Four customers in Florida have filed a federal lawsuit against The Hershey Company alleging that designs displayed on some Reese's Peanut Butter cups were misleading to customers. Plaintiffs v. The Hershey Company hide caption Four customers in Florida have filed a federal lawsuit against The Hershey Company alleging that designs displayed on some Reese's Peanut Butter cups were misleading to customers.

Several individuals in Florida have filed a federal lawsuit against The Hershey Company alleging that designs displayed on some Reese's Peanut Butter cups were misleading to customers. In a 20-page lawsuit obtained by NPR, four consumers — Nathan Vidal, Debra Kennick, Abdjul Martin and Eduardo Granados — argue that the chocolate manufacturer misled its customers with several of its Reese's Peanut Butter products by showing "explicit carved out artistic designs" on the wrappers. Once the chocolate candies are unwrapped from their packaging, the actual products and the products are "blanks," the lawsuit says.

"Hershey's deceptive advertising is causing many consumers to purchase the products because of the cool and beautiful carved out designs on the products' packaging, when they would have not purchased the products if they were truthfully advertised," the suit reads. The chocolate candies listed by the consumers in the lawsuit include — Reese's Medal, Reese's Peanut Butter Pumpkin, Reese's White Ghost, Reese's Peanut Butter Bats and Reese's Peanut Butter FootBalls. In t.