Talk:Hershey's Kisses

Candy

Hershey's kisses ARE a type of candy, although the person who thinks they're not may be amazing. They are still candy. Snazzgurl12 (talk) 22:29, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory

The opening credits shows a machine that I think is making Hershey's Kisses... could we possibly add that to the article? Kareeser|^Talk! 23:53, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Kiss (candy) to Hershey's Kiss?

Since this article talks specifically about the candy made by the Hershey company, is there any objection to moving it to Hershey's Kiss (which redirects here, anyway)? Joyous | Talk 01:10, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

I wouldn't think so since most people associate Kisses with Hershey's Kisses, though there might be the particular few who believe that it shouldn't due to the fact that other companies might still make them independently, though I'm not sure. I personally think it should be moved. --ImmortalGoddezz 03:53, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

"Hershey's Kiss" is not the trademarked name for this candy. The correct name is "Hershey's Kisses" and should be represented as such. I am aware that it is not common usage, but you might notice that on the site, they are referred to as "Hershey's Kisses brand chocolates." I will be moving this article to reflect that fact. JeffreyAtW 04:10, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

edit history of this page

This page was originally created as a redirect to Kiss (candy). The history read:

• 11:36, December 20, 2004 User:Lowellian (+redir)

Dark Chocolate?

Hershey's RDC and Truffle kisses both claim to contain dark chocolate. However, the ingredient list (for RDC) is as follows: "sweet chocolate (sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, cocoa processed with alkali, milk fat, lactose, soy lecithin and PGPR, emulsifiers, and(sic) vanillin), artificial flavor) and milk". To me that sounds a whole lot more like the ingredient list for milk chocolate; somewhat more cocoa than standard Hershey's but not proper dark chocolate (70+% cocoa content, no milk).

I suppose this question would also apply to Special Dark bars and other Hershey's labeled as containing "dark chocolate", but none of them have independent entries. -- Frankie

Dead Link in Kisses historical info link

Will someone please fix that?

I would like to know why there are not more varieties of the kisses on the grocery store shelves. You may find 5 varieties at most, traditional, dark, carmel, peanutbutter, and a hug. What about variety bags. or filling the grocery shelves with more varieties. My co-workers & I comb the various stores to see if we can find some of our favorites,only to find the same 5 varieties. What about a three month cycle of varieties or something. Ou have me thinking I am crazed with chocolate and need to get a life. Seriously though a kiss is just enugh to satisfy a crave without over endulging. That is why we enjoy them at the office. I take my hat off to the person that came up with the idea of variety of flavors in the kisses. signed Kiss & Tell

Hershey's Hugs

Any talk about Hugs (which are a branch of Kisses)? Hugs are like Kisses, though they have 2 flavors of chocolate (usually milk and white, though other variants have been seen) swirled in a striping pattern. Should they have their own section in this article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.169.204.182 (talk) 19:26, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

I agree... this article can't be complete without some mention of the hugs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.252.5.131 (talk) 04:04, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Now Molded?

I suspect that Hershey's Kisses are now molded instead of extruded from the machine with the "kissing" action noted in the article. I remember way back that they used to have a slight curve at the top that was caused by the manufacturing method, and now this is no longer the case. Can anyone confirm this? If so, should it be mentioned in the article? Does anyone care other than me? --Doc (talk) 19:22, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

I noticed that. They look too "perfect" now so, I suspected that they are moulded too, they no longer have a really pointy top (it'd be kinda hard to mould that), the tops seem rounded. They used to have random shapes, some would be crooked, some with broken points, some with wider bottoms. The sides are also very smooth, which clearly means that they've been moulded. Most likely this was done to reduce the cost of producing them. The thing is, things may be obvious to some/many people but Wikipedia's rules state that we can't add info unless there are citations!

As a sidenote: Here in Canada, Hershey Kisses used to taste nothing like Hershey's milk chocolate bars, the kisses were hard, sour, and tasted like they had no milk in them at all (they were tasty, though). This may have had something to do with the "Made in USA" printed on the package, while all the other Hershey products were made in Canada. This year they reintroduced Kisses (only for the Canadian market) with creamier chocolate which matches the taste of the chocolate bars. Yummy! 142.167.182.96 (talk) 02:08, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Interesting that you like the new ones. I used to buy Hershey kisses to appreciate the sour taste. The new ones are softer, sweeter and blander and I stopped buying them. Wanderer57 (talk) 17:14, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Well, I stopped buying all Hershey products (including the products they only distribute) after I later found out that they shut down the Canadian factories and now manufacture the Canadian products in Mexico, and some in the USA. 142.167.182.96 (talk) 23:48, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Regular kisses are still made the original way, but many of the other varieties, especially Hugs, are obviously molded. PurpleChez (talk) 20:51, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

Trivia

i removed the following trivia section from the article- it had been tagged trivia for 13 months, and tagged fact for 17. -TinGrin 10:26, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

• As a sign of the popularity and company identification of Hershey's Kisses, the streetlights of Hershey, Pennsylvania, are shaped like Kisses, both wrapped in foil and as plain chocolate, dangling from the poles.
• After many PIAA postseason sporting events, Hershey Kisses are tossed onto the playing surface, signifying that the team will be going to the finals, held at various venues in Hershey, Pennsylvania including the Giant Center and Hersheypark Stadium.
• In 2007, The US Postal Service issued a postage stamp commemorating the Hershey's Kiss.
• The World's Largest Hershey's Kisses Chocolate weighed 30,540 lb (13,850 kg).
• The longest ever consecutive string of Hershey's Kisses was more than four miles (6 km) long. It was laid in the spring of 2003 to raise money for the Children's Miracle Network at Penn State Children's Hospital. The event earned a listing in the Guinness Book of World Records.
• The Hersheys Kiss franchise is often used as puns for their namesake. In "Arthur's First Kiss", Arthur, after learning that Francine was his secret Valentine, goes to the movies with her, and mentions that he is going to give her lots of Kisses. Francine thinks he means the actual concept, and is about to try and kiss him, but it turns out he actually meant a box of Hershey's Kisses. Similarly, in the fourth season of the sitcom Sister, Sister, Tamera, prior to Tia walking in lamenting about breaking up with her boyfriend, mentioned that she sent Roger Evans to get her tickets to a "Boys to Men" concert, and said his reward would be the biggest kiss of his life (which she reveals is actually one of the giant hershey kiss variants.)

I restored and expanded the information about the streetlights and the postage stamp, but moved them to the history section. The streetlights are unique and deserve mention. PurpleChez (talk) 17:10, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

apparently this information was again removed, although I don't agree that it's trivial. I elaborate on this below. Also... the Kiss streetlights do not "dangle from poles"... they are held upright from the end of the standards. PurpleChez (talk) 19:36, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

References

Kiss lawsuit?

I've commented out the following from the article:

In a strange court case, hard rock band Kiss filed suit against the Pennsylvania-based company for, what drummer Peter Criss stated "stealing their well-known name."

It was added to the article in December 2007, and seems to have gone unchallenged in 14 months. As a result of this, and the fact that a source was cited, I was reluctant to remove it. However, I've attempted to look into it and can find neither a corroborating account nor evidence that the cited biography (The Cat in the Hat Behind the Kit) even exists. AJCham2097 (talk) 11:19, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

I found no evidence to corroborate this story. I find it hard to believe that even Peter Criss could have been stoned enough to make such charges against a product first produced in 1907.PurpleChez (talk) 16:38, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

Wasn't this geriatric band formed around then? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.158.48.90 (talk) 11:55, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

First picture

I think the first picture should be of the original Hershey's kisses, ie. the traditional silver. The caramel filled are a 'rarer' veriety, which would be more logical to put down later in the article.

PROTECTED

this article should be protected. It has undergone a lot of vandalism recently and some of the vandalism was so hilarious it got posted on reddit. Don't think its going to get better anytime soon. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.152.68.186 (talk) 18:38, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

New variety

The newest variety is Air Delight. The Kisses have large air bubbles inside. Bizzybody (talk) 01:52, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

== wrapping == A few years ago at Christmas time I was able to purchase Hersey Kisses unwrapped which were excellent for baking. Do they still package them this way? I haven't been able to find them again.00:56, 13 January 2015 (UTC)72.47.0.137 (talk)bbbbbb

A few years ago for Valentines Day one of the History-type channels aired a show...I think it was Modern Marvels...about chocolate. The show included a visit to the Hershey's Kisses production line. The program specifically stated that their cameras were not allowed into the area where the Kisses are given their plumes and wrapped...this is apparently a trade secret. It might be interesting if any of this could be verified.... PurpleChez (talk) 20:56, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

Amazon.com is currently selling a "World's Largest Hershey's Kiss" which is a larger hollow milk chocolate kiss, filled with smaller, standard sized wrapped milk chocolate kisses. However, it is not actually the world's largest... Guiness World Records Largest Chocolate (Individual)50.135.190.43 (talk) 00:45, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Assessment comment

The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Hershey's Kisses/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.

This is a decent, worked on article. It needs a tag more work on it, such as references and such but other than that, good article. -- Warfreak 09:36, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Last edited at 09:36, 11 June 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 17:51, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Possible removal from list

An entry in List of colors: A–F contained a link to this page.

The entry is :

• Chocolate Kisses

I don't see any evidence that this color is discussed in this article and plan to delete it from the list per this discussion: Talk:List_of_colors#New_approach_to_review_of_entries

If someone decides that this color should have a section in this article and it is added, I would appreciate a ping.--S Philbrick(Talk) 21:09, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

Don't want to start an edit war, so....

An above entry states that I restored the information about the Hershey's Kiss appearing on a US postage stamp, and about the Hershey's Kiss-shaped streetlights. I don't actually remember doing this, but it was seven years ago, and things do get fuzzy. Anyhow... this information was obviously removed once again. I would disagree that the Kiss's appearance on a postage stamp is "trivia" -- I would think that, by definition, appearing on a US postage stamp in confirmation that something is iconically American. As for the streetlights - they appear in countless advertisements and promotional photographs and they are unique to those few streets in Hershey. They are a tourist attraction in their own right, and you might still be able to get your picture taken with a mock up of on of the lamps when you visit Chocolate World. I'm all in favor of weeding out fancruft and all of the "half a second of this song can be heard faintly in the background during the whatever-scene in Waterboy" stuff -- but I think this information is not in the same category of "trivia." That's my two cents.... PurpleChez (talk) 19:32, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Niggly wiggly

Please do not claim that the paper strip is a "wiggly niggly" unless you can provide a WP:RS. Online posts by various people endlessly repeating variations of "Oh, I didn't know that it was called a 'wiggly niggly' "are not reliable sources. If Hershey says it's called a wiggly niggly, that's fine, but as far as i can tell this is just a meme. Someone, somewhere, called it a wiggly niggly, and it stuck. Meters (talk) 18:29, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Yeah, it seems like the kind of claim a bunch of 4channers might have spread around the Internet as a hoax. Especially since “niggly” sounds like something else, and we all know how much those chan posters love “edgy” racism jokes. 2604:2D80:6984:3800:0:0:0:1F5F (talk) 06:21, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

The 'Kissables' hyperlink under the tab 'Discontinued and Limited Edition Kisses' should be relocated

The 'Kissables' hyperlink under the tab 'Discontinued and Limited Edition Kisses' should be relocated to the 'See also' section of the article as in my opinion it looks strange in its current location (seeing a hyperlink on the name of the chocolate) due to the other 3 chocolate names underneath not including a hyperlink on their names. Xboxsponge15 (talk) 19:42, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

"Niggly Wiggly" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Niggly Wiggly and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 July 5#Niggly Wiggly until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. MB 07:50, 5 July 2022 (UTC)