25 best candy bars of all time

Celebrate SHE with Hershey's. Image courtesy Hershey's
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Reese’s adds Mystery Shapes to holiday candy line-up, photo by Cristine Struble
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Are Reese Peanut Butter Cups one of the best candy bars?

It’s peanut butter and chocolate. I mean, come on, it’s a classic for a reason. It’s a match made in heaven and one of the reasons we know the combination is so perfect is because of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.

This is another candy bar where you get two pieces. You eat one delicious chocolate peanut butter cup and you think, yes that was great, but I wish I had another one. Welp, you do because two come in a pack. I don’t know who decides how many pieces/bars come in a package, but they clearly know what they’re doing with candy bars.

For me, the best part of a Reese’s Cup is the difference in textures. The crispness of the chocolate and the smoothness of the peanut butter completely works and it’s been working for a long time.

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups were first introduced in 1928 and were immediately popular. The flavor combination wasn’t anything new to the public but the candy bar has a unique flavor to it that’s different than just peanut butter and chocolate simply mixed together.

The peanuts are roasted before they are made into peanut butter. This process was originally a malfunction of a machine. A mistake that would end up making one of the most popular candy bars ever.

Now Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups come in all kinds of different forms. Reese’s Cups, Reese’s in Santa, Christmas tree, and egg shapes, and even bunny-shaped Reese’s. It’s become a piece of pop culture at this point.