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- Vomit in a stylish package.
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- Smooth and inviting, but looks can be deceiving!
The stuff tastes positively vile. Rank even. The aftertaste is so reminiscent of having thrown up in your own mouth that you are quite likely to do just that.
Refrigerating this ‘chocolate’ does little to stave off the nausea brought on by smelling and tasting this uniquely American candy. If you’re unlucky enough to try it for the first time at room temperature, or worse, out of a warm trouser/pant pocket, you’ll be in for a real treat. Not.
There is a good reason why Hershey’s chocolate has this distinct aroma and flavor, they use soured milk (instead of buttermilk or cocoa butter) and have done for decades, all the way back to the Second World War. That’s right, soured milk. How many people do you know love to chug-a-lug on a lumpy, cheesy carton of soured milk? None that I know of, but many Americans and devotees in many other parts of the world lap this stuff up by the million.
Chocolate + Sour Milk = Fail?
Love it or hate it, there’s no denying that Hershey’s Milk Chocolate has a ‘unique’ smell and flavor. Tell us what you think about this American classic!
Here’s a good link for starters. Lots of people have posted on this page with similar views regarding Hershey’s traditional milk chocolate. http://www.cybercandy.co.uk/aaasmt/index.php/url_indprod?ltrev=72&xlc=77
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February 26, 2009 at 9:39 am |
I’ve just been brought some Hershey’s back from America, I have a cold right now and yes, all I can taste is vomit.
So now I have cold + vomit taste
ha
Nice.
March 12, 2009 at 8:36 am |
I tried Hersheys for the first time a couple of years ago when working out in California. None of their chocolate can even be called remotely good, but their milk chocolate is positively vile, and really does taste of vomit; not nasty morning-after-heavy-drinking vomit, but that had-a-bit-too-much-to-eat vomit that escapes one’s stomach, following a burp up to the mouth. I concur. One wouldn’t drink turned milk, so why the hell would anyone eat chocolate made from it.
An acquired taste to be sure. No wonder they can’t sell the crap in the UK. Cadbury’s is far superior.
March 27, 2009 at 8:52 pm |
I’m glad I’m not the only one… I just googled ‘Does Hersheys taste like vomit?’ to see if anyone else had noticed… Horrible stuff.
April 8, 2009 at 11:57 pm |
I’m an American born and bred, and I like Hershey’s chocolate. I admit it’s probably an acquired taste. My wife like Symphony chocolate, and I prefer See’s if I’m getting higher-quality chocolate. I’m probably just not all that refined. There are a lot better chocolate makers in this country alone, but I like the standard Hershey’s bar with almonds. One thing that’s always bugged me is my friends that rave about the chocolate from England and Europe. I’ve never been all that impressed by it.
October 15, 2009 at 11:06 am |
Yes, people rave about it because it’s better. You really need to do yourself a favor and branch out in your chocolate eating!
May 11, 2009 at 5:50 pm |
I always thought of Hershey’s as having a distinct and mildly sour taste, but I never heard anyone compare it to vomit. I thought the uniqueness and cheapness of the chocolate was the whole reason for its success. However, it’s understandable why someone who has never had it would be turned off. Nobody around here considers it even close to America’s finest chocolate (everyone prefers See’s), so someone from halfway around the world would probably find it disgusting if he’s not used to it. It seems to be the same reaction that I’ve seen my American classmates have to foreign chocolates (they complained that several European brands tasted like cardboard and powdered hot cocoa mix, and most made faces as they ate the cinnamon chocolate that came from South America–I found all chocolates delicious).
June 9, 2009 at 7:02 am |
@Ryan “I’m glad I’m not the only one… I just googled ‘Does Hersheys taste like vomit?’ to see if anyone else had noticed… Horrible stuff.”
We just had someone come back into the office from Java One with a bag full of Hershey bars. There is still a bag full. Nobody will touch this as common consensus is that it does, indeed, taste like sick.
Grim
I absolutely love Reese’s Pieces, though
August 4, 2009 at 10:50 am |
haha, I just googled “Hersheys vomit” too after trying a hersheys kisses for the first time, gross!
September 18, 2009 at 4:20 am |
Hahaha – this is amazing.
I just had the unfortunate experience of Hershey’s Kisses after someone in the office bought them back from the States, and I seem to be the only one to notice this distinct vomit flavouring they have so kindly added to their ‘chocolate’.
It really is vile. They could learn a thing or two from Lindt.
September 21, 2009 at 8:02 am |
I couldn’t agree more. A neighbour brought us a load back from the States as a ‘thank you’ for looking after her cats – ha – what an insult! It tastes just like waxy brown vomit formed into a solid bar, and when you take a bite it feels like someone has done acid puke straight in your mouth. My son ended up eating it, but then he’s so greedy he’d probably eat real vomit if there was nothing else on offer.
October 4, 2009 at 4:24 pm |
I love hershey’s
how do you not like it?
October 5, 2009 at 8:55 am |
Helen, I think the ‘tastes like vomit’ statement sums it up which begs the question ‘If you love Hersheys, how DO you end up on a blog that definitely does not sing its praises’?
October 12, 2009 at 8:43 am |
WTF! What’s your problem? I guess you just don’t like chocolate, but why do you have to hate on Hershey’s so bad?
Get a Life!
October 27, 2009 at 9:39 pm |
you could not be more right – i’m Austrian citizen and used to MILKA, TOBLERONE or BENSDORF. The FDA in USA is protecting the worst producers of chocolate, because they get lots of bribes. Wherever you look – politics wins the battle and the war.
October 28, 2009 at 10:43 am |
i found this little thread by accident….i’m american, i can’t say i’m a fan of hershey’s, but to only compare it to the “better” european brands, which are also giant corporations isn’t really saying much about the chocolate flavor “bar” that’s been set. growing up with a particular flavor (e.g., Hershey’s vs Cadbury’s) creates a bias, which is probably why more americans might say they like hershey’s and more europeans like cadbury, its just what’s familiar.
giant and even semi giant companies sacrifice quality to make more money–it doesn’t matter what country they are from.
search “bean to bar” and you’ll find arguably the best micro-batch chocolates being made, mostly in the US but, also in europe. once you’ve tasted these, you might soon be saying cadbury’s tastes like some other unpleasant bodily product. its all a matter of perspective and taste.
sorry for the rant…
November 4, 2009 at 2:10 pm |
Hershey’s Milk Chocolate is ass. It’s like the Bud/Miller/Coors of chocolate.
November 5, 2009 at 2:15 pm |
It’s all in what you’re used to. Unfortunately, Hershey bars are the “gold standard” the same way that Coca-Cola is the standard for soda-pop drinks. Hershey’s slogan even used to be “The Great American Chocolate Bar.” And yes, it does have a sour milk taste. As an American, I just accept that this is what chocolate is supposed to taste like. Personally, I always preferred Milky Way or 3 Musketeers, (M&M Mars company products), but Mars doesn’t really make a plain bar of chocolate.
It’s crazy, I know, but it’s all subjective. There’s a whole continent of Australians that scarf down Vegemite and Marmite. Now THERE’S some stuff that REALLY tastes like vomit.
November 22, 2009 at 8:10 am |
Terrible chocolate but as I write this im reading that Hershey’s want to take over Cadbury’s, that would be so wrong on many levels. I hope the deal doesn’t go through, ill be weeping if it does. :S
November 23, 2009 at 10:57 am |
i concur with many of the sentements posted here regarding hershey’s chocolate. It is vile!!! I was offered beef jerky (also vile) and said bar of hershey’s chocolate on a connecting flight from nyc to memphis recently. Why would any company be happy to make chocolate that clearly tastes like it has been regurgetated? Thank god for cadbury’s, here’s hoping they dont buy cad’s out and turn our great chocolate sicky flavoured!!
November 30, 2009 at 12:39 pm |
i love thats stuff it is so good you guys are just haters!
December 3, 2009 at 10:51 am |
What is it exactly about the vomit taste that Americans seem to like? After seeing this stuff mentioned in classic movies and on TV, I really thought it might actually be nice. I notice Hersheys and nylon stockings wooed a few thousand British women during the war…all I can say is they must have been desperate for food, due to the rationing. It is positively vile. I suggest you yanks chomp on a bar of Galaxy milk chocolate….you won’t know what has hit you.