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The HERSHEY'S Company  **__Inspiration__  **  Milton S. Hershey was the man who started everything! But what most people don't know, is that Hershey originally made caramel. Milton made several attempts to start candy companies (many of them caramel companies) and almost all failed. At his third attempt at a __caramel__ company, he succeeded and his products where shipped world wide. But he wanted something new, something fresh. At the 1893 World's Columbian Expedition in Chicago, Milton first became fascinated with the world of chocolate making and he mixed chocolate into his caramels. Then he discovered milk chocolate. Back then, milk chocolate was only eaten by the rich in Switzerland. It was a well kept secret from other countries and the middle class/poor. Milton wanted to create a new formula for milk chocolate that would be easily available and affordable to everyone worldwide. After working long and hard Milton finally found the right formula for milk, sugar, and cocoa beans to make the first HERSHEY'S chocolate in 1894. That chocolate was the beggining of the HERSHEY'S affordable, delicious, rich Chocolate Company.  

 __**Milton S. Hershey 1857-1945** __  Milton was never well educated, even as a child. But when he grew up he proved you can be smart without being "school smart", when he became one of America's wealthiest and most successful entrprenuers. Milton was never a man to give up. After trying to start so many comanies, he gaining experience and was in effort to find the right product that would sell. Milk Chocolate was the key to his success which led to his long and rich life. Once he had the HERSHEY'S Company running smoothly he turned his attention to personal matters. He married Catherine Sweeney in New York City on May 25, 1898. The two of them traveled the world together. After spending time with children world wide, Milton started growing fond of children. Milton established a boarding school for orphan boys and came to think of the boys as their family, but Milton and Catherine never truly had children of there own. In 1915 when Kitty died Milton started carrying her picture wherever he went and never remarried.



HERSHEY'S makes all different kinds of products! They don't only make chocolate bars. They make wafers, mints, cookies, carmal/mint/nut covered chocolates, candy coated chocolate, sugar confectionary candies, gum, and so much more! Here are just a few of HERSHEY'S products.
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(106,37,37); font-family: Georgia, serif; background-color: rgb(255,187,0);">__Not Just Chocolate__ **<span style="font-size: 130%; color: #6a2525; font-family: Georgia, serif; background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(128,128,128); background-color: rgb(255,187,0);">[[image:http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-happy110.gif]]

<span style="display: block; font-size: 130%; color: #ffbb00; font-family: Georgia, serif; background-color: #6a2525; text-align: center;">HERSHEY'S Chocolates/Candies/Mints/Gum <span style="display: block; color: rgb(255,187,0); font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: center;">100 Calorie Bar <span style="color: rgb(98,30,36);">Almond Joy Cadbury <span style="color: rgb(98,35,34);">5th Avenue Heath <span style="color: rgb(99,19,26);">Bliss Milk Chocolate Bar <span style="color: rgb(98,19,19);">Dark Chocolate Bar Pot of Gold Chocolates <span style="color: rgb(98,19,19);">HERSHEY'S Sticks Kissables <span style="color: rgb(98,30,36);">HERSHEY Kisses Kit Kat <span style="color: rgb(98,30,36);">Mauna Loa Milk Duds <span style="color: rgb(98,30,36);">HERSHEY'S Minatures Mounds <span style="color: rgb(98,30,36);">Mr. Goodbar HERSHEY'S Nuggets <span style="color: rgb(98,30,36);">Pay Day Reese's Fast Break <span style="color: rgb(98,30,36);">Reese's NutRageous Reese's Peanutbutter Cup <span style="color: rgb(98,30,36);">Reese's Peices Reese Sticks <span style="color: rgb(98,30,36);">Rolo Skor Tofee Bar <span style="color: rgb(98,30,36);">Special Dark Bar Symphany <span style="color: rgb(98,30,36);">Take5 Whatchamacallit <span style="color: rgb(98,30,36);">Whoppers York Peppermint Patty <span style="color: rgb(98,30,36);">Good & Plenty Jolly Rancher <span style="color: rgb(98,30,36);">Sugar Free Twizzlers <span style="color: rgb(98,30,36);">Young & Smylie Zagnut <span style="color: rgb(98,30,36);">Zero Breath Savers <span style="color: rgb(98,30,36);">Bubble Yum Ice Breakers

<span style="color: rgb(106,37,37); font-family: Georgia, serif;">1. The Cocoa Beans are removed from the Cocoa Tree (Cocoa Beans are what gives HERSHEY Chocolate it's it's special flavor)
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(106,37,37); font-family: Georgia, serif; background-color: rgb(255,187,0);">__Making a HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate Bar__ **<span style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(128,128,128); background-color: rgb(255,187,0);">[[image:http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-happy110.gif]]

2. The beans are taken out of the pods and are sorted into large piles placed by Country of Origin (cocoa beans from different countries have their own special flavor) and for a week the beens dry, harden and darken so that the flavor can develope.

3. The beans are blended and roasted in huge revolving roasters at intense tempetures.

4. Then a special hulling machine takes the dry, roasted cocoa beans and and separates the inside of the bean-called the nib- and the shell (the nib is the part of the bean that is actually used t make chocolate).

5. Now the beans go into the process of milling. Milling is when the nibs of the cocoa beans are grinded into a liquid called chocolate liquor (containing no alcohol content of course) which is a smooth, dark, and 100% pure chocolate.

6. Next mix together all of the main ingredients- milk, sugar, cocoa butter, and chocolate liquor- which are then dried (this substance is called chocolate crumb)

7. The crumb goes steel rollers which grind and and refine the mixture too make it much more smooth.

8. The crumb becomes a thick liquid called chocolate paste. The paste is poured into huge vats called conches, then large, granite rollers smooth out gritty parts of the chocolate paste. This process useally takes about 24-72 hours and now has the smooth, familiar look of milk chocolate.

9. Now the paste is to be tempered, or cooled contolably to the right texture in the right consistancy.

10. Then the molds are sent on a bumpy, vibrating convaerbelt that is ment to remove air bubbles and settle evenly.

11. Again the molds are chilled, but now into a solid HERSHEY'S Candy Bar. <span style="color: rgb(170,170,170);">

<span style="color: rgb(106,37,37); font-family: Georgia, serif;">Today The HERSHEY'S Company produces more then just candy. They have a park, charity, and millions of people depending on them everyday for jobs. They have renovated their factories and have added so many candies, grocery items, mints, gums, and chocolates to their HERSHEY Family. One HERSHEY'S Chocolate bar can put a smile any face. You can even get a HERE__SHEI__S/HERE__HE__IS Bars which are for newborn friends. The HERSHEY'S Company can do just about anything!
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(106,37,37); font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: rgb(106,37,37); font-family: Georgia, serif; background-color: rgb(255,187,0);">__HERSHEY'S Today__ **<span style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(128,128,128); background-color: rgb(255,187,0);">[[image:http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-happy110.gif]]



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