The Herheyy Kisses: The History Of The Hershey Kisses

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The History of a Kiss What do you think of when you hear the word kiss? Milton Hershey did not want you to think of the romantic gesture of lips smacking together. Instead he invented the Hershey Kiss. This great invention is mouthwatering, milk chocolate that millions of people consume every year. The famous Kiss was invented in 1907 by Milton S. Hershey. Hershey wanted to intertwine romance and his passion of making chocolate. This chocolate sensation became popular for its odd tear-shaped piece of chocolate. Hershey Kisses have evolved into the fascinating chocolates people continue eating today. The multimillion dollar company continues to expand its candy making. The Hershey’s Chocolate Company took time to develop, but once they came …show more content…

The plume is the extending paper that comes out of the wrapper and reads “KISSES”. Before the plume was invented Hershey Kisses had a tissue paper underneath the silver foil. When just looking at a “Kiss” you could not distinguish a true Kiss until the silver foil was pulled back to reveal the tissue with the Hershey name printed on it. Because the tissue paper was not seen other companies could conic the milk chocolate candy by wrapping theirs in the same silver foiling. The wrapping machine automatically inserted a plume in every Kiss (Dan’s Chocolates, n.d.). Milton Hershey then used the plume as his trademark for the Kiss (Hershey, …show more content…

Starting with the dark chocolate; this type of chocolate has a natural source of antioxidants. Then in 2008, Hershey began making chocolate with vegetable oil instead of cocoa butter (Hershey, n.d.). No milk chocolate is not a healthy snack but popping one in your mouth is only 25 calories (Sun-Sentinel, 2007). These improvements modified the chocolate recipe to attract more clientele (Hershey, n.d.).
Today, Hershey owns or has made over eighteen different candies besides the Kiss, which include: Almond Joy, Cadbury Creme Eggs candy, Hershey 's Cookies 'n ' Creme candy bar, Hershey 's milk chocolate, Mounds candy bars, Hershey 's Nuggets chocolates, Hershey 's Hugs chocolates, Reese 's crunchy cookie cups, Reese 's Nut Rageous candy bar, Reese 's Peanut Butter Cups, Hershey Air Delight, Sweet Escapes candy bars, TasteTations candy, Twizzlers candy, Kit-Kat wafer bar, Whoppers malted milk balls, and York Peppermint Patties. All these candies have made Hershey’s a multimillion company (Bellis,

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