Refers to products made by The Hershey Company, particularly Hershey's chocolate bars, or the company itself. Often used as a generic term for American milk chocolate.
Named after Milton S. Hershey, who founded the Hershey Chocolate Company in 1894 in Pennsylvania. The family name Hershey is of German origin, possibly from 'Hirsch' meaning 'deer' or from a place name. Milton Hershey created the first mass-produced milk chocolate in America.
Milton Hershey was a fascinating figure who failed in candy-making twice before succeeding with chocolate - he even built an entire utopian town around his factory, complete with schools, parks, and housing for workers. Hershey's distinctive slightly sour taste comes from controlled lipolysis, a process that many non-Americans find unusual but Americans associate with 'real' chocolate.
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