Over at
the Straight Dope forum the following question is being debated quite fiercely:
PNQ: Are Reese's Peanut Butter Cups a candy bar?
Full disclosure, I love just about anything with "Reese's" on it.
Wikipedia doesn't use the term "candy bar" anywhere in the article to refer to the original cups. Futhermore their
article on candy bars specifies a bar shape.
Me? No, it's not. "Bar" has a quite specific definition in this case: a roughly prismatic piece of candy in a wrapper. Usually covered in chocolate, not always. Just because things like peanut butter cups, Starburst, Rolos, Necca Wafers, and such are sold in wrappers
next to the candy bars doesn't make them candy bars, just another sort of candy.
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