Reese's Take 5 facts for kids
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A sweet and salty candy bar with pretzels, peanut butter, peanuts, and caramel coated in milk chocolate.
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| Owner | The Hershey Company |
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| Country | United States |
| Introduced | December 2004 |
| Related brands | Reese's Peanut Butter Cups |
| Tagline | The Best Bar You've Never Heard Of. Everything You Love, Like Nothing You've Ever Tasted. |
Reese's Take 5 is a yummy candy bar made by The Hershey Company. It first came out in December 2004. When it was first released, its name was just TAKE5. But people often added a space when they talked about it. So, in June 2019, the name officially changed to Reese's Take 5. It also became part of the famous Reese's family of candies.
The "5" in the name is special because it stands for the five main ingredients inside the bar. These are chocolate, peanuts, caramel, peanut butter, and pretzels. This mix of sweet and salty flavors makes it unique! In 2019, this candy bar was even named one of the best in a ranking by the LA Times newspaper. In Canada, this candy bar was once called Max 5 and then later returned as "Oh Henry Level Up."
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Cool Changes to Take 5
The Hershey Company has made some fun changes to the Take 5 candy bar over the years. While they still make the original, they've also tried out new versions.
Different Flavors to Try
Here are some of the different Take 5 candy bars that have been made:
- Chocolate Cookie: This one uses a chocolate cookie instead of the pretzel.
- Marshmallow: A special limited-edition bar that swapped out the caramel for marshmallow creme.
- Peanut Butter: This version has a peanut butter coating on the outside instead of milk chocolate.
- White Chocolate: This bar is covered in white chocolate instead of milk chocolate.
The wrappers for these special Take 5 bars show which ingredients were changed.
New Look and Marketing
In 2016, Hershey decided to give the Take 5 bar a fresh new look. They worked with a group of young adults to design a new wrapper and logo. The new wrapper was black with gray stripes and a bright lime green logo. This was part of a plan to make the candy bar more popular again, especially with young people. They also used social media like Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr to spread the word.
Then, in June 2019, the candy bar got its current name, Reese's Take 5. The packaging also changed from black to a bright orange color. Hershey also announced that the peanut butter inside Take 5 has always been the same delicious Reese's Peanut Butter! In the UK, Reese's Take 5 is known by a different name: Reese's Overload.
How Ingredients Can Change
Sometimes, the ingredients in candy bars can change. For example, Take 5 used to always have cocoa butter, which comes from the cocoa bean. But in 2008, the price of cocoa butter went up a lot. Because of this, Hershey sometimes used cheaper ingredients like vegetable and sesame seed oil in some products. But popular candies like Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and Hershey's Kisses were not affected.
What's in Your Take 5 Bar?
In September 2016, Hershey started using a special label called SmartLabel. This helps you easily find out what's in your food.
Here's what you can find in one serving of a Reese's Take 5 chocolate bar:
- 210 calories
- Total Fat: 11 grams
- Saturated fat: 5 grams
- Trans fat: 0 grams
- Cholesterol: 0 grams
- Total Carbohydrate: 26 grams
- Dietary fiber: 1 gram
- Total sugars: 18 grams (with 17 grams of added sugar)
- Protein: 3 grams
- Vitamin D: 0.1 micrograms
- Calcium: 30 milligrams
- Iron: 1.2 milligrams
- Potassium: 120 milligrams
Amazing Records
On January 31, 2020, The Hershey Company made a super giant Take 5 chocolate bar! This huge bar weighed an amazing 5,943 pounds. It earned a Guinness World Record for being the largest chocolate nut bar ever made. It was about 9 feet long, 5.5 feet wide, and 2 feet tall!
