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Will the company and Reese’s grandson eventually smooth over their differences? Who knows? But this much is certain: America’s sweet tooth fondness for grandpa’s creation isn’t likely to go away ...

Old-timey candies like squishy, orange circus peanuts and hard, strawberry-wrapped candies can be found alongside spare ...

Brad Reese has accused Hershey of undermining the iconic candy by tinkering with the milk chocolate-and-peanut butter formula.

Some American candies feel completely normal until you hand one to a visitor and watch confusion set in after the first bite. American candies often feel normal to people who grew up with them. Many ...

A sweet candy known as conversation hearts has tracked American romance for over a century, evolving from Victorian sentiments to modern phrases like "Split Rent" and "Text Me." ...

Many of America's iconic holiday candies have Philadelphia or Pennsylvania roots – like Peeps on Easter, Reese's peanut butter cups on Halloween, and a good, old-fashioned Whitman's Sampler box of ...

When you think of celebrating craftsmanship, candy might not come to mind. But that’s exactly what Yaw Asare and Orson Fournillier say they are doing with their business, Gold Coast Candy. The ...

Pantown Brewery is releasing a limited-edition Peanut Butter Carver Milk Stout. The beer was created by beertender Rocky Smith to honor Black History Month. The name pays tribute to George Washington ...

From strawberry bonbons wrapped in crinkly red foil to neon orange circus peanuts and Werther's Originals pulled from a purse, "grandma candy" is sparking nostalgia and debate online. Thousands of ...

Every Sunday, there are quarterbacks we can rely on and ones who we don't feel so certain about. And every year around Halloween, we have the candies that we gravitate toward and the ones we aren't so ...