It’s Christmas time which means bring on the chocolate Christmas trees in every form! Yes, apparently EVERY form. Reese’s decided to give us this:
Yep, it definitely looks like something already eaten.
I look forward to my Reese’s pumpkins, Reese’s eggs, and of course, the Reese’s Christmas tree! My stocking has never been left without one. Will I still eat my deformed Christmas tree? Yes. Will I question what I have just put in my mouth? Probably. The real question is why does this chocolaty goodness look so freaky this year.
Politics can literally be shoved into my innocent Reese’s piece. First, it was my Starbucks disposable cup, and now it’s my candy. Honestly people, can we just not twist our foods into meanings and other weird things? Drink the coffee, and eat the candy.
I don’t know about you guys, but I didn’t even notice the red cup when the controversy came out. I just noticed the beautiful caffeine that was filling my soul in preparation for the long day of school ahead of me. I don’t eat my chocolate to look fashionable, nor do I carry around my Starbucks cup to be on the cutting edge either. BUT to each his own.
Back to this oddly-shaped tree…the most humorous part about this was Reese’s response on Twitter. I chuckled A LOT.
“REESE’S celebrates trees of all shapes and sizes. It’s not what it looks like, it's what it tastes like.”
Even Muslims are scratching their heads.
Their hashtag is even better: #alltreesarebeautiful.
The tweets are hilarious that were trending over this chocolate. @shelflife_shop tweeted, “#reeses you call it a tree. I think the rest of us see it as a turd. #homelife #whiteaintright.”
2015 had this same theme. They are Cait Jenner-ing up everything these days. Just leave the Reese’s alone. It was already gender-neutral. Geez. Quit the creativity.
This sounds like relationship advice (for a very sad one, I might add). Let’s just say I would never want Reese’s guiding me on love or image. It’s like the old adage, “As long as he or she has a good personality, nothing else matters.” It works for Larry King, I guess, but this doesn’t always seem to work for most.
According to Anna Lingeris, a Hershey company spokesperson, “The butter cups have a higher ratio of peanut butter to chocolate.”
She added, “these products are not solid chocolate made in moulds, which would have a more distinct shape. They are soft peanut butter centers that are enrobed in chocolate, a process which by its nature creates a less distinct shape."
The whole situation is quite humorous. At the end of the day, whether my Christmas tree looks like poop or not, Reese’s candy still has me reeled in as a loyal buyer. Unless they change the taste of it to what it looks like…then we will have a problem.
As you open up this chocolaty goodness beyond the 70’s colored orange wrapper this holiday season, remember: “All trees are beautiful.”
