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Hershey Sweet Chocolate

Candy Kisses
Recipes and History


It's not that chocolates are a substitute for love.
Love is a substitute for chocolates.
Chocolate is, let's face it,
far more reliable than a man.
- Miranda Ingram

After three failures in as many cities, Milton Hershey had finally made
it big in the candy business. His delicious caramels had made him one
of the wealthiest citizens of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. But as he
strolled through Chicago's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, Hershey
saw something that changed his life: chocolate-making machine.

In 1894 Hershey introduced his milk chocolate and chocolate and almond
bars. Then, selling the caramel business for $1 million in 1900, he
built a chocolate factory in southeastern Pennsylvania. An entire
town grew up around the industry. Saddeled at first with the name
Hersheydodo, the town came to be called simply Hershey.

Although Hershey was the undisputed chocolate king, he did have
competitors, only some of whom identified their products with their
won names. Serveral, however, chose to name their candy bars and
bonbons after other people. Leo Hirschfield's daughter, for instance,
lent her nickname, Tootsie, to his chewy, chocolaty "rolls" in 1896.
When Otto Schnering launced a new peanutty candy bar call Baby Ruth
in 1920, the tribute was not to the hard hitting Babe of baseball,
but to President Grover Cleveland's daughter, who had charmed the
nation as a toddler. Then, in the 1930's, Philip Silverstein gave
his sweet block of chocolate the same pet name that he used for his
chubby little grandaughter, Chunky. The candy itself, with was
chockablock full of nuts and raisins, more than adequately fitted
the description.

While girls seemed to predominate, at least one chocolate bar was
named for a young man. The fellow in question was a frequent visitor
at George Williamson's Chicago candy shop, where he liked to flirt
with the candymakers. He showed up so often, in fact, that the women
began asking him to do odd jobs, inevitably starting their requests
with "Oh, Henry." When Williamson needed a name for a new candy bar
(Baby Ruth's rival) in 1921. Oh Henry! came easily to mind.

Hershey Chocolate Refresher

1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup Hershey's Cocoa
1/2 cup (3 3/4 oz. package) vanilla instant
pudding and pie filling mix

2 cups milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
8 ice cubes
Combine sugar, cocoa, and pudding mix in blender container; blend well.
Add 1/2 cup milk; blend thoroughly, scraping sides occasionally. Add
remaining milk, vanilla, and ice cubes; blend at high speed until ice is
crushed and mixture is thoroughly blended.
Serve immediately or store in refrigerator.
Makes 4 1 cup servings