The grandson of the inventor of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups is lashing out at The Hershey Co., accusing the candy company of hurting the Reese’s brand by shifting to cheaper ingredients in many products. Hershey acknowledges some recipe changes but said on Wednesday that it’s trying to meet consumer demand for innovation. In a Feb. 14 letter posted on his LinkedIn profile, Brad Reese said Hershey replaced milk chocolate with compound coatings and peanut butter with peanut crème in multiple Reese’s products. , The 70-year-old is the grandson of H.B. Reese, who invented Reese's Peanut Butter Cups in 1928. High cocoa prices led some candy manufacturers to experiment with using less chocolate in recent years.
