Milton Hershey was born on September 13, 1857, in a farmhouse near the Central Pennsylvania village of Derry Church. Milton was in the fourth grade when his Mennonite father, Henry Hershey, found his son a position as an printer's apprentice in Gap, Pennsylvania. Milton later became an apprentice to a candy-maker in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and candy-making became a passion which Milton grew to love.
Milton Hershey - First キャンディー Shop

In 1876, when Milton was only eighteen-years old, he opened his own キャンディー ショップ in Philadelphia. However, the ショップ was closed after six years and Milton moved to Denver, Colorado, where he worked with a キャラメル manufacturer and learned caramel-making. In 1886, Milton Hershey moved back to Lancaster, Pennsylvania and started the successful Lancaster キャラメル Company.
Hershey's Chocolate

In 1893, Milton Hershey attended the Chicago International Exposition where he bought German chocolate-making machinery and began making chocolate-coated caramels. In 1894, Milton started the Hershey チョコレート Company and produced Hershey チョコレート caramels, breakfast cocoa, sweet チョコレート and baking chocolate. He sold his キャラメル business and concentrated on chocolate-making.
Famous Brands

The Hershey チョコレート Company has made または currently owns many famous Hershey チョコレート candies including: アーモンド Joy and Mounds キャンディー bars, Cadbury Creme Eggs candy, Hershey's クッキー 'n' Creme キャンディー bar, Hershey's ミルク チョコレート and ミルク チョコレート with almonds bars, Hershey's Nuggets chocolates, Hershey's Kisses and Hershey's Hugs chocolates, Kit Kat wafer bar, Reese's crunchy cookie cups, Reese's NutRageous キャンディー bar, Reese's 落花生, ピーナッツ バター Cups, Sweet Escapes キャンディー bars, TasteTations candy, Twizzlers candy, Whoppers malted ミルク balls, and York Peppermint Patties.
Hershey's Kisses chocolates were first introduced in 1907 によって Milton Hershey, who trademarked the "plume" extending out of the wrapper in 1924.

写真 Descriptions

First: Heart-shaped boxes of Hershey's チョコレート are displayed at Hershey's Chicago February 13, 2006 in downtown Chicago, Illinois. The store, the 秒 retail ショップ for the company outside Hershey, Pennsylvania, opened in Chicago in June 2005. Business at the store has been better than anticipated leading up to Valentine's Day.
Second: The world's largest Hershey's Kisses チョコレート is unveiled at the Metropolitan Pavilion July 31, 2003 in New York City. The consumer-sized チョコレート contains 25 calories; the world's largest contains 15,990,900