Posted on 09/19/2008 6:07:45 PM PDT by Daffynition
Oh, milk chocolate. Wherefore art thou?
Apparently not in some Hersheys products that contained milk chocolate for years, and that has passionate chocolate aficionados fighting mad.
Products such as Whatchamacallit, Milk Duds, Mr. Goodbar and Krackel no longer have milk chocolate coatings, and Hersheys Kissables are now labeled chocolate candy instead of milk chocolate.
Whats going on here? On Friday, TODAY consumer correspondent Janice Lieberman reported that Hersheys has switched to less expensive ingredients in several of its products. In particular, cocoa butter the ingredient famous for giving chocolate its creamy, melt-in-your-mouth texture has been replaced with vegetable oil.
The removal of cocoa butter violates the U.S. Food and Drug Administrations definition of milk chocolate, so subtle changes have appeared on the labels of the Hersheys products with altered recipes. Products once labeled milk chocolate now say chocolate candy, made with chocolate or chocolatey.
Some say the label changes are too difficult to spot.
A lot of people dont notice it. The package looks exactly the same, said Cybele May, who has chronicled the changes in detail on her Candy Blog. I feel betrayed by Hersheys. Theyre giving me an inferior product and theyre not even telling me
I call it mockolate, which is basically a fake chocolate product.
Crunched by rising costs In a statement, Hersheys told TODAY that consumers love its products and all its candies are clearly labeled. It still offers real milk chocolate in Hersheys Kisses, Reeses Peanut Butter Cups and its classic chocolate bar.
And recently it put back the milk chocolate in Almond Joy because consumers complained, Lieberman said Friday in her report.
Experts say that while many manufacturers cope with higher costs by increasing their prices or reducing their product sizes, Hersheys change was meant to be ... [snip]
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Yes, I remember the popcorn at Sears - they say smells and scents can bring back memories - I can remember that scent very clearly.
Our Sears had popcorn. I was never a big chocolate eater so Mom would get my brothers the chocolate (which they then fight over) and I get the popcorn.
I stopped buying Hershey’s products when they started to send some of their processing plants to Mexico.
Swiss chocolate is still the best on the market.
I see. I grew up in the DC area and they had a lot of chocolate and assorted nuts. I’ve never seen any group enjoy popcorn as much as midwesterners so the popcorn might not have been a big seller in DC.
my favorite chocolate these days is Moser-Roth (Privat Chocolatiers) Made in Germany.
Believe it or not you can buy it at Aldi’s
...and chock full of melamine!
Maple Bun Bars
I’ve been baking my own chocolate chip cookies for years now.
One whole pound bag of Nestle choco chips per batch.
Sometimes, half a bag of Nestle choco chips, and half a bag of their butterscotch nuggets.
The grandkids love them.
I think the Belgians held out when the EU regs kicked in ... same story as Hershey...substituting vegetable fat for cocoa butter.
For imported chocolate ... Neuhaus is the best .... but not easy to find unless you live in a big metro area.
Mmmmm....Sears popcorn, cashews and Christmas shopping. Nice memories here, too.
I like Milka and Ritter’s myself. Ritter’s dark chocolate and marzipan bars are sold in the drug stores in my area.
I love Toblerone, but haven’t had it for awhile. Can’t find it here.
I guess you can order almost any kind of chocolate online.
I’ll have to look for the Belgian brands.
This is a locate favorite. But they were eminent domained to make way for Granger’s Moat.
https://secured.keysql.com/sweetshopusa/shop.asp?site=&kpage=aboutus
You (Clemenza) are Dark Chocolate
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Sadly, most of Hershey’s products, now have the flavor and texture of plastic, IMHO.
Tatt
WOW! Neuhaus is expensive!
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