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Chocoholics sour on new Hershey’s formula
MSNBC ^ | Sept. 19, 2008 | Laura T. Coffey

Posted on 09/19/2008 6:07:45 PM PDT by Daffynition

Oh, milk chocolate. Wherefore art thou?

Apparently not in some Hershey’s 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 Hershey’s Kissables are now labeled “chocolate candy” instead of “milk chocolate.”

What’s going on here? On Friday, TODAY consumer correspondent Janice Lieberman reported that Hershey’s 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 Administration’s definition of milk chocolate, so subtle changes have appeared on the labels of the Hershey’s 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 don’t 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 Hershey’s. They’re giving me an inferior product and they’re not even telling me …

“I call it mockolate, which is basically a fake chocolate product.”

Crunched by rising costs In a statement, Hershey’s told TODAY that consumers love its products and all its candies are clearly labeled. It still offers real milk chocolate in Hershey’s Kisses, Reese’s 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, Hershey’s change was meant to be ... [snip]

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To: Kirkwood

““If you want to walk down memory lane with a coke, you CAN get Coca Cola made with real sugar around Passover (for my goyshe Freeper Friends, that would be around Easter time ;-) ), since HFCS is NOT kosher for Passover. “ Is this labeled in a distinctive way other than the kosher circle K or star K symbol? Is it in bottles only? I’ll look for it around that time. Thanks.” You don’t NEED to think you can get Coca Cola with sugar just at Passover.. here in Oregon.. any good Mexican grocery store has Pepsi and Coca Cola bottled in Mexico for sale here.. Heck.. I have seen the Coke bottles in Walmart over at Woodburn too. I find it Ironic.. Mexico exports Soft drinks that Americans have lost since 1985


121 posted on 09/20/2008 10:41:12 AM PDT by Kitanis
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To: rabidralph; All

No, you’re just a ‘Chocolate Gnatzie,’ LOL!

I don’t like Lindt Truffles, either. My homemade Truffles are awesome, though:

Diana’s Decadent Truffles

Makes 60 servings...or one if you don’t play well with others, LOL!

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
3 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted
3 cups semisweet chocolate chips, melted
1 1/2 teaspoons dark rum (or real vanilla)

In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Gradually beat in confectioners’ sugar until well blended. Stir in melted chocolate and rum until no streaks remain. Refrigerate for about 1 hour. Shape into 1 inch balls.

Roll in cocoa powder, or powdered sugar, finely chopped nuts, chocolate jimmies, crushed candy canes, or make a chocolate ganache coating if you’re REALLY ambitious. ;)

Store in a covered Tupperware-like container. Four of these, each rolled in something different, wrapped in crinkly cello with a pretty bow make a nice gift for co-workers.


122 posted on 09/20/2008 4:23:05 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Wow, that sounds wonderful.


123 posted on 09/20/2008 4:26:08 PM PDT by rabidralph (She shoots, she scores!)
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To: rabidralph; All

My truffle recipe always reminds me of this one:

Favorite Fruit Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

1 cup water
1 cup sugar
4 large eggs
2 cups dried fruit
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 cup brown sugar
lemon juice
nuts
bottle of whiskey

Procedure:

Sample the whiskey to check for quality. Take a large bowl. Check the whiskey again. To be sure it is the highest quality, pour one level cup and drink. Repeat.

Turn on the electric mixer, beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl. Add one teaspoon of sugar and beat again. Make sure the whiskey is still okay. Cry another tup.

Turn off the mixer. Break two leggs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit. Mix on the turner. If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers pry it loose with a drewscriver. Sample the whiskey to check for tonsisticity.

Sift two cups of salt. Or something. Who cares? Check the whiskey.

Now sift the lemon juice and strain your nuts. Add one table. Spoon. Of sugar or something. Whatever you can find. Grease the oven. Turn the cake tin to 350 degrees. Don’t forget to beat off the turner. Throw the bowl out of the window, check the whiskey again and go to bed.


124 posted on 09/20/2008 4:26:58 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

LOL! I’ll try that one first.


125 posted on 09/20/2008 4:33:10 PM PDT by rabidralph (She shoots, she scores!)
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To: dalereed
I want my old Hershey bar back that was 4 times as big as todays and only cost 5 cents!!!!

Of course we were only 1/4 our present size back then.

126 posted on 09/20/2008 4:37:20 PM PDT by fella (.He that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough." Pv.28:19')
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To: fella

“Of course we were only 1/4 our present size back then.”

Not really, I reached my full height by 11 years old,
6’-0”.

Since then i’ve actually ahrunk 1/2”!


127 posted on 09/20/2008 4:40:30 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: rabidralph

Well, it IS a Saturday night. But no posting while drunk; we’ve got enough of those around here already, LOL!


128 posted on 09/20/2008 4:40:45 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: Daffynition
... but it sounds like they were sneaky about it. That I don’t like.

Now a days it's called MBA think. The Latins had a saying for it something about the buyer beware.

129 posted on 09/20/2008 4:41:02 PM PDT by fella (.He that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough." Pv.28:19')
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To: dalereed
I thinking back to the age of about 6 or 7 that would have been about ‘55 or ‘56. A quarter would get you enough 2 or 3 for a penny candy to ruin your appetite for real food for a whole day.
130 posted on 09/20/2008 4:54:50 PM PDT by fella (.He that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough." Pv.28:19')
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To: Daffynition

Hershey should eliminate the sand from its ingrediants. Chocolate should be creamy. ;-)

They might call their new formula cocoa product like cheese product.


131 posted on 09/20/2008 4:58:37 PM PDT by School of Rational Thought (Sarah Palin - High ideals on high heels)
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To: fella

I was thinking 40s prices.

I’ll even take the early 50s when I was in high school and paying 13.9 cents a gallon for gas!

Of course my street racing 40 coupe only got about 5 mpg.


132 posted on 09/20/2008 5:01:42 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: dalereed
I had a 39 Plymouth with a Dodge transmission. It wasn't a rod it more of a weekly. Drive it a couple days and then work on it for a week and repeat. When I went off to college my Mom disappeared it. Sniff
133 posted on 09/20/2008 5:15:00 PM PDT by fella (.He that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough." Pv.28:19')
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Thanks for the recipes!

With the Hoildays approaching, it would be a good idea to give homemade food gifts this year.

Especially to Grandma and Grandpa! Hint-hint.


134 posted on 09/20/2008 5:22:50 PM PDT by Palladin (Sarahnoia will destroy ya!)
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To: Daffynition

no cocoa butter NOT CHOCOLATE!

sad day for Hershey.


135 posted on 09/20/2008 5:31:59 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: All
NEW COKE II


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136 posted on 09/20/2008 5:41:35 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: School of Rational Thought
Candy with crunch: I discovered today this Dark Spicy Aztec Chocolate Bar ...what a pleasant find ... incredible spice flavor that complements the dark rich chocolate ... and I was surprised at a *crunch* ... pepitas ... has to be the best I've ever had!

Do you mean call it [Hershey] "processed chocolate flavor"?

137 posted on 09/20/2008 5:49:03 PM PDT by Daffynition (Follow the dots: Davis, Ayers, Dohrn, Malley, SorosÂ… use a RED crayon.)
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To: longtermmemmory

Good news! Green & Black’s chocolate is on sale this weeks at Whole Foods: $3./3.5oz


138 posted on 09/20/2008 6:00:14 PM PDT by Daffynition (Follow the dots: Davis, Ayers, Dohrn, Malley, SorosÂ… use a RED crayon.)
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To: PennsylvaniaMom
Leftover candy? How does that happen?

Easy!
You know that taffy stuff that comes in black and brown wrappers that kids get for Halloween and nobody eats?

So it sits in a bowl until the next Halloween and gets passed out to ther kids....

139 posted on 09/20/2008 6:04:56 PM PDT by uglybiker (1f u c4n r34d th1s u r34lly n33d 2 g3t l41d)
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To: bioqubit

Sam’s choice is at Walmart and is Belgian and is very very good.

Hershey never made it to that level and has now apparently jumped the shark


140 posted on 09/20/2008 6:05:40 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Conservation? Let the NE Yankees freeze.... in the dark)
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