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Hershey’s Debuts Plant-Based Chocolate Almond Bars and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

Get your taste buds ready; these new vegan sweets are hitting shelves!

Reese's Plant Based Peanut Butter Cups
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Reese's Plant Based Peanut Butter Cups Photo by Amber Toole Abdourahamane

Get your taste buds ready; these new vegan sweets are hitting shelves!

It’s finally official! The Hershey Company just announced Reese’s Plant Based Peanut Butter Cups and Hershey’s Plant Based Extra Creamy with Almonds and Sea Salt, which will hit shelves in March and April 2023, respectively.

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Hershey’s Plant Based Extra Creamy with Almonds and Sea Salt Courtesy of Hershey’s

Hershey’s Introduces Its First Vegan Candy Bars

Designed for vegans and those looking to cut out dairy, Hershey’s two new dairy-free confections harness the power of oats to give these plant-based treats their familiar milky texture. Reese’s Plant Based Peanut Butter Cups will include two peanut butter cups with a familiar peanut butter interior coated in an “oat chocolate confection” exterior. Hershey’s Plant Based Extra Creamy with Almonds and Sea Salt, on the other hand, will satisfy your Hershey’s nostalgia in the form of a traditional bar of Hershey’s milk chocolate rectangles, flecked with crunchy almonds and sea salt. These chocolates are everything you love about milk chocolate, minus the milk.

Reese's Plant Based Peanut Butter Cups

Reese’s Plant Based Peanut Butter Cups Photo by Kreg Sterns

Where to Find Hershey’s New Vegan Candy Bars

Rumors of Reese’s Plant Based Peanut Butter Cups launch have been circulating for weeks, prompting an outpouring of plant-based fans to express their excitement online. The buzz began after they were accidentally spotted on the Rite Aid website and then quickly arrived at Hershey’s major retail centers, such as their Hershey Chocolate World store in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Get your taste buds ready—we now have an official release timeline! Reese’s Plant Based Peanut Butter Cups will be available nationwide this month and Hershey’s Plant Based Extra Creamy with Almonds and Sea Salt will roll out soon after, in April 2023!

So, if you are a chocolate lover looking for plant-based alternatives, Reese’s Plant Based Peanut Butter Cups and Hershey’s Plant Based Extra Creamy with Almonds and Sea Salt are where it’s at!

You can learn more and locate these new products near you by visiting Hersheyland.com.

Allison van Tilborgh

Allison van Tilborgh

Allison is a digital media consultant, writer, and aspiring vegan-feminist scholar living in the Orlando, Florida area. She’s the founder of The Sanford Vegan, a vegan media brand, through which she connected with VegOut. As an early reader of VegOut Magazine, she dreamed of one day putting her own writing on the national stage (spoiler alert: that dream came true!). Allison loves experimenting with plant-based cooking and reading up on the latest trends in veganism and animal rights scholarship.

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