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Hersheys chocolate
Vast_Girth
10-08-2016
Of course i have heard bad things, but i have never tried it before. Some bought some into work today...

Euuuuugh it is gross. It really really tastes like vomit. I thought the stories were exaggerations, but they are not. How can people eat this? What is wrong with Americans!

I can still taste it now
Decepticons1
10-08-2016
Hershey's in my opinion doesn't stand a chance against milk chocolate but I used to eat it as a kid and acquired a taste for it. Much rather have Reeses!
maggie thecat
10-08-2016
Hershey,until reasonably recently, was the largest manufacturer of mass produced chocolate in the US. It was the chocolate most people grew up with. The process they use produces a bar that is shelf stable across a range of climates, many of which are warmer than in the UK. If you are only exposed to a certain flavor profile, then that is the flavor that comes to be associated with that product.

Frankly, most Americans don't make the same negative association that Britons or others whose chocolate uses a different formulation, do. Now that there are other options, we still don't. We just recognize that there are all sorts of chocolate and purchase the one that best suits the moment.

See Wikipedia for additional information.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hershey_bar
Michael09
10-08-2016
Always hated the taste of American chocolate, awful sick like taste
Icaraa
17-08-2016
Originally Posted by maggie thecat:
“Hershey,until reasonably recently, was the largest manufacturer of mass produced chocolate in the US. It was the chocolate most people grew up with. The process they use produces a bar that is shelf stable across a range of climates, many of which are warmer than in the UK. If you are only exposed to a certain flavor profile, then that is the flavor that comes to be associated with that product.

Frankly, most Americans don't make the same negative association that Britons or others whose chocolate uses a different formulation, do. Now that there are other options, we still don't. We just recognize that there are all sorts of chocolate and purchase the one that best suits the moment.

See Wikipedia for additional information.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hershey_bar”

What's with all of the American spellings? Are you American yourself?
maggie thecat
17-08-2016
Originally Posted by Icaraa:
“What's with all of the American spellings? Are you American yourself?”

Hmm. I would have thought the phrase " we don't feel that way" would have been a dead giveaway.

Yes, I am an American, and when discussing American topics I tend to use American spellings. On other topics I use British spelling.

Mostly, because I can.
confuddled
18-08-2016
Originally Posted by maggie thecat:
“Hmm. I would have thought the phrase " we don't feel that way" would have been a dead giveaway.

Yes, I am an American, and when discussing American topics I tend to use American spellings. On other topics I use British spelling.

Mostly, because I can.”

nice retort. not chocolate but i absolutely love butter fingers and Chick-O-Sticks !
Hershey's i'm not keen on.
maggie thecat
18-08-2016
Originally Posted by confuddled:
“ nice retort. not chocolate but i absolutely love butter fingers and Chick-O-Sticks !
Hershey's i'm not keen on.”

Ta! Butterfingers are great, and so are Chick O Sticks. I don't really eat chocolate bars anymore, but for the sake of Anglo American relations I will never turn down either a Lion Bar or a Yorkie. As for the Hershey's line, I was always a Special Dark girl.
Bob Paisley
18-08-2016
I'm increasingly seeing Hershey's for sale in my local supermarket. Does anyone know if it's just the US version, directly imported from the States - or is it a different recipe, tailored for the British palate? I know I could just buy a bar - but perhaps some of you know the answer?
sarahj1986
18-08-2016
I like the Hershey kisses as they are only little and just about ok. Their normal chocolate bars though are far to sweet for me.
neo_wales
18-08-2016
I enjoyed the bars filled with peanut butter when I lived in the States, the chocolate on its home is nothing to write home about.
Mythica
18-08-2016
Originally Posted by Bob Paisley:
“I'm increasingly seeing Hershey's for sale in my local supermarket. Does anyone know if it's just the US version, directly imported from the States - or is it a different recipe, tailored for the British palate? I know I could just buy a bar - but perhaps some of you know the answer?”

Have a look on the bar, you don't even have to buy it. As far as I'm aware we don't produce Hersheys over here so it will be imported.
fast left
19-08-2016
tried it once and that was once too much
aurichie
19-08-2016
I like it, but I lived in the America's for many years and Hershey's was the popular brand and I'd snack on Lays crisps too. I love the cookies and cream bar you can get over here. Reese's is also good stuff.
Sibeber
20-08-2016
I tasted Hershey's once in Florida ..I immediately thought that it tasted like vomit or was made with sour milk . Glad it's not just my palate.
grassmarket
25-08-2016
Originally Posted by maggie thecat:
“Hershey,until reasonably recently, was the largest manufacturer of mass produced chocolate in the US. It was the chocolate most people grew up with. The process they use produces a bar that is shelf stable across a range of climates, many of which are warmer than in the UK. ”

Ah, that makes sense. It must be hard to make a product that is consistent with a Mississippi summer and a Maine winter.
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