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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I will pass, thank you.
I will pass, thank you.
GMTA
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?
“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.
Peanuts - Plant. Cocoa - Plant. Hasn’t it always been plant based?
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.
The left hates cows.
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!
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.)
Right Hershey’s is the only source for mediocre chocolate
Right Hershey’s is the only source for mediocre chocolate
Umm... Chocolate is a PLANT...
I assume this means they are replacing the Milk Solids with some chemically produced nonsense...
I’ll pass.
LOL. Reese Peanut Butter cups!!! Beyond Real Meat, Made from Grass Clippings.
My daughter with a moderately severe milk allergy (gives her hives) will be happy about this.
...what, no bug-based candy?
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
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.
I don’t think I will try them, I am waiting on the Cricket Crunch Bars © ™
I make fudge from coconut cream and baking chocolate. It’s very nice.
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