Talk:Reese's Pieces

message: In the E.T. wiki page, it says sales of Reese's Pieces boosted 65%, on this page it says sales went up 80%.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.220.73.229 (talk) 23:19, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment

message: Pronunciation is widely fought, however when bringing this question to Reese's workers and manufacturers, the correct pronunciation "Reese's Pieces" is so that both words sound like "Ree-C's pee-C's" It is meant to be happy and fun so that children will easily remember the product. Studies have shown that this pronunciation significantly increases the appeal of the chocolate peanut-buttery snack among the 5-35 demographic age.
First of all, let's get one thing straight:  
****THERE IS NO CHOCOLATE IN REESE'S PIECES****!
... and there never has been!
SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY FACTS THAT IT IS PRONOUNCED REEsis Pieces? I RECENTLY HEARD IT CALLED REESEEES PEEECEEES which was hilarious to me so now im on a mission I want to know how it is pronounced correctly? JAINE
The only way I've ever heard it pronounced it as it is spelled, the same was it is pronounced in the commercial:  "Ree siz  pee siz"  
As for mispronouncing **both** parts as "ree seez  pee seez" that sounds like bad marketing too me. "pee seez" sounds way too much like "feces" (fee seez)!   :)
John Alan Elson★ WF6I A.P.O.I. 23:59, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Pronounciation

message: The Manufacture section seems to indicate that Reese's Pieces don't actually contain peanut butter.  However, the ingredients list says they contain peanuts and the front of the package says "Peanut Butter candy in a crunchy shell".  So I'm having some doubts about what is implied in the Manufacture section.  Anybody got a cite on all of that? SnappingTurtle 15:38, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That information is directly from Joel Glenn Brenner's book that's referenced at the end of the article. I don't have the book in front of me, but it was very specific that the filling is not simply peanut butter.  Joyous! | Talk 22:40, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

text: I don't know if the penuche contains peanut butter or not. Does the ingredient listing on the package say "peanut butter"?  Joyous! | Talk 22:26, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Do Reese's Pieces contain peanut butter? 

message: I had some concern on this issue (I eat them during Lent when I do not eat chocolate) but noted that while several sites, including Wikipedia, said that it included chocolate, cocoa was not a listed ingredient on the nutrition label, and the candy was included on the list of "confectionary" candies on Hershey's website.
Due to my concern, I contacted the Hershey company, and recieved the following reply on February 27, 2007, from a representative in their Consumer Relations Department:
Thank you for contacting The Hershey Company.  
Your comments about REESE'S PIECES candy are important. There are no 
chocolate ingredients in this item.
Sabine42 17:22, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for clarifying that!  I've added the section back. -SCEhardT 18:15, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

text: Please read the above text. -SCEhardT 05:15, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: A wikipedia article's talk page is not a reliable source by any stretch of the imagination. Furthermore, claiming to have received an email from someone backing any argument qualifies as original research. I don't doubt that Reese's Pieces are lacking in chocolate. This is simply poor citation form. I'll try to find a list of the ingredients on the official page and use that as a source instead. john factorial (talk) 22:39, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

text: I've never thought they contained chocolate. They certainly don't taste like they do. But I've been very surprised to discover that Hershey's website describes them as "milk chocolate peanut butter candy," as found here on the official product page: https://www.hersheyland.com/products/reeses-pieces-milk-chocolate-peanut-butter-candy-9-9-oz-bag.html Perhaps this is a mistake? It is very confusing. Ww adh77 (talk) 22:11, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I checked the Hershey site today, and they have corrected their website to show that Reese's Pieces is a "peanut butter candy" and they no longer refer to it as a "milk chocolate peanut butter candy." https://www.hersheyland.com/products/reeses-pieces-peanut-butter-candy-1-53-oz.html Ww adh77 (talk) 17:25, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Do Reese's Pieces contain chocolate? 

message: I removed a portion of the article which suggested that an episode of Family Guy contained a reference to the invention of Reese's Pieces.  The Family Guy parody was actually one referring to old Reese's Peanut Butter Cup commercials, in which two people would collide, mixing one person's peanut butter snack with the other person's chocolate snack.  Considering the fact that Reese's Pieces contain no chocolate makes it even more obvious the Family Guy reference was to older Peanut Butter Cup commercials, not to the advent of Reese's Pieces.  Just keeping Wikipedia accurate. ChargersFan (talk) 21:05, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Family Guy Reference to Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Commercials 

message: The article from the Times says Hershey paid no money for the placement and sales went up 70%.
"Apparently children do know the difference: Hershey Foods reports sales of Reese's Pieces are up 70 percent since the film was released last month. 
. . . 
Hershey Foods, with annual sales of more than $35 million, paid no money for the movie plug, which is virtually unheard of in Hollywood promotion deals."
Dom316 (talk) 01:49, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  ET Info from Wash. Times 

message: I ask because I see that Wacky Packages has a spoof card of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups called "Pieces!"  The article says Reese's Pieces came out in 1977, but the WP card was from 1975!  Did they influence the Reese's Pieces?
http://www.wackypackages.org/stickers/12th_series/pieces_small_smaller_images.html  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 32.211.201.227 (talk) 22:41, 9 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Was this developed from the company - or Wacky Packages? 

message: The sentence in the lead regarding its use of GM ingredients has problems.
* Notability - what merits this being mentioned in the lead?
* Original Research - the cite used is little than a description of the product and ingredients.  So its use looks very like the result of OR.
* Undue emphasis - the source doesn't emphasis the use of GM, so why does this article?  Why has the GM ingredients been cherry picked from the list?  Why no mention of the peanuts or palm oil?
If a reliable source has commented particularly on the use of GM, by all mean it could be included (although I wouldn't say it merits the lead), but its inclusion on the basis of someone spotting it in the list of ingredients is highly questionable.
--Escape Orbit (Talk) 17:07, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Please cite where this is discussed in a reliable source.  That is how we determine what is important in Wikipedia.  Otherwise you are indulging in original research and it should be removed. I see this has been removed a number of times in the last year, and you have repeatedly put it back in. You need to better source this if you want it to remain. --Escape Orbit (Talk) 16:55, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

text: I think you are misunderstanding what the issue is. No-one is questioning the list of ingredients. But there are over 20 ingredients, what is the rational for singling out these ingredients and making special mention of them in the lead of this article?  If, as you suggest, it is because you think it's important, and yet no reliable source thinks the same, then we have a problem.  You need to provide verification that this is seen as important by reliable sources. --Escape Orbit (Talk) 15:02, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

text: So? I don't know if I can state this more plainly; if you want the article to highlight that this food contains GM ingredients, you need a source that highlights that this food contains GM ingredients.  Otherwise you are cherry-picking information buried in a list somewhere to make a point that you think is important, but apparently no reliable sources do. --Escape Orbit (Talk) 18:22, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  GM Cherry Picking 

message: Someone keeps vandalizing this article with a bizarre, unsourced story that has nothing to do with the article. John Alan Elson★ WF6I A.P.O.I. 04:46, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism 

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