Milton Hershey’s love for confection started at a young age and flourished when he established The Hershey Chocolate Company in 1894. By 1900, we sold our very first candy bar. Today, our portfolio of brands has expanded beyond the beloved and iconic HERSHEY’S Milk Chocolate Bar. ...
HERSHEY’S Milk Chocolate Through lots of trial and error, Hershey successfully re-created the recipe for milk chocolate, which at the time was closely guarded by the Swiss.1894 HERSHEY’S Cocoa The original HERSHEY’S Cocoa tin showed a baby in a cocoa pod – dubbed the Cocoa Bean ...
This time, in addition to developing his skills and receiving great training, he developed a new skill making caramels with fresh milk. After a few months of working in Colorado, he traveled to New York City. New York City was the largest candy market in the world at this time. People ...
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and sells products that have major brand recognition. About half of the chocolate consumed in America is milk chocolate, and that is what Hershey is known for. 🙂 If someone goes into a candy store to buy a Hershey chocolate bar and the store owner says “sorry, we don’t have Hershey...
Under the guidance of Milton Hershey—who remained with the company until shortly before his death in 1945—the product line steadily expanded, with the introduction of Kisses (large morsels) in 1907, Milk Chocolate with Almonds in 1908, Mr. Goodbar (with peanuts) in 1925, and Krackel (with...