Hershey unveils plant-based Reese’s Cups, chocolate bars — that cost more

New York Post ^ | March 7, 2023

[nickcarraway]

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.

[HombreSecreto]

Uhh, no.

[bigbob]

Hey maybe they’ll come out with pariffin wax-based chocolate...oh wait, that’s all they make now...

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Finally! Something worth rioting, looting and burning for! ;)

[V_TWIN]

Because fake meat worked out so well 😏

[Cobra64]

No worries... We only buy swiss milk chocolate.

[Jess Kitting]

Hershey unveils plant-based Reese’s Cups, chocolate bars — that cost more

Were they putting meat into chocolate in the past?

[Williams]

Oat milk tastes pretty good because it tastes like milk.

Other than avoiding dairy, I’m not sure of the dietary benefit.

Almond milk is probably healthier.

[9422WMR]

Will never buy anything again from her/she.

[pepsi_junkie]

If they take the bacon out of Reese’s cups I’ll never eat them again.

[joshua c]

now with more crickets

[joshua c]

do either have calcium?

no

[MtnClimber]

They have ruined their brand with a simple act of wokeism. Now they should just cut cost and make poop-based chocolate because their sales will be the same.

[I-ambush]

Her-She can keep them.

[enumerated]

I love oats and almonds, but grain-based and nut-based milk substitutes taste nothing like milk to me - not even remotely.

Then again, I’m not lactose intolerant. For those who are, I can well understand seeking some sort of substitute, and appreciating it for what it is.

Having said that, I think it’s confusing to call things milk that are not milk. Veggie burgers, oat milk, white chocolate, trans female… lies all lies!

I’d rather we leave the language as it is, and call things by what they are.

[Valpal1]

I have a child with milk protein allergy rather than lactose intolerant. I make killer fudge with baking chocolate and coconut cream.

Hershey’s just wants to make publicity so they can charge more for less.

[Myrddin]

For the gluten intolerant, gluten provokes zonulin in the stomach. That loosens the tight junctions between the intestinal wall and blood stream. The loosened junctions allow the gliaden in the wheat to be exposed to the blood stream provoking an immune response to the gliaden...wheat allergy. Secondary effect from milk where the A1 casein is broken into Beta-casomorphan. The Beta-casomorphan can pass into the blood via the loosened junctions where they are carried to the brain and bind to receptors with a narcotic effect. Some people become "addicted" to milk as a means of getting more Beta-casomorphan. The fix for the Beta-casomorphan problem is to find A2 casein milk. When split, it does not produce Beta-casomorphan. Most US cows produce A1 casein. The A2 variant is more common in Europe.

A gluten intolerance damages the villi in the small intestine. The tips of the villi generate lactase. Gluten causes damage to the villi leaving the person "lactose intolerant". It takes about 3 weeks of gluten free diet to regenerate the villi and recover the lactase functionality.

[Chode]

that cost more

of course they do...

[fella]

Raising the question;

What is non-vegan about their current offerings?

[equaviator]

Chocolate and peanut butter are already plant-based foods. WTF!