I trundled off to town for a walk and after walking into the local Tesco,it seems they are best buds with Hersheys ATM, and they are doing 9 Reese's peanut butter cups for only £1.20! However,going into Asdas,I was surprised to see a pretender to the throne....Nestle Butterfinger Cups with a peanut butter filling!! 4 for a £1. Now,that really confused the Moose,as he didn't know what one to eat off the shelf.
Hence,I decided to take a great risk(both financial and Moose related) to see which is still king of the very minor hill. I bring you the...peanut butter cup!
Now comparing the packaging - Reeses has its "classic" eye assaulting orange and yellow packaging which is great if you want to spot the sweetest thing in the store(outside a Twinkie bar). Butterfinger packaging seems more refined and more suave,so wins here,but apparently the US ones are just as migraine inducing as the Reese's packaging.
The packaging states each Reese's cup is 17g and the Nestle pretender to the very buttery throne is 21.5g or a whole 26.4% bigger,ie,if you are on a diet and are allowed on a single cup,get the Nestle one as it will fill your gob quicker. The Reese's are patriotically made in the USA(some can be made in Mexico or China),and Nestle apparently due to utter shame doesn't list country of origin. So Reese's wins here.
A comparison of the cups - Reese's is smaller and circular and the Nestle one is squarer and less ridged. However,more of the fake chocolate gets on your hands with the Nestle cup,as the cheapskates have avoided not covering it in paper. OTH,it is probably the more environmentally friendly cup.
Now,lets look deeper into...the cup.
The fake chocolate coating on the Nestle copy is actually much thicker and the Reese's cup is actually much softer overall. It started to disintegrate when I tried to break it in half hence not so good for sharing. Definitely more a selfish cup,and is not made for the socialists out there. Figures.
Those little dots in the Nestle cups,are actually pieces of Toffee,which is actually only mentioned in little writing at the back. Cheated,I feel,cheated!! Less peanut butter!!
OK,now to the taste test. The Nestle cups are definitely more substantial,and the filling is much crunchier. The Reese's cups are much softer overall and tend to melt quicker in the mouth. What about the taste?? The fake chocolate coating on the Nestle cups,is much less sweeter and less sickly than the Reese's ones. However,this more than compensated by the pointless addition of Toffee pieces which amps up the sweetness to near Reese's level. However,the peanut butter seems much creamier and nicer in the Reese's cups(possibly a bit more saltier).
I would say the Reese's have the edge,and at current prices is better value. The Moose likes both now,since it can assault the shelves at two supermarkets now.
However,after having two of each,I feel thoroughly sick now. The sacrifices I make for all of you!!