Talk:Reese's Pieces

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In the E.T. wiki page, it says sales of Reese's Pieces boosted 65%, on this page it says sales went up 80%. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.220.73.229 (talk) 23:19, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Pronounciation
''Pronunciation is widely fought, however when bringing this question to Reese's workers and manufacturers, the correct pronunciation "Reese's Pieces" is so that both words sound like "Ree-C's pee-C's" It is meant to be happy and fun so that children will easily remember the product. Studies have shown that this pronunciation significantly increases the appeal of the chocolate peanut-buttery snack among the 5-35 demographic age.''

First of all, let's get one thing straight: ... and there never has been!
 * THERE IS NO CHOCOLATE IN REESE'S PIECES****!

''SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY FACTS THAT IT IS PRONOUNCED REEsis Pieces? I RECENTLY HEARD IT CALLED REESEEES PEEECEEES which was hilarious to me so now im on a mission I want to know how it is pronounced correctly? JAINE''

The only way I've ever heard it pronounced it as it is spelled, the same was it is pronounced in the commercial: "Ree siz  pee siz" As for mispronouncing **both** parts as "ree seez pee seez" that sounds like bad marketing too me. "pee seez" sounds way too much like "feces" (fee seez)! :)  John Alan Elson  ★  WF6I A.P.O.I. 23:59, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Do Reese's Pieces contain peanut butter?
The Manufacture section seems to indicate that Reese's Pieces don't actually contain peanut butter. However, the ingredients list says they contain peanuts and the front of the package says "Peanut Butter candy in a crunchy shell". So I'm having some doubts about what is implied in the Manufacture section. Anybody got a cite on all of that? SnappingTurtle 15:38, 6 September 2006 (UTC)


 * That information is directly from Joel Glenn Brenner's book that's referenced at the end of the article. I don't have the book in front of me, but it was very specific that the filling is not simply peanut butter. Joyous! | Talk 22:40, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

So it does contain peanut butter, right? "Peanut-flavored sugar filling" implies that it doesn't actually contain peanut butter or peanuts. How about this sentence:

The developer of the project turned the problem over to a team of outside scientists who created a penuche filling that contains peanut butter and other ingredients.

"other ingredients" could probably use some clarification, but I don't know what they are.

Also, I'm thinking the section would be more accurately titled "Development" than "Manufacture". Opine.

SnappingTurtle 12:51, 7 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I don't know if the penuche contains peanut butter or not. Does the ingredient listing on the package say "peanut butter"? Joyous! | Talk 22:26, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

The package lists peanuts as the second ingredient after sugar. CurtisJohnson 03:51, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Do Reese's Pieces contain chocolate?
I had some concern on this issue (I eat them during Lent when I do not eat chocolate) but noted that while several sites, including Wikipedia, said that it included chocolate, cocoa was not a listed ingredient on the nutrition label, and the candy was included on the list of "confectionary" candies on Hershey's website.

Due to my concern, I contacted the Hershey company, and recieved the following reply on February 27, 2007, from a representative in their Consumer Relations Department:

Thank you for contacting The Hershey Company.

Your comments about REESE'S PIECES candy are important. There are no chocolate ingredients in this item.

Sabine42 17:22, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for clarifying that! I've added the section back. - SCEhard T 18:15, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Citation removed from the article since it refers back to the talk page for this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.70.166.142 (talk) 04:25, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Please read the above text. - SCEhard T 05:15, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
 * A wikipedia article's talk page is not a reliable source by any stretch of the imagination. Furthermore, claiming to have received an email from someone backing any argument qualifies as original research. I don't doubt that Reese's Pieces are lacking in chocolate. This is simply poor citation form. I'll try to find a list of the ingredients on the official page and use that as a source instead. john factorial (talk) 22:39, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

I don't suppose the fact that chocolate isn't a listed ingredient on the packaging makes any difference? Where are the citations that they DO contain chocolate? —Preceding unsigned comment added by RedmondMenace (talk • contribs) 04:06, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

I think that you could deduce from the following statement on the Hershey nutritional page: http://www.hersheys.com/nutrition/chocolate.asp which states,

"Types of Chocolate Products

In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has established Standards of Identity for many chocolate and cocoa products. These standards designate the percentage of key ingredients that must be present.

Following are the definitions for some well-known chocolate and cocoa products:

Terms & Definitions: Milk Chocolate - A combination of chocolate liquor (not alcohol), cocoa butter, sugar and milk or cream. Milk chocolate must contain at least 10% chocolate liquor and at least 12% total milk ingredients. Sweet Chocolate - A combination of chocolate liquor, cocoa butter and sugar, but contains at least 15% chocolate liquor. Semisweet Or Bittersweet Chocolate - A combination of chocolate liquor, cocoa butter and sugar, but contains at least 35% chocolate liquor. Sweet chocolate and semisweet chocolate are often called dark chocolate. Chocolate, Unsweetened Chocolate, Or Baking Chocolate - Chocolate or chocolate liquor is produced by grinding cocoa beans smooth into a liquid state. This chocolate can be sold as unsweetened chocolate or baking chocolate or used to make other chocolate types such as milk chocolate, sweet chocolate, or semisweet chocolate. White Chocolate - Made from the same ingredients as milk chocolate (cocoa butter, milk, sugar) but without the nonfat cocoa solids. In 2002, FDA established a standard of identity for white chocolate. White chocolate must contain at least 20% cocoa butter and 14% total milk ingredients. Cocoa - Cocoa is the product made by removing part of the fat (cocoa butter) from the cocoa beans and grinding the remaining material minus the shell."

that if Reese's Pieces had any chocolate in their product, it would be labeled in the ingredients under one of the abovementioned terms, however it is not. I would also point to the following page on Hershey's website:  http://www.hersheys.com/nutrition/pets-candy.asp discussing pets and the adverse effects as supporting evidence that if chocolate were present in Reese's Pieces they would make it clear. Additionally in the following link discussing Theobromine: http://www.hersheys.com/nutrition/theobromine.asp, the page states "Since theobromine occurs naturally in cocoa beans, it is present in all chocolate products." and continues to list the amount of theobromine in its products. Coincidentally, Reese's Pieces have 0mg per 1.63 oz (46g).

I don't think it would be too far fetched to say that this product contains no or such an insignificant amount of chocolate to say that it contains no chocolate due to these facts and the ingredients off the bag "Sugar, Partially Defatted Peanuts , Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil , Palm Kernel Oil , Soybean Oil , Reduced Minerals Whey - Milk , Dextrose , Corn Syrup - 2% or Less , Artificial Color - 2% or Less , Blue 1 Lake - 2% or Less , Red 40 Lake - 2% or Less , Yellow 5 Lake - 2% or Less , Yellow 6 Lake - 2% or Less , Salt - 2% or Less , Soy Lecithin - 2% or Less , Cornstarch - 2% or Less , Resinous Glaze - 2% or Less , Modified Cornstarch - 2% or Less , Vanillin - Artificial Flavor - 2% or Less , Carnauba Wax - 2% or Less" -sapperdevil7@yahoo.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.161.202.252 (talk) 02:17, 2 February 2010 (UTC)


 * I've never thought they contained chocolate. They certainly don't taste like they do. But I've been very surprised to discover that Hershey's website describes them as "milk chocolate peanut butter candy," as found here on the official product page: https://www.hersheyland.com/products/reeses-pieces-milk-chocolate-peanut-butter-candy-9-9-oz-bag.html Perhaps this is a mistake? It is very confusing. Ww adh77 (talk) 22:11, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I checked the Hershey site today, and they have corrected their website to show that Reese's Pieces is a "peanut butter candy" and they no longer refer to it as a "milk chocolate peanut butter candy." https://www.hersheyland.com/products/reeses-pieces-peanut-butter-candy-1-53-oz.html Ww adh77 (talk) 17:25, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

Family Guy Reference to Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Commercials
I removed a portion of the article which suggested that an episode of Family Guy contained a reference to the invention of Reese's Pieces. The Family Guy parody was actually one referring to old Reese's Peanut Butter Cup commercials, in which two people would collide, mixing one person's peanut butter snack with the other person's chocolate snack. Considering the fact that Reese's Pieces contain no chocolate makes it even more obvious the Family Guy reference was to older Peanut Butter Cup commercials, not to the advent of Reese's Pieces. Just keeping Wikipedia accurate. ChargersFan (talk) 21:05, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

ET Info from Wash. Times
The article from the Times says Hershey paid no money for the placement and sales went up 70%.

"Apparently children do know the difference: Hershey Foods reports sales of Reese's Pieces are up 70 percent since the film was released last month. . . . Hershey Foods, with annual sales of more than $35 million, paid no money for the movie plug, which is virtually unheard of in Hollywood promotion deals." Dom316 (talk) 01:49, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Was this developed from the company - or Wacky Packages?
I ask because I see that Wacky Packages has a spoof card of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups called "Pieces!" The article says Reese's Pieces came out in 1977, but the WP card was from 1975! Did they influence the Reese's Pieces? http://www.wackypackages.org/stickers/12th_series/pieces_small_smaller_images.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 32.211.201.227 (talk) 22:41, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

I seriously doubt it. THe "pieces" was a parody of "Reese's" and it said that the candy had crumbled into 2000 pieces, hardly a good description of Reese's Pieces!  John Alan Elson  ★  WF6I A.P.O.I. 04:42, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

GM Cherry Picking
The sentence in the lead regarding its use of GM ingredients has problems.


 * Notability - what merits this being mentioned in the lead?
 * Original Research - the cite used is little than a description of the product and ingredients. So its use looks very like the result of OR.
 * Undue emphasis - the source doesn't emphasis the use of GM, so why does this article? Why has the GM ingredients been cherry picked from the list?  Why no mention of the peanuts or palm oil?

If a reliable source has commented particularly on the use of GM, by all mean it could be included (although I wouldn't say it merits the lead), but its inclusion on the basis of someone spotting it in the list of ingredients is highly questionable. -- Escape Orbit (Talk) 17:07, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

I've gone ahead and edited this, in the light of no response to the above. I appreciate that genetically modified foods can be controversial, but there is nothing in the source provided discussing this. Allergies and production methods can equally be controversial with the use of peanuts and palm oil, but there is nothing in the source about these either. So we cannot pick and choose what to focus on, without a source having already done so in relation to Reese's Pieces. -- Escape Orbit (Talk) 16:47, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

In the UK, we do not usually allow GM foods to be sold [due to EU rules]. Therefore I feel that it is important to highlight that the ingredients are GM in this product. I hardly see that as 'cherry picking' Solatiumz (talk) 00:36, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Please cite where this is discussed in a reliable source. That is how we determine what is important in Wikipedia.  Otherwise you are indulging in original research and it should be removed. I see this has been removed a number of times in the last year, and you have repeatedly put it back in. You need to better source this if you want it to remain. -- Escape Orbit  (Talk) 16:55, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Both Morrisons and Sainsbury websites in the UK states that the ingredients are GM "*Produced from Genetically Modified Sugar Beets, Corn, Soya Beans" source: https://groceries.morrisons.com/webshop/product/Reeses-Pieces-Peanut-Butter/360403011?from=search&param=reese and https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/chocolate-pouches---bags/reeses-pieces-pouch-150g These supermarkets are in the top five supermarkets for the United Kingdom. Are you suggesting that they are providing false information? If you continue then I will purchase a packet and take a photograph and post it on here as proof. Here's proof on Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Reeses-Pieces-43-Pack-24/dp/B00465UNPM On the amazon it even helpfully provides an image of the ingredients. Solatiumz (talk) 14:53, 23 December 2018 (UTC)


 * I think you are misunderstanding what the issue is. No-one is questioning the list of ingredients. But there are over 20 ingredients, what is the rational for singling out these ingredients and making special mention of them in the lead of this article? If, as you suggest, it is because you think it's important, and yet no reliable source thinks the same, then we have a problem.  You need to provide verification that this is seen as important by reliable sources. -- Escape Orbit  (Talk) 15:02, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Within the EU foods must state when ingredients contains GM foods source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_food_in_Europe Solatiumz (talk) 16:10, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
 * So? I don't know if I can state this more plainly; if you want the article to highlight that this food contains GM ingredients, you need a source that highlights that this food contains GM ingredients. Otherwise you are cherry-picking information buried in a list somewhere to make a point that you think is important, but apparently no reliable sources do. -- Escape Orbit  (Talk) 18:22, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Vandalism
Someone keeps vandalizing this article with a bizarre, unsourced story that has nothing to do with the article.  John Alan Elson  ★  WF6I A.P.O.I. 04:46, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

This same nonsequitur nonsense has been reverted multiple times by multiple users.  John Alan Elson  ★  WF6I A.P.O.I. 04:54, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

The rogue IP address is at it again! This article needs protection from unregistered users.  John Alan Elson  ★  WF6I A.P.O.I. 01:48, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

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