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Hershey debuts plant-based Reese’s Cups, chocolate bars
The Associated Press ^ | March 7, 2023 | By DEE-ANN DURBIN

Posted on 03/07/2023 7:25:16 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are getting the vegan treatment.

The Hershey Co. said Tuesday that Reese’s Plant Based Peanut Butter Cups, which go on sale this month, will be its first vegan chocolates sold nationally. A second plant-based offering, Hershey’s Plant Based Extra Creamy with Almonds and Sea Salt, will follow in April.

The chocolates are made with oats instead of milk, Hershey said.

Hershey has experimented with vegan chocolate before. It sold an oat-based chocolate bar called Oat Made in some test markets starting in 2021. But the new products will be the first sold throughout the U.S. under the “Plant Based” label.

Hershey said consumers want choice and are looking for products they consider healthier or with fewer ingredients, including reduced sugar and plant-based options. Hershey also introduced an organic version of Reese’s Cups in February 2021.

Younger consumers, in particular, are looking to reduce consumption of animal-based products, says Euromonitor, a market research firm. In a 2021 survey, Euromonitor found that 54% of Generation Z consumers were restricting animal-based products from their diets, compared to 34% of Baby Boomers.

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To: Ultra Sonic 007

I will pass, thank you.


21 posted on 03/07/2023 7:42:35 AM PST by spincaster
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

I will pass, thank you.


22 posted on 03/07/2023 7:43:16 AM PST by spincaster
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To: gibsonguy

GMTA


23 posted on 03/07/2023 7:43:27 AM PST by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Live Free!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The chocolates are made with oats instead of milk, Hershey said.

Be funny if they list oat "milk" as an ingredient.

So much fake junk out there.

What next, Girl Scout cookies no longer made from real Girl Scouts?

24 posted on 03/07/2023 7:43:53 AM PST by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️, aka every man)
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To: gibsonguy

“I’d say you should feel right at home in a blue state.”

I just can’t hate on chocolate.
Prehaps you can boycott them for the both of us.


25 posted on 03/07/2023 7:46:08 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Peanuts - Plant. Cocoa - Plant. Hasn’t it always been plant based?


26 posted on 03/07/2023 7:46:56 AM PST by pas
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To: NorthMountain

Hershey’s is DEAD to me. They had a good run. Go Woke - Go Broke.

The wife made Christmas cookies with the iconic Hershey Kisses. Damn things were imported from Malaysia and melted into a blob ruining the recipe. Found out they substituted Veggi Oil to replace cocoa butter. Screw EVERYTHING Hershey.


27 posted on 03/07/2023 7:47:09 AM PST by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: DallasBiff

The left hates cows.


28 posted on 03/07/2023 7:48:59 AM PST by packagingguy
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

We’ve got fake news, fake Republican politicians, fake burgers and now fake chocolate. Go ahead an puke!!! Welcome to FAKE AMERICA!!! Eat some grass clippings and a Bald Eagle!


29 posted on 03/07/2023 7:52:14 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("I may be a white boy but I'm not stupid". - FJB at Black "History" event. Tell 'em Jo Jo!)
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To: READINABLUESTATE
Being lactose intolerant, I might try these.

I confess my first thoughts ran along the lines of the comedians here, but my wife has issues with dairy and gluten.

I don't like the "plant based" marketing name, since it already has the association with meat-replacement products. Plus, when I start listing ingredients of the originals, I have the think about it before I get to the non-plant ingredients (and I still only come up with one.)

30 posted on 03/07/2023 7:53:25 AM PST by Gil4 (And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
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To: READINABLUESTATE

Right Hershey’s is the only source for mediocre chocolate


31 posted on 03/07/2023 7:55:37 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: READINABLUESTATE

Right Hershey’s is the only source for mediocre chocolate


32 posted on 03/07/2023 7:55:55 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Umm... Chocolate is a PLANT...

I assume this means they are replacing the Milk Solids with some chemically produced nonsense...

I’ll pass.


33 posted on 03/07/2023 7:57:52 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

LOL. Reese Peanut Butter cups!!! Beyond Real Meat, Made from Grass Clippings.


34 posted on 03/07/2023 8:00:21 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("I may be a white boy but I'm not stupid". - FJB at Black "History" event. Tell 'em Jo Jo!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

My daughter with a moderately severe milk allergy (gives her hives) will be happy about this.


35 posted on 03/07/2023 8:02:39 AM PST by Sparticus (Primary the Tuesday group!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

...what, no bug-based candy?


36 posted on 03/07/2023 8:02:39 AM PST by OldCountryBoy (You can't make this stuff up!)
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To: DallasBiff

Milk Chocolate has milk solids (dairy milk, that has let the water evaporate) so I assume that is what they are replacing in these things.

For those that have dietary issues with lactose etc I could see them being a market, but the general treatment of dairy cows is not a huge inhumane issue as a need for an alternative is bs... Most Dairy Cows have a crazy cushy life in spite of what the animal rights activists claim..

Go check out this guy if you believe the animal rights crap...

https://www.youtube.com/@iowadairyfarmer6299


37 posted on 03/07/2023 8:02:58 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Soooooo. I wonder if the Nazis would back off if we made “plant-based” AR-15s? Hmmmmmmmm. They be “green” and would save the planet.


38 posted on 03/07/2023 8:03:22 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("I may be a white boy but I'm not stupid". - FJB at Black "History" event. Tell 'em Jo Jo!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I don’t think I will try them, I am waiting on the Cricket Crunch Bars © ™


39 posted on 03/07/2023 8:03:45 AM PST by wbslws
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To: READINABLUESTATE

I make fudge from coconut cream and baking chocolate. It’s very nice.


40 posted on 03/07/2023 8:08:38 AM PST by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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