Reese's Whipps
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Reese's Whipps is a candy bar
similar to the 3 Musketeers but differs by adding peanut butter
. It has a center made of fluffy peanut butter nougat
, a layer of peanut butter
and is then coated with milk chocolate. The candy bar was introduced in 2007in the United States as an addition to their Reese's product line and is currently still in production.
The Whipps is marketed as a lower fat candy bar (similar to 3 Musketeers) due to it mainly being composed of nougat. But of the 9g of fat, 7g are saturated. And despite it being lower in fat than most candy bars, it contains 230 calories per bar, which is in the same range as most similarly-sized candy bars.
Candy bar
A chocolate bar is a confection in bar form comprising some or all of the following components: cocoa solids, cocoa butter, sugar, milk. The relative presence or absence of these components form the subclasses of dark chocolate, milk chocolate, and white chocolate. In addition to these main...
similar to the 3 Musketeers but differs by adding peanut butter
Peanut butter
Peanut butter is a food paste made primarily from ground dry roasted peanuts, popular in North America, Netherlands, United Kingdom, and parts of Asia, particularly the Philippines and Indonesia. It is mainly used as a sandwich spread, sometimes in combination as in the peanut butter and jelly...
. It has a center made of fluffy peanut butter nougat
Nougat
Nougat is a variety of similar traditional confectioneries made with sugar and/or honey, roasted nuts , and sometimes chopped candied fruit. The consistency of nougat can range from soft and chewy to hard and crunchy depending on its composition, and it is used in a variety of candy bars and...
, a layer of peanut butter
Peanut butter
Peanut butter is a food paste made primarily from ground dry roasted peanuts, popular in North America, Netherlands, United Kingdom, and parts of Asia, particularly the Philippines and Indonesia. It is mainly used as a sandwich spread, sometimes in combination as in the peanut butter and jelly...
and is then coated with milk chocolate. The candy bar was introduced in 2007in the United States as an addition to their Reese's product line and is currently still in production.
The Whipps is marketed as a lower fat candy bar (similar to 3 Musketeers) due to it mainly being composed of nougat. But of the 9g of fat, 7g are saturated. And despite it being lower in fat than most candy bars, it contains 230 calories per bar, which is in the same range as most similarly-sized candy bars.