# Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 3, 2011, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups/580561 "2011-05-03T11:57:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups/580561/1 "2011-05-03T11:57:19Z")
Obviously a cultural icon, but why? What is the attraction of PB + chocolate. Educate the ill informed. Tastes like… ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups/580561/2 "2011-05-03T11:59:59Z")
I have no idea what the attraction is. The combination of PB and C is utterly revolting to me. I would rather eat skittles. And I hate skittles. ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups/580561/3 "2011-05-03T12:04:12Z")
for me it’s the salty/sweet combination. Peanuts or peanut butter is slightly salty, chocolate is sweet. Kind of why I love chocolate covered pretzels. I have to say though that I know many people who dislike chocolate with peanut butter. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups/580561/4 "2011-05-03T12:04:13Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > What is the attraction of PB + chocolate. A lot of people apparently like the combination, as peanut+chocolate flavors appear in other forms of confectionery. Granted, there are exceptions, as noted above. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups/580561/5 "2011-05-03T12:08:00Z")
The PB taste nothing like peanut butter, for one. It’s more like a vague peanutty taste in a sugar paste. It tastes like “peanut butter” only as much as Boo-Berry cereal tastes like “blueberries”. The confectionary taste is rather unique to Reese’s PB Cups and not really anything like actual peanut butter. I was sorely disappointed as a 5-year-old when I tried to emulate the commercial and dip an actually chocolate bar into a jar of peanut butter and found it tasted truly terrible. The commerical LIED. ☹ Edit: > [@](#): > > A lot of people apparently like the combination, as peanut+chocolate flavors appear in other forms of confectionery. Yes, it’s pretty much banking on the popularity of nuts-'n-chocolate combinations that work for everything from Turtles, to your regular chocolate covered almonds. Nutty + chocolate = yum! Edit 2: Full discloser. Reese’s cups were a childhood favourite of mine. I find them too sweet now, and too much. They used to package them in pairs, now they are 3 per package. Too sweet! ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups/580561/6 "2011-05-03T12:15:25Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > A lot of people apparently like the combination, as peanut+chocolate flavors appear in other forms of confectionery. See, here they don’t. I don’t think peanut butter appears in any form other than straight peanut butter or satay sauce. However **velvetjones** ’s post makes sense. I can see how that would work. Off I go to track some down. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups/580561/7 "2011-05-03T12:15:52Z")
Moved MPSIMS --\> Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups/580561/8 "2011-05-03T12:24:13Z")
🙂 > [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > The PB taste nothing like peanut butter, for one. It’s more like a vague peanutty taste in a sugar paste. It tastes like “peanut butter” only as much as Boo-Berry cereal tastes like “blueberries”. … Well that clears things up as we have tons of Boo-Berry products here. Only last week I bought a tube of Boo-Berry sex lube. But now, because of your description, I am even more intriqued. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups/580561/9 "2011-05-03T12:41:17Z")
There are a multitude of things that I like that I want to have explained to me. The bottom line is, there is no easy way to explain such things. You can’t easily describe why something is funny. (Slapstick? I don’t get it. Fart humor? ditto.) I love peanutbutter and I love chocolate and yes, the two of them together can be awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups/580561/10 "2011-05-03T12:51:40Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Only last week I bought a tube of Boo-Berry sex lube. > > But now, because of your description, I am even more intriqued. I think a peanut-chocolate sex lube would be a little disturbing, actually. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups/580561/11 "2011-05-03T13:17:39Z")
> [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > I think a peanut-chocolate sex lube would be a little disturbing, actually. Smooth PB, not chunky. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups/580561/12 "2011-05-03T13:42:21Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Obviously a cultural icon, but why? What is the attraction of PB + chocolate. > > Educate the ill informed. > > Tastes like… I didn’t think I’d like the combination, not having been brought up on such a combination. I’m a great fan of Reese’s PB cups now. Can’t get enough of them. Mind you, I like chocolate with almost anything so I’m probably not typical. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups/580561/13 "2011-05-03T13:45:03Z")
> [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > Edit 2: Full discloser. Reese’s cups were a childhood favourite of mine. I find them too sweet now, and too much. They used to package them in pairs, now they are 3 per package. Too sweet! Absolutely agreed. The only time I have them is at Halloween, when I’ll grab a bag of those for the trick-or-treaters. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups/580561/14 "2011-05-03T13:46:24Z")
You can buy the minis, you know. Each one a perfectly sized bite of Nirvana. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups/580561/15 "2011-05-03T13:51:12Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > See, here they don’t. I don’t think peanut butter appears in any form other than straight peanut butter or satay sauce. But _peanuts_ and chocolate do. Eg, Snickers bars. (Full disclosure - can’t stand the stuff myself. But I seem to be in a minority with you there…) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups/580561/16 "2011-05-03T13:55:59Z")
Chocolate/peanut butter is one of my favorite flavor combos, probably because of the sweet/salty taste. I love it in any form. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups/580561/17 "2011-05-03T13:58:30Z")
> [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > I think a peanut-chocolate sex lube would be a little disturbing, actually. And here I was, thinking that if they made a good peanut butter chocolate sex lube, I might quit my job and become a sex worker. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups/580561/18 "2011-05-03T14:01:00Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > What is the attraction of PB + chocolate. What’s the attraction of peaches and cream? Of toast and jam? A lot of folks like it. I’m not sure it can be effectively depicted verbally. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups/580561/19 "2011-05-03T14:01:03Z")
Same reason kettle corn is popular. Sweet and savory mixed together. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups/580561/20 "2011-05-03T14:36:02Z")
I hate peanuts and peanut butter, but when I was pregnant lo these many decades ago I craved the damned things … and we really need a yucky face. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups/580561.md?page=2)