Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Question: Before he invented the peanut butter cup, what job did H.B. Reese work for Milton Hershey?

Answer: Harry Burnett Reese was hired as a dairyman on one of Hershey’s farms and later started making candy in the basement of his Hershey home. He created Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups around 1928, and his sons sold the company to Hershey in 1963.