Date:  Thu, 28 Sep 1995 12:30:37 -0400

From:  "M. Lynne Murphy" <104LYN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MUSE.ARTS.WITS.AC.ZA>

Subject: Re: reese's cups



> Perfect. It's only barely a candy bar for me, if that much. But it brings

> up another question. It clearly says "cup" and not "bar" in its title,

> which in this case seems to refer to its shape (roundish rather than

> rectangular). Now I understand what a "fruit cup" is because it's often

> served in cup-like servers; but what does cup mean for Reese's? I guess

> not having a vaguely rectangular (even if rounded like Payday) shape

> disqualifies candy from being a candy bar. But size has something to do

> with this too -- I can imagine inch-long, chocolate covered rectangular

> morsels that could not be called candy bars -- even "bite-sized".



i think it's a cup because (it looks like) you start out with a dish-

shaped bit of chocolate, put pb in it, then seal it off. (i realize

that they may actually start out w/ a bit of pb & put choc around

it, but that's not what it looks like.)



also, it's in a piece of paper that looks like a baking cup.



this is torture, since i can't get them here. think i saw them at a

gourmet chocolate place once for around the equivalent of $3.



lynne



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