Little teardrops of chocolate heaven (Hershey's Kisses)

Member Name: Whizz11

Product:	Hershey's Kisses
Date:	06/10/09 (74 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Nice flavours, good packaging

Disadvantages: Don't love the taste of the chocolate

Little teardrops of chocolate heaven.

Hersheys is one of the oldest chocolate companies in America having been founded by Milton S. Hershey in 1894. The chocolate is extremely popular in the US and is definitely more widely available than Cadburys or Nestle chocolate in my opinion. They produce a variety of different chocolate bars and treats.

I am not really a big fan of Hersheys. Having lived in both the US and England I have obviously tried American and English chocolate and to me Hersheys is not a patch on Cadburys. I really don't like the taste of it unfortunately, I find it quite bland, not very creamy and that it has a bit of a chalky aftertaste. Apparently I have heard that English chocolate uses real cocoa but American chocolate just uses cocoa flavouring so this could be the reason for the difference, English chocolate being more authentic and real.

Anyway, one of the Hersheys products I actually do like are their Hersheys kisses. These are basically small little one bite individually wrapped chocolates that to me look like a tear drop with a flat bottom. They were introduced in 1907 and after the product was trademarked three years later they went on to become one of the most successful and well-known products ever produced by the company. According to an article I read, the Kisses are one of the most popular candies in the US. In 1989, the chocolate drops were the 5th most popular chocolate in the United States, spawning sales that topped $400 million.

Like I said they are individually wrapped and have a little paper ribbon attached to the top of them which you can pull to open the wrapper. Hersheys is written on the wrapper. This was done when they were introduced to indicate that it is a genuine Hersheys product.

I think the reason why I like these is because they always bring back good American holiday memories. Kisses come in a variety of different flavours with different coloured wrapping so you can really use them to create a nice display depending on the time of year. For example, originally the chocolates were just wrapped in silver wrapping but beginning in 1962 they came out with green, red and silver wrapping to accommodate for Christmas, they have pink and red wrappers for Valentines Day and 4th of July has silver with red stripes and blue-starred wrappers to name but a few of the varieties. I really like the fact they do this and think it's a great way to promote their chocolates, especially during these very commercial times.

The chocolates are quite solid when you bite into them and you can eat a whole one in just one bite if you wish. They still have the Hersheys flavour that I don't really like that I mentioned above but when they have a specific flavour to them it does make them better. For example, certain flavours include Candy Cane (Peppermint- perfect for Christmas), dark chocolate, peanut butter filled, a whole almond in the middle, truffle and crunchy cookie.

At the moment I believe you can only buy them in the United States as I have never seen them in stores here but you may be able to buy them in specialty stores.

Summary: Hershey's Kisses