When was hersheys made

Hershey, PA Stories. Menu Menu Close Menu. History For many Americans, the name "Hershey" means chocolate. Hershey The man who began it all, Milton S. Learn More about Milton S. Hersheypark Milton S. In , Milton started the Hershey Chocolate Company and produced Hershey chocolate caramels, breakfast cocoa, sweet chocolate, and baking chocolate.

He sold his caramel business and concentrated on chocolate-making. The Hershey Chocolate Company has made or currently owns many famous Hershey chocolate candies including:. Hershey's Kisses chocolates were first introduced in by Milton Hershey, who trademarked the "plume" extending out of the wrapper in The store, the second retail shop for the company outside Hershey, Pennsylvania, opened in Chicago in June Business at the store has been better than anticipated leading up to Valentine's Day.

The consumer-sized chocolate contains 25 calories; the world's largest contains 15,, Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content. Create a personalised content profile. This was a semi-sweet chocolate, similar to what we would now consider dark chocolate.

All the while, Mr. Hershey was working on a formula for milk chocolate and dreamed of making it an affordable treat for all. This would end up being his greatest contribution to the food industry. Hershey was not the first to make milk chocolate, but he was the first to make it out of fresh milk using mass production techniques. The Swiss made milk chocolate out of powdered milk, and chocolate generally was an expensive treat for the rich.

However, Milton Hershey had learned, during his travels in Denver, Colorado, how to use fresh milk to make caramels—a unique strategy he later employed at his Lancaster Caramel Company. He also wanted to use this technique for his milk chocolate. He was right in supposing fresh milk would be tastier and would keep longer.

However, he did not know how difficult it was going to be to make chocolate this way. It took Milton Hershey years of experimentation to conquer the obstacles to making milk chocolate with fresh milk. Shop Hershey's Exclusive Items. A History of Candy Innovation. For more than years, Hershey has been exploring new heights of delicious candy potential.

Explore the timeline below to see how every new addition to the Hershey family of products has meant more goodness to share, more flavors to taste and more stories to tell.

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