On Wed, 24 Sep 2014 22:33:46 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

> On 9/24/2014 6:07 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> >
> > I never did understand the success of Hershey's. We could not get them
> > here when I was a kid but they were commonly referred to in American
> > movies and television. Apparently American GIs in occupied Europe could
> > get any women they wanted for a couple Hershey bars. They were better
> > than gin. When I finally got to try a Hershey bar it was a major
> > disappointment.
> >
> >
>
> Hershey had the biggest market share. Growing up it was readily
> available at every candy/grocery/drug store so it is what we ate.
> Acceptable, but not the best but I didn't know that quality chocolates
> existed back then.

I would venture to guess that mass market chocolate was a higher
quality and the mass market didn't know zip about better quality
chocolate anyway.

Hubby and I used to love those bags of mini Hershey's chocolates that
came out for Halloween. He would grab all the Special Dark and I took
the Crunch. Trick r Treaters got what was left. Haven't seen those
bags in years... but after the last Crunch bar I bought (which was
cheapened beyond belief), I'll stick with special dark.... unless that
one has gone under too.


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