# Reese's Peanut Butter Cups - The Change **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 1, 2026, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-the-change/1034318 "2026-11-01T11:50:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-the-change/1034318/1 "2026-11-01T11:50:22Z")
OMG this is dreadful. I mean really horrible. What were they thinking?! Somebody has put dog poop in my peanut butter!!! I had heard the online complaints, and then the response from the company. They said all they changed was the outer coating, and that the brown stuff was still chocolate. Poppycock!! One of the new ones made its way to me for the first time Halloween, and it was a fright. Just really, substantially nasty. It tasted like a combination of grassy Canola and raw Carob. Nothing like chocolate or cocoa at all. The peanut butter flavor was entirely lost, and that really does take some doing. Great Og on high, that was abysmal. Somebody pass me a Butterfinger. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-the-change/1034318/2 "2026-11-01T13:48:57Z")
I guess importing chocolate is expensive. There’s very little flavor in the outer shell of Reeses. The peanut butter filling tastes different. Maybe they are using a different oil? ---
**Author:** ![LavenderMagnolia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@LavenderMagnolia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderMagnolia)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-the-change/1034318/3 "2026-11-01T13:53:13Z")
I think I read something about fewer farmers wanting to grow the cacao plants for chocolate in recent years. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-the-change/1034318/4 "2026-11-01T14:15:35Z")
I wondered a couple of months ago when I got some during a weak moment in the store (they used to be one of my old staples when I weighed 240 20 years ago), if it was them or if my taste buds had evolved or something (I usually get gourmet chocolate anymore). Ate one piece, went blecchh, and gave the rest to the apt. office girls. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-the-change/1034318/5 "2026-11-01T14:29:51Z")
In recent years, I have found the holiday special Reese’s to be vastly superior. I’m talking about the Christmas trees, the Valentine hearts, etc. They’re creamier or something. They better not have messed those up! One of my hobbies is to kill a whole bag in a half hour, then hate myself for the rest of the day… ---
**Author:** ![FrostyKmart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/85e7bf/32.png) [@FrostyKmart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrostyKmart)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-the-change/1034318/6 "2026-11-01T14:49:24Z")
I just bought some this morning since they were on sale. They’re the spooky skeletons. No idea how good they are but will report back when I’ve had one ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-the-change/1034318/7 "2026-11-01T15:41:16Z")
Hershey’s insists they haven’t changed the ingredients in their regular Reese’s peanut butter cups, but I agree there’s something going on with them - they are not good at all. I found a different brand at Aldi’s that’s much better. They have admitted some of their other Reese’s products have been cheapened; however they claim they will change those back starting next year. A grandson of the inventor of the original peanut butter cups called them out about it earlier this year. [Hershey switching back to classic Reese’s recipe after backlash](https://www.aol.com/articles/hershey-switching-back-classic-reese-162530548.html) ---
**Author:** ![FrostyKmart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/85e7bf/32.png) [@FrostyKmart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrostyKmart)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-the-change/1034318/8 "2026-11-01T16:04:27Z")
The peanut butter tastes the same but the chocolate sure didn’t taste much like chocolate. It was almost tasteless ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-the-change/1034318/9 "2026-11-01T16:17:02Z")
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups have always been my favorite chocolate candy, but it’s been a few years since I ate any candy “bar”. Before that, I always avoided the non-cup shaped ones or undersized or oversized ones because the chocolate/peanut butter ratio was always wrong. Only the traditional cups got it right. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-the-change/1034318/10 "2026-11-01T16:18:36Z")
If they truly haven’t changed their formula, then I’d be aiming a hard eye at my suppliers if I were them. That was certainly not cocoa and/or cocoa butter on the outside of that cup. And if the c-suite and Board truly cannot taste the difference, then they are in the wrong business. There is just no excuse for that. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-the-change/1034318/11 "2026-11-01T18:20:16Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > If they truly haven’t changed their formula, Oh, they have. Check back [in 2027](https://tallow.app/blog/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-not-legally-peanut-butter). ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-the-change/1034318/12 "2026-11-01T18:36:51Z")
Hate to tell you, but you’ll find Butterfingers are not the same either. Two things have not changed in decades: candy corn and orange slices. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-the-change/1034318/13 "2026-11-01T18:56:47Z")
That’s because that haven’t invented the science yet to figure out how to make candy corn any worse. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-the-change/1034318/14 "2026-11-01T19:31:39Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Two things have not changed in decades: candy corn and orange slices. Loves me some orange slices. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-the-change/1034318/15 "2026-11-01T20:06:47Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > Hershey’s insists they haven’t changed the ingredients in their regular Reese’s peanut butter cups, but I agree there’s something going on with them - they are not good at all. I found a different brand at Aldi’s that’s much better. They could be using a different ratio, or different brands of the same ingredients. Or just straight up lying really, not sure if they are not allowed to lie outside of advertisements. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-the-change/1034318/16 "2026-11-01T20:10:53Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Two things have not changed in decades: candy corn and orange slices. They’re still working through the inventory from 1956. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-the-change/1034318/17 "2026-11-01T20:35:05Z")
I don’t like them, but the ones I gave out for Halloween last night felt different from the ones in years past. I’ll check with my wife about the taste. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-the-change/1034318/18 "2026-11-01T20:39:35Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Before that, I always avoided the non-cup shaped ones or undersized or oversized ones because the chocolate/peanut butter ratio was always wrong. Only the traditional cups got it right. Agreed! Last week, I got an individually wrapped cup from a candy bowl at a sales booth. It was exactly the same as before. ---
**Author:** ![FrostyKmart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/85e7bf/32.png) [@FrostyKmart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrostyKmart)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-the-change/1034318/19 "2026-11-01T21:21:52Z")
Also I’ve had a very difficult time finding dark chocolate Reese’s. I think the only thing I’ve seen recently includes fudge with the dark chocolate. I just want some dark chocolate and peanut butter ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-the-change/1034318/20 "2026-11-02T00:05:14Z")
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