HERSHEY, Pa. (WHTM)– The Hershey Company is responding to allegations made by H.B. Reese’s grandson that The Hershey Company changed the iconic peanut butter cups recipe.
Brad Reese, the grandson of the Reese’s inventor H.B. Reese, took to social media, alleging that The Hershey Company has changed his grandfather’s recipe. The LinkedIn post features an open letter that Reese wrote to Todd Scott, Corporate Brand and Editorial Manager at The Hershey Company.
My grandfather, H. B. REESE (Who Invented REESE’S), built REESE’S on a simple, enduring architecture: Milk Chocolate + Peanut Butter. Not a flavor idea. Not a marketing construct. A real, tangible product identity that consumers have trusted for a century.
Brad Reese via LinkedIn
The Hershey Company responded to the allegations, saying that Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are made the same way they always have been made: With milk chocolate and peanut butter…