Reese’s Peanut Butter Pumpkins.Photo:Florida Middle District Court
Florida Middle District Court
A Florida woman is suing the Hershey’s Company over “misleading” candy packaging.
Cynthia Kelly of Tampa Bay filed a class action lawsuit in Florida’s Middle District Court against the candy company for $5 million.
She alleged that several Reese’s products were meant to have “explicit carved out artistic designs,” but she found “no such carvings in the actual products.”
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The lawsuit showed examples through pictures of products, including a Reese’s Pumpkin; the packaging featured a jack-o’-lantern design, but the actual chocolate inside had a blank face. Similarly, the Reese’s White Ghost chocolate had eyes and a mouth on the packaging, but not on the actual treat.
The complaint then laid out how Kelly found the product at an Aldi in Hillsborough County, Florida. She purchased the Reese’s Peanut Butter Pumpkins, which, according to the complaint, she thought “contained a cute looking carving,” for $4.49. But, when she opened it, she says that no such design was on the chocolate.
PEOPLE reached out to the Hershey Company, but they declined to comment.
source: people.com
