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Intractable

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3. I keep coming across random bits of reading telling me things labeled as "chocolate" aren't actual chocolate anymore.

Reply to MIButterfly (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 02:24 AM

Apr 7

This one is well-known ...

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups still contain chocolate, but recent scrutiny has highlighted that some other Reese’s products and holiday shapes now use "compound coating" (a chocolate-flavored vegetable fat substitute) instead of real milk chocolate to cut costs, according to PennLive.com and Brad Reese. However, following controversy, Hershey confirmed that all Reese's products will return to using classic real chocolate ingredients by 2027.

https://www.google.com/search?&q=reese%27s+peanut+butter+cups+not+chocolate

Was white chocolate ever a kind of chocolate?

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Today I went to Macy's to pick up an online order and while waiting for the saleslady to go get it, [View all] MIButterfly Apr 7 OP

You lost me at "white chocolate". I am sorry you got something so niyad Apr 7 #1

Well, that's three kinds of blah put together, so I'm not surprised. Iggo Apr 7 #2

I keep coming across random bits of reading telling me things labeled as "chocolate" aren't actual chocolate anymore. Intractable Apr 7 #3

I just read something a while ago saying that white chocolate MIButterfly Apr 7 #4