Krispy Kreme Reese's Peanut Butter Doughnuts Are a Thing, Obviously (KKD)

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (ticker: KKD), the haven of all food concoctions, is actively trying to make you cry with joy due to its latest (and arguably greatest) food mashup: The Reese's Peanut Butter Doughnut.

That's right: Krispy Kreme and The Hershey Co. (HSY) -- the owner of Reese's -- have apparently tapped into one of the most important indulgences of our time. The doughnut features chocolate icing, Reese's peanut butter chips, vanilla biscuit crumbs and even a chocolate drizzle on top. Oh, and there's also a milkshake.

Alas, this doughnut is too good to be true for American consumers -- for now. This iteration hails from Australia. The United Kingdom is also no stranger to the mashup, as the Tech Times reported its availability in Great Britain in 2015. Krispy Kreme's United Kingdom website currently features a Reese's Peanut Butter & Jelly doughnut.

But fear not, America. Thrillist pointed out there's already a Change.org petition asking Krispy Kreme to start serving these doughnuts in the U.S., currently at 152 signatures. That number might look measly now, but don't count out the intensity of supporters like Lisa Cruz from Pearland, Texas. "Reese's peanut butter cup donuts are on my bucket list to eat before I die," she writes. "Please also bring them to the U.S. Please, pretty please."

Krispy Kreme previously teamed with soft-drink bottling company Cheerwine to create a doughnut-flavored soda, and before that a Cheerwine-filled doughnut. It's safe to say the global food industry knows its audience despite changing consumer tastes: Weird works.

KKD announced in May that European investment fund JAB Holding Co., the new owner of Keurig Green Mountain, would acquire it and make it private. The fund will purchase the company for $1.35 billion, or $21 per share. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter.

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