Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

[gothwalk]

When people from the office here go to Canada, they traditionally bring back a large bag of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Eating these things always disturbs me a bit, and I have just worked out why: I can never tell, as I bite into them, whether I have removed the wrapper or not. I don't care what you do to chocolate, but it should be impossible to give it that texture.

Comments

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

Oh well, if you don't like them, you can send all of yours to me. Mmmmm, peanutty goodness...

[malinaldarose.livejournal.com]

Feel the bottom -- if there's a bit spot of peanut butter in the center, then you've removed the wrapper -- and some of the alleged chocolate with it.

[cartographer.livejournal.com]

My sister's bringing me home some Hershey's non-chocolate-but-tasty-substance from America on Thursday. I didn't try the peanut butter cups. Should I ask for them instead?

[harmfulguy.livejournal.com]

The texture of the chocolate doesn't bother me; I'm American, so I'm used to chocolate-flavored paraffin. Mind you, I only enjoy it when combined with other flavors (PB, caramel, etc.) -- If I want real, pure chocolate, I'll skip the big industrial brands. It's the texture (dry and gritty) of the peanut butter in Reese's that almost makes me avoid them. The taste is still just above acceptable, though.

The Wal-Mart chain of mega retail stores is evil, but they do sell a store-brand peanut butter cup that kicks Reese's ass. Better chocolate (warning: watch that higher melting point), and the PB is smooth and creamy. I don't know how extensively Wal-Mart has colonized Canada, but if you know someone travelling stateside soon, you might ask them to look for it.

So, are there no mass-market chocolate-covered peanut butter candies available on your side of the pond?

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

Not that I can think of. Peanut M&Ms are the closest we come. We're not that gone on peanut butter much, anyway. I quite like it, but it's still an exotic, and not the first or even third thing I'd reach for.

[wyvernfriend.livejournal.com]

grutok bought some of those from one of the stalls in the Epicurean Food Hall! Kinda funny to think that they're regarded as semi gourmet food!!

[fluffworld.livejournal.com]

They always remind me of that old Dime Bar ad with Harry Enfield, the way your teeth just break into and sink through them...

"ArrrrrrmaDILLOS! Crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside, arrrrmaDILLOS!"

[hisgreyeyes.livejournal.com]

"The surprising alternative to Dime bars!"

I prefer to freeze my Peanut Butter Cups, though. It makes the chocolate crunchy instead of waxy and vaguely squeaky.