Reeses is a classic American candy invented in 1928 by H.B Reese. The Hershey company mass-produces this peanut buttery treat. Reeses have become a staple for every holiday: Christmas, Easter, and Halloween!

The process of creating these creamy treats is somewhat unexpected. So let’s jump right into this sweet process! Firstly, the Hershey factory purchases only top-quality peanuts grown right from the southeast. Each super sack of peanuts contains around two million peanuts! Two million peanuts equate to twenty-five hundred pounds, which equals the weight of a compact car! The peanuts are then sent to be cleaned and put into the roaster. By roasting the peanuts, they naturally split in half and lose their shells. The heat draws out the oil from the peanuts, and then the mixture is pushed through a grinder. This causes the mix to emulsify and thicken, creating a luscious peanut butter filling.

Then the paper lining is placed inside a machine and stamped into the signature peanut butter cup shape. These wrappers move down the conveyor belt and get a generous spurt of creamy milk chocolate. The melted chocolate gets a squirt of air to make sure the chocolate is even throughout the wrapper. Once the chocolate is leveled, the machine drops a nugget of the thick peanut butter mixture over the chocolate. These cups make their way to the bounce conveyor belt, which makes the peanut butter spread to all sides of the cup. Finally, the cups make their way to the depositor machine, where it squeezes out a final layer of chocolate and is hit with another puff of air to smooth it out.

The cups take thirty minutes to fully harden. Once set, they are sent to be packaged into their classic orange, yellow and brown packaging. Lastly, they are boxed up and shipped all over the globe to Reeses fanatics.

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