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[venta]

A little bit of loose-end tidying I forgot the other day: Following discussion of the Peanut Butter Heresy a while back, ringbark insisted I should try Reese's Pieces.

While I was in Whitby, I popped into one of the look-massive-jars sweetshops on the East side (keris made me) and discovered they also had a bunch of American import sweets. I don't wish to give the impression that I'll follow any instruction issued on the internet by a person I have never met[*] but I immediately purchased a packet.

They are indeed like Smarties to look at, though in line with Reese's branding they only come in orange, yellow and brown. Instead of having chocolate insides, they are filled with massively oversweetened peanut butter.

And do you know what? They're bloody marvellous. I didn't read the nutritional information on the packet because I figured it would be terrifying. And having them for breakfast on Monday was probably a mistake.

But I concede that Ringbark is completely correct, they are way better than the peanut-butter cup things.

[*] I mean, it's pretty much true, but I don't wish to give that impression :)

Comments

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

They are indeed like Smarties to look at, though in line with Reese's branding they only come in orange, yellow and brown. Instead of having chocolate insides, they are filled with massively oversweetened peanut butter.

And do you know what? They're bloody marvellous.

Whilst I certainly agree they're infinitely superior to peanut butter cups, I don't see why anyone would want them over peanut M&Ms. (And not just because M&Ms have blue ones in the pack^[1].) Can you make a convincing case for them?

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[1] I sometimes worry that the only reason I love blue M&Ms so much is because there were no blue Smarties when I was a kid.

[lnr]

Now I have a huge craving!

[beckyc.livejournal.com]

Reeces pieces are one of my all time favouritest sweets. And one I can still have now I'm non-dairy

EDIT: well, the ones on sale in the UK were at one point non-dairy. The ones online were not

But BOO HISS that the one shop near me that I knew to sell them now no longer does. Booo! Booo!

[keris.livejournal.com]

Shall I add you to my Reese's buying list when I go to the US in the summer?

[ringbark.livejournal.com]

Thank you, venta, for those kind words about my recommendation.
There are some mainstream shops that sell these in England - I think I saw some at a Sainsbury's recently. My usual supplier is http://www.americansoda.co.uk/ but they are not cheap there. I get no commission from this site.
Yes, they are (and I quote) bloody marvellous.

[motodraconis.livejournal.com]

Er... actually they sound disgusting! The horror of sugar-grit American chocolate with extra sweet filling. Nauseating.

I'm not one to comment though, I prefer my sweets not-sweet, so Choco-covered, on-the-savoury-side, unmessed-with nuts are ideal.