CNN:
>Whether you hate tootsie rolls or licorice, the truth is we’ve all received Halloween candy we don’t like. But this year, Reese’s is coming to the rescue with their very own candy exchange machine.
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>”Reese’s Halloween Candy Converter Machine” was first released to the public on Sunday, October 28, during a Halloween parade in Tarrytown, New York.
No tricks here. Trade in your Halloween candy for Reese's candy. What'd you expect from the GOAT of Halloween?! #ReesesCandyConverter #NotSorry pic.twitter.com/bTrjF2IFay
— REESE'S (@reeses) October 30, 2018
This is brilliant.
Brilliant indeed.
“This is low-rent candy!” You think?
If only they’d done this when it mattered more.
At the risk of sounding older than dirt, the newish versions of much of this candy are a far cry from previous years. Multiple recipe downgrades and reduction in quantities over a decade or two have resulted in some truly awful-tasting product that still calls itself by names like “Snickers” and “Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.” Less genuine cocoa in your chocolate? Pump up the corn syrup!
It’s very likely these same things were said thirty or forty years ago, too.
It doesn’t dispense beer? That’s disappointing.