Reese’s wins lawsuit claiming their Halloween chocolates were more trick than treat

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A judge has thrown out a lawsuit against Hershey. The suit claimed the company misled customers by putting Halloween-themed designs on Reese’s packaging that didn’t appear on the candies themselves.

A lawsuit filed in 2024 claims the company tricked customers by showing Halloween designs like jack-o’-lanterns and ghosts on their candy wrappers, even though the candies inside were plain and had no designs.

The lawsuit states that the people suing bought chocolate products expecting detailed, sculpted designs, but were upset to find the chocolate didn’t have those designs and wasn’t as appealing as they’d hoped.

Nathan Vidal and Eduardo Granados, two customers, expressed strong disappointment and stated they wouldn’t have bought the Halloween candy if they’d known the designs were fake. They are asking to be reimbursed for their purchases, which cost between $2.65 and $8, and are also seeking a court order to prevent similar issues in the future, requesting $5 million in relief.

Look, as a gamer, I get it – sometimes things aren’t *exactly* as advertised. But Hershey’s basically said the people complaining got exactly what they paid for: tasty Reese’s! And honestly, nobody even said the candy was bad or dangerous, just that it wasn’t what they *expected*. Seems a little dramatic, right?

Judges tosses lawsuit against Reese’s Halloween chocolates

On September 19th, Judge Melissa Damian ruled in favor of Hershey, stating that the people suing didn’t prove they suffered any actual financial harm from the changes to the candy’s packaging.

The judge stated that the plaintiffs’ claims about not receiving what they paid for ultimately rested on their individual, personal ideas of what the products should have looked like when they first opened the package.

The lawsuit might not be finished yet. Attorney Anthony Russo, who represents the people affected, said his clients intend to update their original complaint.

According to Russo, the court found that the plaintiffs didn’t specifically state in their complaint that the products were unusable or that they overpaid for them. He added that companies shouldn’t profit from sales when they misrepresent a product’s key features.

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2025-09-25 18:19