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Reese’s Pieces Instead of M&M’s For E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial?
CulinaryLore ^ | 8/15/15 | Eric the CulinaryLore Guy

Posted on 07/12/2025 7:55:39 AM PDT by DallasBiff

Why in the world was a practically unknown candy chosen for the movie E.T. instead of M&M’s? What were they thinking? If you were like me, when you first saw E.T. at the movies, and Elliot laid a trail of Reese’s Pieces for E.T. instead of M&M’s chocolate candies, you found it odd. Sure, Reese’s pieces were pretty but Elliot was MUCH more likely to have a bag of M&M’s! Reese’s pieces were practically a brand-new product at the time. It seemed like some kind of obvious product placement. And, in the novelized version of the movie, E.T. did indeed munch on M&M’s. So, why the difference?

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Food
KEYWORDS: maandms; reesespieces
I know an article from 10 years ago, but Reecee's pieces and M&M's are like the Mary Ann and Ginger debate from Gilligan's Island.

I'm with Reeses's Pieces.

The youngins out there will not understand the debate.

Have fun its saturday and flame away.

1 posted on 07/12/2025 7:55:39 AM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

It was product placement.

Advertising.


2 posted on 07/12/2025 7:56:40 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: DallasBiff

I bet Mars regrets that to this day.


3 posted on 07/12/2025 8:04:03 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: DallasBiff

Short answer - M&M’s parent company didn’t want the brand to be associated with a creepy science fiction movie; Reeces jumped at the chance.


4 posted on 07/12/2025 8:06:40 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: DallasBiff

ANYTHING with Reese name - 1 - M&M’s - 0

I just had 3 of the miniature cups and it’s not even noon!!!


5 posted on 07/12/2025 8:08:18 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: DallasBiff

The McDonaldland characters were going to be H.R. Puf’n’stuf’ characters but the deal fell through.


6 posted on 07/12/2025 8:09:01 AM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: DallasBiff

Reese’s Pieces also featured in the first Terminator movie.


7 posted on 07/12/2025 8:10:24 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: DallasBiff

ET is allergic to peanuts.


8 posted on 07/12/2025 8:14:32 AM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: Jamestown1630; PAR35

Mars? Didn’t want to feature its product in a kids movie, directed by Steven Spielberg, about a lost extraterrestrial that likes candy? 😯

What were they thinking?!? 😧


9 posted on 07/12/2025 8:16:37 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: DallasBiff

I love Reese’s Pieces. As for M&Ms, I’ll pass. I’m not into chocolate, so they have never appealed to me. I do love almond M&Ms though.


10 posted on 07/12/2025 8:17:57 AM PDT by AlaskaErik (There are three kinds of rats: Rats, Damned Rats, and DemocRats.)
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To: Thank You Rush

“”M&M’s - 0””

Only if it’s boxes of chocolates from Ethel M in Las Vegas:

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=ethel+m+chocolates&mid=194E25669F09C9D40A83194E25669F09C9D40A83&FORM=VIRE

I’m a choco-holic and the best are in the link above and listed here:
See’s - CA
Esther Price - Dayton, OH - I ate a 10# box of these chocolates given to us for Christmas in 1973 and I ate it all before my daughter was born 2 days after Christmas...
Frangos - Chicago


11 posted on 07/12/2025 8:19:16 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: Thank You Rush

I tried See’s a while back on a Freeper’s recommendation. It really is superior.


12 posted on 07/12/2025 8:24:07 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: ifinnegan

M & M’s refused to be featured. They were afraid some sort of stigma would be attached to their product. Honest answer.


13 posted on 07/12/2025 8:27:00 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: Deaf Smith

Uh....there’s a problem with that theory....


14 posted on 07/12/2025 8:28:50 AM PDT by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: DallasBiff
Some ask “Why Reese's Pieces?”. But others, the visionaries, ask “Why not?”.

15 posted on 07/12/2025 8:29:57 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: DallasBiff

My macaw votes for Reeces’ Pieces.


16 posted on 07/12/2025 9:03:17 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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To: DallasBiff

Thank you for being on the right side of the debate.


17 posted on 07/12/2025 9:13:48 AM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: DallasBiff

‘I’m with Reeses’s Pieces’

So am I. Reese’s Pieces are my favorite candy.


18 posted on 07/12/2025 10:12:37 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: GingisK

Yeah, I remember that now that you mention it.


19 posted on 07/12/2025 3:12:12 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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