HERSHEY, Pa. (WHTM) — Jan. 24 is National Peanut Butter day and Pennsylvania is no stranger to being home to some delicious sweet treats containing peanut butter. One of those candies turned out to be Reese’s Peanut Butter cups.

Harry Burnett Reese is the man responsible for creating the confection. Reese was a former employee of the Hershey Company and started to create his own candy in his home. He created the Peanut Butter cups as part of a collection of candies back in 1928.

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Hershey supplied Reese with the chocolate coating for the candy. Reese’s sons then sold the cups to the Hershey Company in 1963.

So, how are these treats created?

According to Food Network, it all starts with the peanuts, around 2,500 pounds of them to be exact! The peanuts are sourced from the southeastern United States and are cleaned, sorted, and roasted.

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Once they are roasted, the peanuts are then mashed and slowly moved toward the chocolate.

From there, the paper cups are created and shaped into the famous Reese’s design and are filled with a small portion of chocolate. Once the first layer of chocolate is formed, a “peanut butter plug” is placed on top.

Once the “plugs” are placed, the conveyor belt shakes the half-filled cups to allow the peanut butter to spread evenly over the chocolate. Once that is done, the final portion of chocolate tops off the cup, and a puff of air is blown onto the cups to spread out the chocolate.

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The cups are then cooled for 30 minutes, where they are wrapped and shipped to locations around the world.

According to Food Network, Hershey’s makes enough Reese’s Peanut Butter cups in one year to circle the Earth seven times.

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