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Oct 30, 2026
Chuck SmithHOST
I think the peanut butter is a slight upgrade over the peanut, but still good.
Chuck SmithHOST
Another kind of new entry here, one that is another relatively new candy, Reese's Sticks.
Chuck SmithHOST
Again, Hershey, can't go wrong with these.
Chuck SmithHOST
Absolutely can't go wrong.
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moneyball resonated deeply with the hershey company who was perpetually frustrated with being underdogs in the global candy and snack aisle the pennsylvania giant dominates the u.s market with reese's twizzlers jolly rancher and hershey's but has struggled overseas for generations in the 90s decades before moneyball the company bet everything on innovation it acquired smaller brands like milk duds and payday tried to diversify into other categories and repeatedly launched new products in search of the next great chocolate bar.
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Cookies and Cream, Nuggets, Reese's Sticks, and the Symphony Bar were all invented in this era, and three decades later remain permanent members of the Hershey roster.
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Executives prided themselves on vision and execution, stating that every brand launched from within the company since 1990 still remained in production.
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This strategy continued into the 2000s with chocolate slices shaped like Pringles, Reese's Fast Break, candy-coated miniature Kisses, and Take Five, the first ever candy to combine pretzels, caramel, peanut butter, peanuts, and chocolate into a single bar without going stale or falling apart.