Hershey introduced the first milk chocolate bar in 1900 as an affordable treat for everyone to enjoy. Today, The Hershey Company family of snacks and chocolate is beloved by generations of candy fans.

Ingredients: Milk chocolate (sugar, milk, chocolate, cocoa butter, lactose, milk fat, soy lecithin, PGPR, emulsifier, vanillin, artificial flavor).

HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate is one of the only milk chocolate brands in the world that still uses fresh milk in its production, giving it a distinctive taste. How big is a Hershey's chocolate bar? A standard HERSHEY'S chocolate bar weighs around 1.55 ounces, and measures about the length of your hand.

Hershey, Pennsylvania In addition to our corporate offices, two manufacturing plants are located in Hershey, Pennsylvania. West Hershey plant opened in 2012 and produces more than 70 million Hershey's Kisses Milk Chocolates a day!

Milton Hershey's love for confection started at a young age and flourished when he established The Hershey Chocolate Company in 1894. By 1900, we sold our very first candy bar. Today, our portfolio of brands has expanded beyond the beloved and iconic HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate Bar.

While innovation undoubtedly helps bring excitement, consumers find the most comfort and indulgence in the items they've known and loved for years. Hershey's iconic brands have exceptionally high consumer loyalty that, importantly, is incremental to the category.

In addition to the standard Milk Chocolate and Milk Chocolate with Almonds varieties, Hershey's produces several other chocolate bars in various flavors: Special Dark chocolate, Cookies 'N' Creme, Symphony (both Milk Chocolate and Almond Toffee), Mr. Goodbar (with peanuts), and Krackel (with crisped rice).

HERSHEY'S Chocolate Ingredients

• MILK. If you took a bite of a cocoa bean, it wouldn't taste like the chocolate you know and love.
• CACAO. We believe the best chocolate starts with the best cacao.
• ALMONDS. The almonds in every HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate with Almonds Bar begin their journey in sunny, fertile soil.
• SUGAR.

In the case of Hershey's chocolate, butyric acid is added as a flavouring agent to create the distinctive taste and aroma that many people associate with the brand. Butyric acid is one of the key ingredients in the milk chocolate flavouring used by Hershey's, along with other natural and artificial flavours.

In a process called lipolysis, the fatty acids in the milk decompose, resulting in a rancid, or "goaty" taste. Hershey's purposefully puts their chocolate through controlled lipolysis, giving it that unique flavor.

Milton Hershey's love for confection started at a young age and flourished when he established The Hershey Chocolate Company in 1894. By 1900, we sold our very first candy bar. Today, our portfolio of brands has expanded beyond the beloved and iconic HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate Bar.

The time we receive the bean. Until it's wrapped put in its wrapper. And on its way out the door can be four to seven days. So what's the secret to getting the bars shaped.