Hershey Bars

[osprey]

Has anyone here eaten one and what do they taste like?

[Carol Anne]

A bit like a Mars bar. You can get them here in speciality shops.

[Miss Inquiry]

They are an aquired taste, I wouldn't have another one if I was offered one, and I would normally jump at the chance for any chocolate. I am not surprised people who go and live in America miss Cadbury's.

[chazza]

I find Hershey chocolate to have a kind of a sour aftertaste - I much prefer Mars or Cadbury chocolate myself

[Cetti]

I am sure that there is some wonderful American chocolate, not all British choc bars are that great,are they? But Hershey Bars are best avoided.

[saxy_jag]

They're nothing special. They look like chocolate, and they taste a bit like it (although a bit bland), but they're not a patch on Mars or Cadburys.

My favourite American sweets - sorry, candy - are Peppermint Patties.

[whiffey]

They are horrible.

[aceizace]

I've had some of one, it tasted like chocolate mixed with sick, literally. Some people like the taste but I won't even smell one now.

[Blyss]

it taste like cheap chocolate , yano like a cheap easter egg kinda thing.
The reason Hershey bars were made , was so that even the poooerest ppl could aforrd chocolate , cus many a year ago back in the olden days chocolate in america was very expensive.

[Alibobs]

I agree with aceizace, the first word I associate with Hershey is vomit. Sounds improbable but I assure you it's true!

[chazza]

It's the sour milk taste that makes it taste like sick!

[beryllium]

lol, I am so glad I'm not the only one who thinks they taste like sick. My ex, a septic, bought home a huge bag of Hersheys Kisses, so I opened them when he was out, tried one, thought they were off and binned them!!! he went mad!!!
The rumour was that the inventer had a problem with his sinuses and had no real taste sence, that from a good USA citizen lol....

[osprey]

Thanks for all your answers. I'm very surprised they sell so many given some of the vivid descriptions.

[willa]

I'm American and can't stand Hershey's. Some of us call it "garbage chocolate." It's too harsh - sour was a good word for it. I wait for the Cadbury's (dairy milk or fruit&nut) to go on sale, then I stock up like mad. The first time I visited London, I thought I was in heaven when I found wee Cadbury bars in vending machines. (The 5 oz. bars are sold here.)

Milton Hershey was a wonderful philanthropist, and Hershey Park is a fun place to take the kids, but proceed with caution. Hershey modified the recipe for its Symphony bars, which are infinitely better, but still no shakes to the lovely Cadbury.

[Kate77]

My thoughts on tasting were "this tastes like sick"

[heathfield]

Purists will say that the fats in chocolate should come from the cocoa itself. The problem is that this gives the chocolate a 'waxy' texture, and many don't like the taste, as in Hershey Bars. UK chocolate contains vegetable oils instead, giving a smoother texture and sweeter taste, as in Cadburys. There was a big fuss some years back when the cocoa fat manufacturers tried to stop the vegetable oil manufacturers calling their products 'chocolate'. They were told where to go.

[baa_means_no]

i know this sounds funny,but my son has informed me that it smells like turtle poop. he prefers pop rocks.