Reese's Peanut Butter Hearts: Available mainly during January and February, these are heart-shaped confections representing Valentine's Day. At various retailers, an individually-packaged, larger heart is available as well. These are packaged in all-red exterior packaging. Launched nationally in 1997.

REESE'S Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Hearts, 9.1 oz bag. REESE'S Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Hearts 4.8 out of 5 stars. Read reviews for average rating value is 4.8 of 5.

Roasted Peanuts, Sugar, Contains 2% or Less of: Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Rapeseed, Cottonseed, and Soybean Oils), Salt, Peanut Oil, Monoglycerides, Molasses, Cornstarch.

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.

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.

Hershey, PA Today, Reese's makes enough peanut cups each year to feed one cup to every person in the USA, Japan, Europe, Australia, China, Africa and India! Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are made in Hershey, PA, Stuarts Draft, WV and in Monterrey, MX.

Reese's Peanut Butter Cup The combo of peanut butter and milk chocolate gives this treat a high fat count. Contain: 1 cup (serving): 88 calories, 5 grams fat, 2 grams saturated fat, 8 grams sugar. Stay away, since the grams of fat and calories can add up quickly.

Hershey, Pa REESE'S Chocolates is the number one candy brand in the United States and the biggest confectionery brand in the whole world… yet we can almost smell the peanut-buttery deliciousness being created just down the road here in Hershey, Pa.

It was invented by a struggling dairyman named Harry Reese. Reese worked on a dairy farm owned by Milton Hershey, the Hershey chocolate king, and in 1928 Harry began toying with the idea of mixing peanut butter and chocolate in cups.

1: Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. This perennial favorite easily finished first in the candy derby, earning the title of most popular Halloween candy in 18 states, including densely populated ones like California, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts.

1928 In the early 1920s, H.B. Reese, an employee of The Hershey Company, started making candy in the basement of his Hershey home. When Reese created Peanut Butter Cups as part of an assortment of candies in 1928, the first generation of chocolate and peanut butter fans made the candy his bestselling item.

More than 3 600 kilograms of peanuts go through this roaster. Every hour when they come out they've turned from white to light brown.