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Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each time we go shopping, we see lots of items for the upcoming holiday. It seemed as if Christmas was just over, when Valentine\u2019s Day merchandise arrived. Then came St Patrick\u2019s Day and the green items we buy to celebrate and the day isn\u2019t quite here yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now there is Easter baskets, decorations, peeps, chocolate eggs, chocolate bunnies and so many of the treats that I love lining the shelves.  My kids and I love the Cadbury eggs with that creamy filling, coconut eggs, and oh yes the peanut butter ones. Yum, I hope I get a basket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I just read, and maybe you did too, that the company that makes peanut butter eggs (Reese\u2019s) is cutting back on their delicious chocolate covering. The Hershey Company makes Reese\u2019s Peanut butter cups after purchasing the company in 1963. Brad Reese, grandson of the inventor of Reese\u2019s peanut butter cups, bought a bag of the Reese\u2019s chocolate hearts for Valentines Day. His mouth was prepared to taste the creamy peanut butter and the good chocolate coating on Grandpas Reese\u2019s brand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brad took one bite and spit it out saying, \u201cIt was not edible. I used to eat a Reese\u2019s product every day, and this is very devastating for me. In his quest for information, he learned that Hershey\u2019s was using and replacing the milk chocolate with a compound coating and peanut butter with a peanut butter like cream to save money. A new word was created called skimpflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disgusted, Brad launched a campaign against Hershey\u2019s. His grandfather had started the company in 1928 and the Reese\u2019s still cared about the brand. He also revamped his website saying \u201cBrad Reese Protecting Reese\u2019s Brand Integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I always buy Reese\u2019s eggs for Easter and I wish we could taste them before buying. For the benefit of the doubt, cocoa beans comes from Africa and weather-related issues has disrupted the growing of cocoa beans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I remember way back when the 5 and 10 Stores were open you could go in and buy a big chocolate Easter egg with your name on it. I don\u2019t think they had peanut butter ones, but they were really good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I sure am not picking on the Hershey Company, but I do like my peanut butter cups. Now, do you like Easter Candy?  I could eat one right now and hopefully they will let the Easter bunny bring those good Reese\u2019s peanut butter eggs. Do you make up Easter Baskets and what is your favorite kind of Easter candy? Let me know and I\u2019ll give you a Penny For Your Thoughts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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