H. B. Reese

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H. B. Reese

Best remembered as the founder of the H. B. Reese Candy Company, he built a family business that would give the world one of its most famous peanut butter treats. His story began in rural Pennsylvania and grew alongside the early Hershey chocolate empire.

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Some Pioneers and Pilgrims on the Prairies of Dakota

Some Pioneers and Pilgrims on the Prairies of Dakota

by H. B. Reese, John B. Reese

About the author

Born Harry Burnett Reese on May 24, 1879, in York County, Pennsylvania, he later worked on Milton S. Hershey's dairy farm before starting out in candy making. In 1923, he founded the H. B. Reese Candy Company in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Reese developed several candies, but he is most closely linked with Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, which became the company's signature product. He died on May 16, 1956, just days before his 77th birthday.

After his death, the family business continued to grow, and the H. B. Reese Candy Company was eventually acquired by Hershey, helping cement his place in American candy history.