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Hershey Hikes Candy Prices 11 Percent

Well, we've been saying it would be more honest to just raise prices instead of shrinking the product, and Hershey has taken us up on that. On Friday, only months after a 13% hike back in February, Hershey announced a price increase of 10-11%...

8:16 AM on Mon Aug 18 2008, by Chris Walters, 4,155 views, 47 comments

Hershey Sues Over Candy Book Cover

Simon & Schuster have settled an injunction against them made by the Hershey Company over inappropriate use of the Hershey trademark for the book cover of Hershey : Milton S. Hershey's Extraordinary Life of Wealth, Empire, and Utopian Dreams, "the...

4:11 AM on Mon Jan 2 2006, by consumerist.com, 519 views, 1 comment

Guy Finds Worms In Hershey's Bar

Des Moines, Iowa TV station KCCI did a story on a man who opened up his Hershey's Bar to find living worms writhing around inside.

10:31 AM on Fri Oct 9 2009, by Phil Villarreal, 8,548 views, 81 comments

Hershey is closing its online store (www.hersheygifts.com) at the end of the month, saying they can't keep it running in this economy. If you like their "chocolate" products, everything on the site is on sale for 25% off. [LA Times] (Thanks to...

12:24 PM on Mon Jul 6 2009, by Chris Walters, 1,792 views, 25 comments

Hershey Responds: Consumers Love Our New Fake Chocolate!

Since we wrote about Hershey's reformulating some of their products into "mockolate" that can't legally be called "milk chocolate," the story has been getting some play in the media, prompting Hershey to respond to the controversy. So, why did...

3:32 PM on Wed Sep 24 2008, by Meg Marco, 44,290 views, 112 comments

Hershey Syrup With Calcium Provides 0% Calcium?

In case you were planning on getting your recommended daily allowance of calcium from Hershey's Syrup + Calcium, you may want to think twice. As reader Samuel has pointed out, the label on the fortified corn syrup says it contains "0%" of your...

11:22 AM on Thu Sep 3 2009, by Carrie McLaren, 12,052 views, 67 comments

Chocolate Snobs Avoiding American Products

Do you know your imported Cadbury bars from your Hershey's? Lots of chocolate lovers do and, according to the Wall Street Journal, many are bound and determined to seek out imports from the U.K.

4:28 PM on Tue Sep 15 2009, by Carrie McLaren, 14,488 views, 197 comments

Hershey's "Kissables" No Longer Legally Considered "Milk Chocolate"?

The Candy Blog noticed that Hershey's "Kissables" have been reformulated, and can no longer be legally labeled "milk chocolate" because of FDA regulations. The new package looks the same, except for the ingredients and the label which now says...

11:35 AM on Fri Aug 8 2008, by Meg Marco, 72,998 views, 101 comments

Top 5 Dark Chocolate Bars

We already know that dark chocolate is good for you. Now, thanks to the "trained panelists" (what are they, monkeys?) at Consumer Reports, we have a list of their picks of the best dark chocolate bars on the market. Their #1 pick is a bit...

2:15 PM on Fri Aug 10 2007, by Chris Walters, 9,707 views, 48 comments

Avoid Eating Stale Candy By Learning The Secret Candy Codes

Reader Leo writes in with some helpful information that will allow you to avoid stale candy: I work at a small-volume store in the midwest, and the other day my supervisor asked us to check all of the candy in the checkout lanes to see if it had...

8:34 AM on Wed Apr 9 2008, by Meg Marco, 49,206 views, 99 comments