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3-Pound Reeses Peanut Butter Cup Pie Sells for $450 on eBay

3-Pound Reeses Peanut Butter Cup Pie Sells for $450 on eBay

Robert Calendar

While more of a publicity stunt than a product, these pies quickly became one of the year's recognizable desserts.

Key Points

  • For Thanksgiving 2021, Reese's produced 3000 super-sized versions of its iconic peanut butter cup as a dessert for $44.99
  • The pies sold out quick, and Reese's has not indicated if they will make them again. Some pies have sold over 10 times retail on the aftermarket.
  • Because these pies are both perishable and consumable, uneaten pies will likely continue to grow in value

For those who really, really love peanut butter, Reese's has the dessert for you. Produced for 2021's Thanksgiving season, these pies are an oversized replica of the iconic candy. Made from pure peanut butter and milk chocolate, it's less of a pie, and more of a sugar bomb. In any case, that didn't stop people from rushing to try to buy their own. Reese's quickly sold out of the pies, and resellers were able to sell them to the hungriest collectors for significantly more than they paid.


The Reese's Thanksgiving Pie

Have you ever wanted to eat candy all day? Or maybe there's something about that special combination of chocolate and peanut butter? In any case, there's a dessert out there for you.

Reese's has produced a giant version of their iconic peanut butter cup, weighing in at over 3 pounds! Now the whole family can dig into this delicious dessert, as long as someone is willing to fork over $450 to put it on the table.

This outrageous price was reached during an auction over the rare dessert on eBay. While retailing at $44.99, only 3000 were produced, leading them to sell out in under two hours. The 9-inch peanut butter cup has a whopping 3 and a half pounds of solid peanut butter and chocolate inside, and it looks just like the classic, paper-wrapped cups. Make sure you split the check next Thanksgiving!

Reese's has stated that they have no plans of making the pie again, so it looks like this could be a collector's item for years to come. Considering that you can't have your (Reese's) pie and eat it too, these will only become rarer as time goes on and collectors get hungrier. So toss that turkey and make some room in the freezer for pies!

What do you think? Would you pay $450 for a Reeses peanut butter cup pie? Or would you rather stick to the small ones.

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