Take 5 Candy (History, Pictures & Commercials)

Take 5 candy is a bar of rectangular in shape and contains many different key ingredients. Unlike some candies that showcase only one or two flavors, such as chocolate and peanut butter, Take 5 instead highlights the taste of milk chocolate, peanuts, caramel, peanut butter, and pretzels. Now called Reese’s Take 5, this candy bar uses Reese’s Peanut Butter to help bring out a specific flavor.

The Take 5 bar may not have achieved the sales record of some of the bigger candy brands, but the Take 5 does have a very loyal following of fans. The Take 5 is a brown chocolate bar, lumpy and rectangular; Inside of the Take 5, there is a significant amount of pretzels, as well as caramel and peanuts.

Take 5 Information And History

The Take 5 bar is a candy bar that was released in the year 2004. Classically The Take 5 showcases five key ingredients; Peanut butter, peanuts, milk chocolate, caramel and pretzels. Take 2 was released by The Hershey Company and is a more complex candy bar than the company’s more simple flagship Hershey candy bar. For a time, The Take 5 bar was known as Max 5 in Canada.

In an attempt to improve the product, Hershey’s designed a new logo and wrapper for the Take 5 candy bar and renamed it Reese’s Take 5 to focus on Reese’s peanut butter, one of the ingredients in the bar that young adults often enjoy. Then the Hershey Company released four alternative versions of Take 5 in 2005 and 2006. Chocolate cookie, Marshmallow, peanut butter and white chocolate, with the first two replacing the pretzel and caramel with chocolate cookies and marshmallow puffs.

In 2006, when the price of cocoa butter increased dramatically, Hershey and other manufacturers substituted vegetable and sesame seed oil, but in 2014 Hershey reverted to cocoa butter, perhaps to meet the FDA guidelines that milk chocolate must contain cocoa butter and milkfat.

In 2016, Hershey worked with a panel of millennial students to design a new wrapper and logo for Take 5 as part of a youth-oriented comeback campaign. The new wrapper had a black background with ringed gray stripes and a new lime green logo. This change lasted about 3 years before the packaging was again redesigned.

In 2019, the Take 5 wrapper and candy logo were redesigned again and the product name changed to Reese’s Take 5. “We believe marrying Take 5’s small but loyal followers with an iconic brand name, Reese’s, could help the product breakthrough,” Jack Wilder, Reese’s senior brand manager said.

Take 5 has used marketing campaigns that utilize Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr pages to target millennials. The Take 5 bar has been sold in 1.5, 2.5 and 11.25 oz. sizes. In 2016, Hershey introduced Take 5 Snack Mix, a 6.8 oz. canister of bite-size bits of Take 5 ingredients, including milk chocolate, pretzels, peanut butter candy, chocolate-covered caramels and crunchy peanuts. One 2.25 OZ Take 5 bar contains 310 calories, eight grams of saturated fat, 230 milligrams of sodium and 27 grams of sugars. (https://smartlabel.hersheys.com/00034000001354-0001)

The Year Take 5 Was Invented

Take 5 was invented in December 2004. While this candy was released under the name Take 5 in the United States, when it was introduced to Canada it was first released under the name Max 5.

The Company That Makes Take 5

The company that makes Take 5 candy is The Hershey Company, one of the largest chocolate manufacturers in the world. Hershey owns many candy and snack products such as Almond Joy, Whoopers, Twizzlers, and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.

Take 5’s Name Changes

Take 5 has had several names over the years. When the candy was first introduced into the American market it was called Take 5, though in Canada the candy was called Max 5 when it was released to the region. The name Max 5 appears to be discontinued as of 2019 or earlier, although the candy itself is still made under the name Take 5, at least in the United States. In the year 2019, “Take 5” was renamed “Reese’s Take 5”, this was done in an attempt to improve the product’s popularity, as Reese’s name has achieved much fame over the years.

Take 5 Candy Logo

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Take 5 Candy Ingredients

Here are the ingredients of Take 5 Candy.

• Sugar
• Enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid)
• Peanuts
• Vegetable oil (palm oil, shea oil, sunflower oil, palm kernel oil, canola oil, safflower oil)
• High fructose corn syrup
• Chocolate
• Hydrogenated vegetable oil (palm kernel oil, coconut oil, soybean oil)
• Partially defatted peanuts
• Skim milk
• Contains 2% or less of: dextrose, whey, salt, corn syrup solids, dairy butter, glycerin, corn syrup, lecithin, sodium hydroxide, mono and diglycerides, artificial flavor, baking soda, carrageenan, milk fat, yeast, TBHQ (preservative), citric acid (to maintain freshness), disodium phosphate.

Take 5 Candy Nutrition

Serving Size: Servings Per Container about 15	1 piece	% Daily Value*
Amount per serving
Calories	100
Total Fat	5g	7%
Saturated Fat	2.5g	14%
Trans Fat	0g
Cholesterol	0mg	0%
Sodium	105mg	5%
Total Carbohydrates	13g	5%
Dietary Fiber	1g	2%
Total Sugars	9g
Added Sugar	8g	17%
Protein	2g
Vitamin D	0.0mcg	0%
Calcium	10.1mg	0%
Iron	0.6mg	4%
Potassium	60.6mg	2%

• The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Stores That Sell Take 5 Candy

Here is a list of some stores that may sell Take 5 candy

• ShopRite
• Walmart
• Kroger
• Safeway
• Sam’s Club
• Costco
• CVS
• Walgreens
• Albertsons

Pictures of Take 5 Candy

Take 5 Commercials

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Take 5 Candy FAQ