Hershey's has their hands in a lot of chocolate here. I dislike straight up milk chocolate by Hershey's like regular Hershey's bars or Kisses, etc, because they taste horrific. However, I think their Symphony bars are lovely and taste quite like European chocolate to me, and I also enjoy their cookies and cream bars and things like that.
While I think this is a bulltrout mandate and that it will only hurt the chocolate industry, I dislike the general slagging on American chocolate by non-Americans because, well, that's bulltrout, too. There are many fabulous chocolatiers who receive less attention because they are smaller and don't distribute nearly as wide, and they shouldn't all be judged by Hershey's. That's like judging all fast food by McDonald's, or judging all Mexican food by Chipotle. It's not an accurate comparison.
Hershey's would do well to take more European consideration into their recipes like using more actual cocoa and less sugar, but the cost of cacao beans has been on the rise for years, so in keeping tradition of the rest of corporate America, they've chosen to sacrifice quality for quantity, which is a pity.
This is quite hilarious. We have wonderful food here.American food in general is usually worse than it's British counterpart
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