What are Reese’s Thins?
New Reese’s Thins are not Hershey’s attempt at a “diet” food.
I was actually dumb enough to think that may have been the case for a second. A smarter person would have realized that these are simply thinner peanut butter cups.
How are they?
I’d find it a bit disingenuous to whine about any Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. They’re arguably the single greatest piece of candy on Earth, so you’d probably roll your eyes if I went on a long diatribe about how baffled I am by Reese’s Thins, right?
Well, just let me rant a little.
These shouldn’t exist.
Ok, that’s a tad dramatic, they’re still tasty enough, but Reese’s Thins are a just Cliff’s Notes of Reese’s Cups.
The ratio is off. Instead of that familiar gritty fluff of peanut butter, you just get a tiny layer sandwiched between overpowering chocolate. I don’t want chocolate to be the star of a Reese’s cup. Who eats Reese’s Cup and thinks, “I wish there was more chocolate?!”
The thinness makes these borderline crispy. I’d equate the texture to a frozen version of regular Cups.
Is there anything else you need to know?
It’s not all boring. I couldn’t help but think these would actually be perfect in s’mores. I also appreciate the individual wrappers. They don’t have that oily wax paper dressing like regular Cups. Every Thin I ate was clean with no chunks coming off on the paper.
Conclusion:
You wouldn’t want a hamburger patty sliced like cold cuts would you? That’s my weird, probably nonsensical parallel here.
Why buy a bag of flat candy bars with a bit of peanut butter inside when you can get actual Reese’s Cups? Easter’s coming up, get a bag of those little foil wrapped Reese’s Cups if you want LESS Reese’s Cup –- at least they have the right peanut butter to chocolate ratio.
Purchased Price: $3.49 ($5.49 minus a $2 coupon attached to the display)
Size: 7.37 oz Bag
Purchased at: Rite Aid
Rating: 5 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: (3 Thins) 170 calories, 10 grams of fat, 5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 60 milligrams of sodium, 20 grams of carbohydrates, less than 1 gram of fiber, 18 grams of sugar, and 3 grams of protein.
Regular Reese’s cups has this same wrapper too in many cases. The regular ones don’t all have the waxy paper. I have never understood why it’s packaged differently myself. Like in the twelve packs for $1.50 they have the waxy paper, but in some of the Halloween and holiday bags, they have this kind of wrapper. Maybe someone who works at Hershey’s can enlighten us all! The S’mores idea is one we tried at my house with great success already! We liked the dark chocolate variety better than the milk chocolate one.
Haven’t tried the “regular” thins yet, but the dark chocolate thins are pretty damn good, I think. As far as throwing the peanut butter to chocolate ratio off, I guess that just doesn’t bother me that much. I still taste plenty of peanut butter, and the dark chocolate, while arguably a higher ratio, only seems to complement the flavor combination. Also, I’m pretty lazy, and the fact that I can just crack the wrapper and eat these, without having to peel away the waxy inner cup, is a big plus for me.