Bet You Never Noticed This About Reese's Pieces

From Delish

If I asked you to describe Reese's Pieces, you'd probably say they're the mini, M&M-like version of a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, right? Sort of, except they're actually missing one crucial ingredient.

This important discovery, made by BuzzFeed, is straight-up weird. The candies, which as you may know come in orange, yellow, and brown colors, are only peanut butter-flavored. Chocolate is NOT an ingredient, despite sharing a name with the chocolate peanut butter cups, and the brown color, which I guess we all just assumed meant they were chocolate?!

A closer inspection of a Reese's Pieces box confirms that it is described as "peanut butter candy in a crunchy shell." No mention of chocolate. Who the heck knew?!

To be fair, pretty much every other Reese's variation – Minis, Fast Breaks, Sticks, even the Snack Mix – has chocolate in there, so the assumption does make some sense. Also, the existence of Reese's Outrageous bars, which mix Reese's Cups and Pieces, is suddenly even more exciting.

If you're saying "duh" to this news, we salute your discerning candy skills. If not, don't worry, you're not alone.

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