The Grandson of the founder of the Hershey Corp stated in the past month that the Hershey peanut butter cup is now fake. Doesn't taste like real chocolate and the peanut butter is dry and powdery. Very few candy makers use real chocolate since 2023. There was a shortage of chocolate so the candy makers switch to using hydrogenated oil with chocolate flavoring to mimic the chocolate. The shortage of chocolate is over, but the candy makers are still using the imitation chocolate, because it is much cheaper that using real chocolate.
I noticed the peanut butter a while ago. Especially after seeing a Reese's commercial where a closeup of the peanut butter looked more like dirt than peanut butter. Granted - it may have been, given the tricks they use in commercials.
The Grandson of the founder of the Hershey Corp stated in the past month that the Hershey peanut butter cup is now fake. Doesn't taste like real chocolate and the peanut butter is dry and powdery. Very few candy makers use real chocolate since 2023. There was a shortage of chocolate so the candy makers switch to using hydrogenated oil with chocolate flavoring to mimic the chocolate. The shortage of chocolate is over, but the candy makers are still using the imitation chocolate, because it is much cheaper that using real chocolate.
I noticed the peanut butter a while ago. Especially after seeing a Reese's commercial where a closeup of the peanut butter looked more like dirt than peanut butter. Granted - it may have been, given the tricks they use in commercials.
Don't buy crap like that. I don't eat much of things like that so it won't affect me.