Reese’s boss confirms how you’re actually supposed to pronounce name

Sorry to ruin your day but you've probably been pronouncing Reese's wrong all your life.

Reese's Peanut Butter Cup - made up of a smooth peanut butter filling enveloped in Hershey's chocolate - has been known and loved worldwide for a number of years.

The brand - belonging to The Hershey Company - gained commercial prominence in the 70s and 80s, when a series of adverts for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups featured two people, one eating peanut butter and one eating chocolate.

One person would say: "You got your peanut butter on my chocolate!" and the other would reply: "You got your chocolate in my peanut butter!"

Once they try both flavours together, the slogan would be: "Two great tastes that taste great together."

Now, the chocolate brand was Reese-ntly celebrated on Halloween, but it seems that people are not Reese-pecting the correct pronunciation of the name.

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The most common alternative pronunciation sounds like 'Ree-SEES', which is apparently completely wrong.

NFL player and Taylor Swift's boyfriend Travis Kelce pronounced it as such on his podcast titled New Heights, whilst he munched on the chocolate treat alongside his older brother, Jason.

Earlier this week, a Hershey’s spokesperson told Parade.com to take a look a recent Halloween commercial narrated by Will Arnett.

"People its Reese's season," he said.

So it’s basically pronounced the same way actor/director Reese Witherspoon’s name would be.

Pretty straight forward if you think about it.

However, in other news, it was reported last month that Reese’s could be in violation of US state and federal laws with its new sweepstakes offer.

The promotion on their peanut butter cups packages reads: "You could win $25,000," and in small print adds: "See details inside."

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But reports suggest that only after consumers have bought and opened a package can they see the small print.

And when it comes to sweepstakes in the US, state laws states that no purchase is necessary to participate.

“You never have to pay to play. All these packages should be recalled,” Edgar Dworsky, a consumer advocate of Consumer World, said.

“As with all of our promotions, we place great care and diligence to ensure they are compliant with all regulations,” Hershey has since said in a statement.

The Pennsylvania company said that there are in-store contest displays explaining the contest rules, including the 'no purchase necessary' entry info.

Dworsky argued that candy displays in the likes of California, Virginia and Washington, had no signs of labelling.

Whilst sweepstakes rules are administered by individual states, three federal agencies — Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Postal Service — 'also enforce laws governing depending on the type of promotion'.

LADbible has contacted The Hershey Company and the FTC for comment.

Topics: Food And Drink

Anish Vij

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