Posted on 11/03/2024 7:03:41 AM PST by Larry Lucido
When Vivian de Walque, a 37-year-old Reddit user, reached for a five-pack of Reese's peanut butter cups to ease her workday stress, she wasn't prepared for what would become a viral candy catastrophe.
"I figured it was a one-off, so I bite into the next one. Nope, no peanut butter. Well, there's no way I could get three in a row... right?" humorously recounting her quest through all five cups, each solid chocolate, "without a trace of peanut butter," she told Newsweek.
Sharing her experience on Reddit's "mildly interesting" sub, Vivian's story struck a chord with 100,000 upvotes.
De Walque, who works as an assistant director at tour operator Orbridge, was hoping for a momentary escape from her hectic work schedule and explained that she'd been working 11-hour days recently, "stress eating" to cope.
She'd picked up the pack during a shopping trip to Dollar Tree, where the Reese's five-pack sold for $1.25.
"Typically, I go for sour gummies at Dollar Tree, but they had this big Halloween candy set up... a five-pack of Reese's for $1.25? Sign me up," she recounted.
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She will be getting coupons for all the Reese's cups she can eat, I'm sure.
"I'll take it!"
I guess not many people understand lot numbers.
She will also be getting high BMI, high triglycerides, high blood pressure and maybe a stroke. That’s what my doc tells me. But I do love me some candy like Reese’s.
Is Hershey’s hinting they’re going to start marketing peanut butter?
Hey, I don’t understand a lot of numbers, either!
Yep!
You got peanut butter on my chocolate! You got chocolate in my peanut butter!
Yep! She needs to get out more to increase her odds.
She said that she usually goes for the Sour Gummies at Dollar Tree but grabbed the Reese’s because of a big sale.
I hope she continues to diversify into a healthier diet. I’d recommend Sweet Tarts next, although if she’s up for it, she might want to go straight for the licorice if she can handle the hard stuff.
Peanut butter Shortages!?!
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Oh Noes!
My grandmother bought a bag of individually wrapped snack-size Snickers back in the late 70’s. She was watching TV in the dark and started eating them. Thinking they tasted off, she went into the kitchen and flipped the light on to inspect them. That’s when she discovered that they were filled with maggots. After vomiting profusely, the next day she returned to the store with the remaining Snickers and told the manager what had happened. Initially he told her that it wasn’t possible for them to all be infested since they were individually wrapped. Apparently it didn’t occur to him that they could be contaminated at the factory. The joke was on him though. As soon as he cut into one of the Snickers, out poured the maggots. All she did was ask for a refund.
I hope the next dollar store she goes to only has candy corn.
No more eating candy in the dark!
So was she arrested for eating future foods prematurely?
She shud try dem Smarties.
Ize can tell youz dat dey really werk!
Michigan Gov Whitmer: “Hey, those are the solid chocolate hosts I ordered for communion today!”
Lol
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