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Reese's Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Eggs: Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Chocolate, Skim Milk, Milk Fat, Lactose, Lecithin (Soy), PGPR), Peanuts, Sugar, Dextrose, Salt, TBHQ & Citric Acid (to Maintain Freshness).

The ingenious flavor combination in each of these treats can be traced back to 1928, when H.B. Reese, an employee of The Hershey Company, created REESE'S Peanut Butter Cups in his basement. The Hershey Company supplied Reese with the chocolate coating for his candy and eventually purchased his business in 1963.

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are an American candy by The Hershey Company consisting of a peanut butter cup encased in chocolate. They were created on November 15, 1928, by H. B. Reese, a former dairy farmer and shipping foreman for Milton S. Hershey.

MILK CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, COCOA BUTTER, CHOCOLATE, SKIM MILK, MILK FAT, LACTOSE, LECITHIN (SOY), PGPR), PEANUTS, SUGAR, DEXTROSE, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: VEGETABLE OIL (PALM OIL, SHEA OIL, SUNFLOWER OIL, PALM KERNEL OIL, &/OR SAFFLOWER OIL), HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL (PALM KERNEL OIL, PALM OIL), SALT, PGPR, TBHQ & CITRIC ...

Reese's includes the overall top-selling confection item - the Reese's Peanut Butter Cups King Size - as well as six of the top 20 chocolate/non-chocolate items.

11 Delicious Facts About Reese's

• REESE'S FIRST CRACK AT THE CANDY BUSINESS WAS A FLOP.
• REESE'S NEXT CANDY COMPANY STARTED IN HIS BASEMENT.
• THE BIG BREAKTHROUGH CAME IN 1928.
• THE PEANUT BUTTER CUP BECAME A BREAKOUT STAR.
• WORLD WAR II LED TO REESE DOUBLING DOWN ON THE PEANUT BUTTER CUPS.

There are a couple of reasons. First. The milk chocolate versus peanut butter ratio is different. The have even less sweet milk chocolate than regular Reese's peanut butter cups so you taste more of the peanut butter.

Reese's eggs and Reese's cups differ in size, shape, and peanut butter-to-chocolate ratio. According to Mashable, the shape of the peanut butter-filled vessel also plays a significant role in the dessert experience.

8 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Reese's

• Harry Burnett Reese's First Attempt in the Candy Business was a Total Fail.
• Reese's Second (and Wildly More Successful) Shot at the Candy Business Began in His Basement.
• You Can Purchase Half-Pound Reese's Cups.
• E.T. Was Supposed to be Eating M&Ms, Not Reese's Pieces.

In 1969, only six years after the Reese/Hershey merger, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups became The Hershey Company's top seller.