I’m a BIG Fan of Reese’s Peanut-butter cups so when I saw this new to me variety of Reese’s I thought I’d give them a try because I haven’t met a Reese’s I didn’t like…….at the time. On the package the clusters are described as Creamy Peanut-butter, caramel, peanuts and pecans wrapped in milk chocolate. That sounds forking delicious doesn’t it and they come in a cute fun looking Holiday package.

I open up one of the individual wrapped candies and I notice that it is a very small size for a Reese. Actually it’s the perfect size. Not too little and just enough for a sweet. It smells good…sort of like an original Reese’s Cup. I decide to take my first bite.

Ohhhh it’s sweeter than a Reese.

It’s doesn’t have that signature Reese’s Peanut-butter taste at first bite. It’s more like the center of a candy bar filled with nougat and caramel mixed with a little lumpy Reese’s Filling. The chocolate almost taste slightly darker than the milk chocolate from a Reese’s cup……maybe because of the different flavors….?…..I was expecting a cluster of nuts since this candy is called Reese’s Cluster but the inside is only sort of lumpy and not like a cluster……

Eating it I thought that this candy might not contain actual nuts..but when I looked at it I was wrong…..It does contain a few broken pieces of nuts that are stale and very soft and some sort of .mixed lump object…….that I don’t know what it is but I think are  lumps of flour with nut dust…..The Reese’s cluster leaves a weird chemical aftertaste in my mouth.

I did eat a second candy to confirm my thoughts. I found that if I ate the candy much slower with tiny bites I could taste more flavors and in some parts of the candy I did get that Reese’s Peanut-butter taste but it became overpowered by the other flavors for the majority of the time laced with a weird chemical aftertaste.

For a Reese’s Lover like me The Clusters are a disappointment.

But on the other hand my husband who is in the 1% of the world that doesn’t like Reese’s Cups really likes the Reese’s Cluster. He thinks the caramel over powers the peanut taste and they are great to him.

He doesn’t know but that means the candy might to some be a failure as something associated with Reese’s. People that enjoy Reese’s Cups and other Reese’s Candy enjoy that unique salty and slightly lumpy in a good way peanut taste with milk chocolate.

I like the size and shape and aroma of the candies and…I also like that these candies are heavily  coated with chocolate….but…for the reasons mentioned-

I won’t eat them. They don’t appeal to me.

1/2 a Fork….OK at best…maybe for lovers of caramel

People that want to mix up the Reese Taste with an added sweet nougat like taste, caramel and lumps might enjoy this candy.

Those were my thoughts on Reese’s Clusters.

Your opinion may or may not differ.

The Forking Truth