Reese's is setting up a machine that lets New Yorkers trade in their unwanted Halloween candy
Imagine being able to dump all of your Halloween candy duds for the good stuff, a.k.a. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.
Well, if you're on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan on Wednesday, you can walk up to a magical machine that swaps all the candy you don't want for Reese's. The Halloween Candy Converter will be set up between Washington Square North and E. 8th Street from 4 to 9 p.m. (or, until the 10,000 cups inside disappear). All you have to do is insert the candy you want to get rid of, and voila! Reese's will pop out, and you'll walk away no longer disappointed with your Halloween haul.
Reese's conducted a Halloween candy survey, and found that 90 percent of Americans say they have traded or wish they could have traded their unwanted Halloween treats, Delish reports. It's unclear why that number isn't 100 percent, or what happens to the candy that gets exchanged. Catherine Garcia
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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