Hershey bar

Hershey's Milk Chocolate

Product type	Chocolate Bar
Owner	The Hershey Company
Country	United States
Introduced	1894
Related brands	Hershey's Kisses
Markets	Worldwide
Ambassador(s)	Milton Hershey
Tagline	The Great American Chocolate Bar
Website	hersheys.com

The Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bar (commonly called the Hershey's Bar) is the flagship chocolate bar manufactured by the Hershey Company. It is often referred by Hershey as "The Great American Chocolate Bar." The Hershey Milk Chocolate Bar was first sold in 1900 followed by the Hershey's Milk Chocolate with Almonds variety beginning production in 1908. A circular version of the milk chocolate bar called Hershey's Drops was released in 2010.

Hershey's milk chocolate

The Hershey Process milk chocolate used in these bars uses fresh milk delivered directly from local farms. The process was developed by Milton Hershey and was the first mass-produced chocolate in the United States. As a result, the Hershey flavor is widely recognized in the United States, but less so internationally, in particular in areas where European chocolates are more widely available. The process is a trade secret, but experts speculate that the milk is partially lipolyzed, producing butyric acid, which stabilizes the milk from further fermentation. This flavor gives the product a particular sour, "tangy" taste, to which the US public has come to associate with the taste of chocolate, to the point that other manufacturers often add butyric acid to their milk chocolates.^[1] The American bar's taste profile was not as popular with the Canadian public, leading Hershey to introduce a reformulated Canadian bar in 1983.^[2]".

Other varieties and details

In addition to the standard Milk Chocolate and Milk Chocolate with Almonds varieties Hershey's also produces several other chocolate bars in various flavors: Special Dark chocolate, Cookies 'N' Creme, Symphony (both Milk Chocolate and Almond Toffee), Mr. Goodbar (with peanuts), and Krackel (with crisped rice). There were also nine limited flavors: Double Chocolate, Nut Lovers, Twosomes Reese's Pieces, Cookies 'N' Chocolate, Cookies 'N' Mint, Strawberries 'n' Creme, Raspberries 'n' Creme, Twosomes Heath, and Twosomes Whoppers. All flavors have between 210 and 230 calories per standard-sized bar.

All flavors are approved by the Kashruth Division of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America for consumption by observant Jews, with OU Kosher status.

The largest Hershey's bar commercially available weighs five pounds (2.3 kg) and costs US$44.99 on Hershey's website.^[3]

References

↑ Moskin, Julia (February 13, 2008). pagewanted=all&_r=0 "Dark May Be King, but Milk Chocolate Makes a Move" Check |url= value (help). The New York Times.
↑ "Discover Hershey: Hershey Canada". Hershey Canada Inc. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
↑ "World's Largest Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bar". Retrieved August 20, 2015.

External links

Confectionery products of The Hershey Company

Italics indicates discontinued products

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Others	Bubble Yum Good & Plenty Good & Fruity Ice Breakers Jolly Rancher Koolerz Lancaster Soft Crèmes Mauna Loa PayDay Twizzlers Zagnut ZERO

Hershey's also manufactures military chocolate for the U.S. armed forces.

¹ Marketed in both the United States and Canada, but sold as a Hershey’s product only within Canada. U.S. rights owned by Nestlé. ² Marketed in a number of countries, but sold as a Hershey’s product only within the United States. Brand owned by Nestlé. ³ Marketed in a number of countries, but sold as a Hershey’s product only within the United States. Brand owned by Mondelēz International.

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