Take 5 (candy) facts for kids
| Owner | The Hershey Company |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Introduced | December 2004 |
| Related brands | Reese's Peanut Butter Cups |
The Reese's Take 5 is a yummy candy bar made by The Hershey Company. It first came out in December 2004. At first, it was just called TAKE5. But because people often said "Take 5" with a space, the name officially changed to Reese's Take 5 in June 2019. This happened when it became part of the famous Reese's family of treats.
The "5" in the name is special! It stands for the five amazing ingredients inside:
This unique mix of flavors made Reese's Take 5 super popular. It even won top honors in a candy bar ranking in 2019! On February 2, 2020, Hershey's announced they made the world's largest chocolate and nut candy bar. It was a giant Take 5 bar, weighing 5,943 pounds and measuring 9 feet long! In Canada, this candy bar was once called Max 5. It later returned to Canada in 2020 as "Oh Henry Level Up".
Different Kinds of Take 5 Bars
The Hershey Company has made the original Take 5 since 2004. But they have also created some fun new versions! These variations change one of the main ingredients:
- Chocolate Cookie: This version uses a chocolate cookie instead of the pretzel.
- Marshmallow: This was a special limited edition. It had marshmallow creme instead of caramel.
- Peanut Butter Coating: This bar had a peanut butter coating on the outside instead of milk chocolate.
- White Chocolate: This version was covered in white chocolate instead of milk chocolate.
The wrappers for these different Take 5 bars show which ingredient was changed.
Around 2016, Hershey's worked with young adults (often called "millennials") to create a new look for the candy bar. They wanted to make it popular again. The new wrapper was black with gray stripes and a bright lime green logo. The company used social media like Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr to get people excited about Take 5.
In June 2019, the candy bar was renamed Reese's Take 5. Its package color also changed from black to a bright orange. Hershey's also shared that the peanut butter inside Take 5 has always been the delicious Reese's Peanut Butter!
Nutrition Facts
In September 2016, Hershey's was the first company to use a new way of showing nutrition information. It's called the SmartLabel initiative. This helps people easily find out what's in their food.
Here's what one serving of Reese's Take 5 chocolate bar contains:
- 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
- This includes 17 grams of added sugar
- Protein: 3 grams
- Vitamin D: 0.1 micrograms
- Calcium: 30 milligrams
- Iron: 1.2 milligrams
- Potassium: 120 milligrams
World Records
On January 31, 2020, The Hershey Company made a super huge Take 5 chocolate bar! This giant bar weighed an amazing 5,943 pounds. It earned a Guinness World Record for being the largest chocolate nut bar. It measured 9 feet long, 5.5 feet wide, and 2 feet tall!
