answers: 1928
context: Reese's Peanut Butter Cups Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are an American candy consisting of a milk, white, or dark chocolate cup filled with peanut butter, marketed by The Hershey Company. They were created by H. B. Reese, a former dairy farmer and shipping foreman for Milton S. Hershey. Reese left his job as a shipping foreman for The Hershey Company to start his own candy business. In 1928, The H.B. Reese Candy Company was established in the basement of Reese's home in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Reese had originally worked at a Hershey dairy farm, and from the start he used Hershey </s> Clark Bar The Clark Bar is a candy bar consisting of a crispy peanut butter/spun taffy core, originally with a caramel center, and coated in milk chocolate. It was the first American 'combination' candy bar to achieve nationwide success, and is now similar to the Butterfinger and 5th Avenue bars. Introduced in 1917 by David L. Clark and popular during and after both World Wars, the Clark Bar was manufactured in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by the original family-owned business until 1955, then by corporate owners, until a series of sales and bankruptcies in the 1990s resulted in transfer of production to </s> the No. 4 selling candy brand in the United States. H. B. Reese Harry Burnett "H. B." Reese (May 24, 1879 – May 16, 1956) was an American inventor and businessman known for creating the No. 1 selling candy brand in the United States, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and founding the H.B. Reese Candy Company. In 2009, he was posthumously inducted into the Candy Hall of Fame. H.B. Reese was born on May 24, 1879 on the Frosty Hill Farm, an agricultural and dairy farm located near the Muddy Creek Forks Historic District in York County, Pennsylvania. He was the
question: when was the first reese 's peanut butter cup made