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H. B. Reese, American candy-maker and businessman, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (born 1876)

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H. B. Reese

American inventor and businessman (1879–1956)

Harry Burnett Reese was an American inventor and businessman known for creating Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, and founding the H. B. Reese Candy Company. In 2009, he was posthumously inducted into the Candy Hall of Fame.
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Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

American candy made by Hershey's

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are an American candy by the Hershey Company consisting of a peanut butter filling encased in chocolate. They were created on November 15, 1928, by H. B. Reese, a former dairy farmer and shipping foreman for Milton S. Hershey. Reese was let go from his…
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