Hershey's to Return to Real Chocolate by 2027 After Customer Backlash [Yahoo! Finance]
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company has just pledged to change course and bring back real chocolate in 2027. Hershey's had stopped using real chocolate? In some products, yes. In fact, the company's change in direction comes just weeks after Hershey's was called out by a notable chocolate candy heir. Brad Reese the grandson of Reese's founder H.B. Reese , called out Hershey's for changes they quietly made to a number of their iconic products. On February 14, Reese posted an open letter written to The Hershey Company via his LinkedIn page . He noted that his grandfather "Built Reese's on a simple, enduring architecture: Milk Chocolate + Peanut Butter." Reese continued, "But today, Reese's identity is being rewritten, not by storytellers, but by formulation decisions that replace Milk Chocolate with compound coatings and Peanut Butter with peanut-butter-style cremes across multiple Reese's products." He explained, "I'm not asking for nostalgia. I'm asking for alignment... If Reese's is going to remain
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- Reese's Founder's Grandson Says 'It Was Not Edible' And Throws Out New Candy — Blames Swapping Real Milk Chocolate For 'Compound Coating' [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- Chocolate prices expected to ease by autumn [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- Beloved chocolate treat poised to return to classic recipe after criticism [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- Hershey Is Reviving Reese's Original Recipe After Viral Backlash [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- Hershey says 'classic' Reese's returning; founder's grandson cries PR [USA TODAY]USA TODAY
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