Everyone Relax, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Aren’t Going Anywhere
You probably saw a disgusting story on your Facebook or Twitter feed that claimed Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups were being discontinued by the end of 2017.
Hopefully you didn’t fall for it, but if you did, I’m here to calm your nerves and confirm that the story was written as a prank gone terribly wrong, or right, depending on how you look at it.
There is a prank site called Breaking News 365 that actually lets you create your own fake stories, and that’s where the Reese’s story originated. You can give your faux story a headline and photo to support it and make it sound legit. It’s basically a blog, but with a somewhat legit sounding url.
If you look at the picture below, you can see that it is really easy to create these fake stories:
The story included a false quote from an alleged press conference. They didn’t bother saying who conducted the so-called press conference, but not all satire sites can be at the caliber of Kayfabe news or the Onion.
You probably also saw it on a satire site called Action News 3, who could have been responsible for the other “report” as well, as it’s the exact same copy and pasted story.
Still, while it was clearly a joke, it didn’t stop people from freaking out over the false news:
Wtf…Reese’s cups are being discontinued? No freaking way 😨
— KWM (@Keyton_TV) September 26, 2017
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Seen a pic on @facebook saying that @ReesesPBCups are being discontinued from being sold 😭😭😭😭😭😭
— brianna lenneman 💚 (@blenneman05) September 25, 2017
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I found out that Reese’s candy is going to be discontinued by 9-30-17so Stock Up guys pic.twitter.com/DPdAuBrG27
— elsolis2 (@elsolis15) September 25, 2017
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Hold up, why tf are Reese’s being discontinued 😭
— Nəll (@_janellefaye) September 25, 2017
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I am very concerned about the rumors of Reese’s being discontinued 😱😭😭
— annie (@annie_koenig) September 24, 2017
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Bye Bye Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups- to be discontinued https://t.co/CJOgfmnWgT
— Product Patrol (@ProductPatrol) September 24, 2017
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Maybe Kanye got fat cause he’s eating all the Reese’s before they are discontinued 🤔🤔
— mitchell bruce (@mitchellbruce4) September 24, 2017
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Maybe Kanye got fat cause he’s eating all the Reese’s before they are discontinued 🤔🤔
— mitchell bruce (@mitchellbruce4) September 24, 2017
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While Reese’s didn’t feel the need to publicly address the fake story, it seems they did respond to a concerned Twitter user, who posted a photo of an interaction with the candy company:
For anyone who thought/heard about the rumor @ReesesPBCups were being discontinued. We good. pic.twitter.com/NOtnBBoyh8
— Jacob Flyg (@JacobFlyg) September 24, 2017
Hopefully everyone can calm down now. Reese’s isn’t going anywhere, and we can still fill childrens’ bags with them this coming Halloween.
