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  • Essay / Herheyy Kisses: The History of Hershey Kisses

    Starting with 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 a healthy snack, but popping one in your mouth is only 25 calories (Sun-Sentinel, 2007). These improvements changed the chocolate recipe to attract more customers (Hershey, n.d.). Today, Hershey owns or has manufactured over eighteen different candies in addition to Kiss, including: Almond Joy, Cadbury Creme Eggs candy, Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme candy bar, Hershey's milk chocolate, Chocolate Mounds, Hershey's. Chocolate Nuggets, Hershey's Hugs Chocolates, Reese's Crunch 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, Milk Balls malted Whoppers and York peppermint patties. All that candy made Hershey's a multi-million dollar company (Bellis,