Many Hershey products that are familiar today were originally produced
for the confectionary trade and were later reformulated for consumers.
HERSHEY’S powdered cocoa, for example, has been manufactured continuously
since 1894. Also, Hershey was the first to sell chocolate syrup for home
use beginning in 1926. While Sprigs, the forerunner of HERSHEY’S chocolate chips, was introduced in 1928.
Not all products under the HERSHEY brand were so successful in the marketplace.
HERSHEY’S mint-flavored chewing gum, introduced in 1915, enjoyed only brief
popularity. And a creation named the Not-So-Sweet bar was introduced in 1934,
only to be discontinued in 1937.
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