Hershey debuts plant-based Reese’s Cups, chocolate bars

The Associated Press ^ | March 7, 2023 | By DEE-ANN DURBIN

[Rastus]

Trans chocolate.

[minnesota_bound]

They threw away all the good will they had taken decades to build and for what?

[NetAddicted]

Yuck! Soy or one of those gross ersatz milks. NEVER, although I already gave up on them for their trans bar. Sad, for a lifetime chocoholic.

[Albion Wilde]

Boycott list of Hershey’s-owned candy brands:

CHOCOLATES
Almond Joy
Cadbury bars
Cadbury Creme Eggs
Cookies ’n’ Creme bar
Dagoba Organic Chocolate
5th Avenue bar
Heath bar
Hershey Bars (several varieties)
Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup
Hershey’s Kisses
Joseph Schmidt Confections
Kit Kat Bar
Krackel bar
Lancaster Soft Cremes
Military Chocolate
Milk Duds
Mounds bar
Mr. Goodbar
Nutrageous
Oh Henry! bar
Reeses Peanut Butter Cups, bars
ROLO
Scharffen Berger
SCOR bar
Snack Barz
Symphony bar
Take5 bar
Whatchamacallit
Whoppers
York Peppermint Patties
Zagnut bar
Zero bar

OTHER CANDIES and SNACKS
BarkTHINS
Breath Savers
Bubble Yum
Cherry Blossom syrup
Dot’s Pretzels
Good & Plenty
Good & Fruity
Ice Breakers
Ice Cubes
Jolly Rancher
Lancaster Soft Cremes
Mauna Loa Macadamia Nuts
One Brands
PayDay bar
Pirate brands
SkinnyPop popcorn
Twizzlers

[FlingWingFlyer]

So he’s the clown they think owns the pronouns “her” and “she”. I would have assumed “They”, “them” and “its”.

[DejaJude]

They say younger consumers want this. I think it’s just the latest fad for them and will get bored with tasteless stuff.

[DejaJude]

I called Hershey’s US office and told them I was boycotting. I liked their products, but celebrating a man pretending to be a woman on Women’s Day was just one woke over the line.

[DejaJude]

I won’t miss any of those as long as I can still have my Butterfingers.

[moovova]

Thanks for the list.

[NohSpinZone]

I'm sorry but I need some eye bleach after having to see another photo of this freakshow.

[Tommy Revolts]

Definitely won’t be buying HeShe candy brands. They disgust me.

[Albion Wilde]

I won’t miss any of those as long as I can still have my Butterfingers.

I'm a Goldenberg's Peanut Chews kinda gal. They are the best. A Philadelphia original confection.

[DejaJude]

I’ve never seen those. Maybe they don’t ship to California?

[Albion Wilde]

I’ve never seen those. Maybe they don’t ship to California?

They are made in Philadelphia and started out as a regional candy. If you want to sample just one and you have family/friends in the east coast region who would send you a sample, they are usually to be found in the Wawa convenience store chain. Otherwise, I think Amazon sells quantity orders.

They are so delicious because the peanuts are coated with molasses-sweetened nougat, encased with dark chocolate. They have lately been making a milk chocolate version, but the dark chocolate offsets the molasses better, IMO.

Maybe they have developed some distributors out west. Here is their web site:

Goldenberg's Peanut Chews

[DejaJude]

Thanks for the link. It shows a Rite Aid near me, but supply issues might apply. I’ll check it out. I think the dark chocolate would keep it from being too sweet.

[Albion Wilde]

Thanks for the link. It shows a Rite Aid near me, but supply issues might apply.

Interesting! The Rite Aid corporate HQ is also in Philly. I guess they formed a tie with Goldenberg's long ago.

Another Philly standard line of snacks are Tastykakes, always found in Wawa. Maybe they're in Rite Aid, too; but baked goods don't export to the left coast as easily as candies.

Good hunting for the dark chocolate Peanut Chews (red and brown package).

[DejaJude]

The Rite Aid is right across from a Walgreens, so I think I'll stop in there too. Newsom is not all of Calif.