qualifies as a candy bar… Ahh, the appetizer candy bars. “Fun Size” my ass. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/268 "2019-11-04T11:57:58Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > 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. I would actually expect the opposite correlation, as it would be about specific, “technical” definitions vs. actual usage. In actual usage, “Christmas movie” means a movie that is about Christmas–the holiday and/or the mythology. However, one could argue a technical definition of “movie set on Christmas.” In actual usage, anything that sells candy bars will put Reese’s in with them, and most people when asking for a candy bar would not turn down a Reese’s. However, one could argue that “candy bar” technically must be bar-shaped. That said, I say “no,” simply because I personally don’t want to watch Die Hard when I’m in the mood for Christmas movies, and I would not offer Reese’s if asked for a “candy bar” unless it was all I had–and then I would say “Is Reese’s okay?” I think both are just about being cute and trying to say something surprising, and are not practical considerations. ---
**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 10, 2019, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/269 "2019-11-10T06:59:26Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > IMHO, they’re still bar-shaped, and thus qualify as candy bars, whereas the Reese’s miniatures are perfectly round and can therefore be defined as pralines. There is no way that Reese’s can be classified as a praline. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/270 "2019-11-10T14:35:53Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > There is no way that Reese’s can be classified as a praline. I think he/she meant “bon-bon.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/271 "2019-11-10T14:37:47Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > In Canada it’s a chocolate bar. So yes. Oh, Canada, eh? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/272 "2019-11-10T15:30:40Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I think he/she meant “bon-bon.” I (a he, BTW) was trying to keep things classy, thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/273 "2019-11-10T15:34:46Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > There is no way that Reese’s can be classified as a praline. Oh really? Drip a random chocolate scrawl on top of one of [these](https://www.candystore.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/385x/f31b0cfd465b5145025020710a9577fb/r/e/reeses-mini-cups-bulk-candystore-470x470-mark.jpg), and it would not look out of place in any overpriced box of assorted chocolates. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/274 "2019-11-10T15:36:03Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I (a he, BTW) was trying to keep things classy, thank you very much. Yes, but “bon-bon” is French! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/275 "2019-11-10T15:37:36Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Oh really? > > Drip a random chocolate scrawl on top of one of [these](https://www.candystore.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/385x/f31b0cfd465b5145025020710a9577fb/r/e/reeses-mini-cups-bulk-candystore-470x470-mark.jpg), and it would not look out of place in any overpriced box of assorted chocolates. So would Crunchy Frog. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/276 "2019-11-10T17:18:00Z")
Try telling that to Constable Clitoris. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/277 "2020-10-28T12:36:58Z")
Reposting what may be the most important choice you make before the other most important choice you make in a few days. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/278 "2020-11-01T00:00:19Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Technically no, but for all intents and purposes that matter yes, so yes. You are completely wrong in this instance. ---
**Author:** ![Enjoy\_Slurm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enjoy_slurm/32/3937_2.png) [@Enjoy\_Slurm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enjoy_Slurm)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/279 "2020-11-01T03:21:00Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Just in time for Halloween: do you consider Reese’s Peanut Butter cups a candy bar? No, that’s completely ridiculous. They are two candy bars. ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699/280 "2020-11-01T23:34:24Z")
Can the correct answer be, “They are both cups and bars.” Meaning that literally they are cups, but since most people don’t always speak strictly literally – by convention in marketing and use, it’s fine to lump them in with bars. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699.md?page=15)