Hershey's puts its milk through a process called controlled lipolysis. This breaks down the fatty acids in the milk and produces butyric acid - it can also be found in vomit and is responsible for it’s smell and acidic taste. Originally it was to prevent it from going off during the long shipping across the ocean. Now they only keep doing it because Americans got used to this taste.

agreed. waxy and pale

It honestly smells like vomit to me - I thought I was crazy, and then I learned about the butyric acid (see other comment) and it makes sense. Someone unwraps a piece and I DO smell chocolate but I also smell vomit and it's very unpleasant.

I tried some Hershey chocolate and by God I hated it. I don't know if all American chocolate is like that, I've never been there but no. It didn't touch my Cadbury or galaxy and any other chocolate I adore.

Smells like vomit 🤮

it is terrible, and it's a terrible company. I cried when Hershey's bought Rowntree in Canada. Now all the chocolate in the formerly Rowntree bars tastes like sugared waxy grit.

It tastes like rancid milk to me. Then again, I really dislike milk chocolate. Dark chocolate, and the darker the better, is where it's at.

Bro literally my favorite candy

Yup!

I find it way too sweet and gritty.

Can you even call that wax chocolate? Gross.

not my favorite to be honest, but not exactly that bad

This is truth. Hershey's kisses are garbage.

Being American I am used to the taste lol, so I don't mind or notice the acidity. But I really only like their dark or special dark chocolate, especially with almonds! 🤎

Have you ever had a Reese's?

American here. Hershey's is okay. Godiva is better.

Hmmm....dollar store chocolate is even good when you NEED it.

Ummm

As a women I eat it every month (or any chocolate not just hersheys) and it taste ok

Depends which Hershey's creation you are referring to

I prefer name brand dark chocolate man

That would be because Hershey’s chocolate is only soy with sugar and chocolate flavoring

Ever try it with strawberries though?

I mean it’s still chocolate 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️😂

Agreed 100%. Cadbury is the best:)

OMG THANK YOU

Indeed. It tastes like chocolate flavored puke.

All American chocolate is terrible, as far as I can work out! What do they put in it, apart from 10 tonnes of sugar? There's no cocoa, I'm pretty sure.

chocolate is my anti-depressant

Anything not made with dark chocolate is terrible.

i dont like this person. 😂

Nearly 4 euros where I live I'll take your words for it

A-freaking-men! I grew up in Germany, no self-respecting European would call the brown stuff Hershey's foists onto unsuspecting children chocolate.

There's so little actual cocoa in Hersey's that "Hersey's chocolate" is an oxymoron

Compared to European chocolate, yes it sucks.

It does not qualify as 'chocolate' in Europe. It is disgusting!

Worst chocolate I have ever tasted. New Zealand's Whittakers chocolate is the best.

well, Milk chocolate. Dark one is ok

Yes, so is the company - all GMO!!

Wrong, wrong, WRONG! It's got a flavor no other chocolate company can compare to. It's in its own league!!

So is Cadburys in the UK

Hersheys tastes like sick

There should be a low that if something has less then 50% cocoa - it should not be refered to as chocolate.

To me, this statement is a hoity toity "I am better than you!" proclamation. Hershey's is likely THE BEST chocolate many many people have ever tasted. At least the best THEY can afford.

Hersheys went bad because it's made in Mexico now. The only thing Hersheys makes in the USA are the Kisses. Everything else is made in Mexico. It's no longer the Great American Chocolate Bar.........it's the Great Mexican Chocolate Bar.