So now Hershey is putting air into chocolate drops and calling them delightful.

[lonestarnot]

Delightful for them to sell air. Fuck you Hershey!

[Romulox]

1. Are they made in Mexico (yet?)? nt

[lonestarnot]

3. I thought all their crap went to Mexico.

:shrug: Can't keep track of all of it. :crazy:

[OhioChick]

71. That was back in '07

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2754716

[cottonseed]

2. It probably costs them more for the process and marketing than what they save on chocolate.

Hershey is a food conglomerate that sells chocolate kisses. I can't really work up the anger to get mad at a new product launch.

[JVS]

11. Nah. Chocolate costs are skyrocketing since people got pissed off about them using child slaves.

[murielm99]

20. I can't eat those Hershey's kisses any more.

They changed the formula and now they taste terrible.

[TheWraith]

26. Check out either chocolate melting wafers, or Symphony bars.

The latter are some of the best chocolate I've had, the former are pretty close if you like sweet.

[Romulox]

28. If "Symphony" is the best chocolate you've had, PLEASE try a Ritter Sport Bar!

:wow:

[woo me with science]

4. Just like the special Clorox formula that's

"safe for food, pets, and kids."

Can you say "diluted"?

[seabeyond]

33. dawn dish soap. just up the damn price and leave the product along. slice of bread

cant make it much thinner and still make a sandwich.

i hear ya

[Sgent]

50. Elimination of phosphorus from dishwashing detergent

I know nothing about clorox, but I know that the elimination of phosphorus (clean water act) required more expensive ingredients and they don't clean as well. Hopefully it will come down in a year or two as they get more experience.

[salvorhardin]

5. Nothing new -- remember the Nestle Aero bar?

Looks like Hershey has updated the concept and called it the Air Delight.

http://www.hersheys.com/pure-products/hersheys-air-delight-bar/air-delight.aspx

[lonestarnot]

6. So they charge for air.

[salvorhardin]

9. Yep

And they market it as "special" somehow. For instance, supposedly the bubbles in the Aero bar were supposed to "enhance" the taste of the chocolate. Back in the 1980s it was marketed as a "light" (fewer calories) alternative to a regular chocolate bar.

[Canuckistanian]

13. Imported Mexican air

It's like a little breath of Acapulco.

[Mojorabbit]

:rofl:

[trotsky]

37. LOL

Well played. :thumbsup:

[HughBeaumont]

46. Aero used to be called Choco-Lite in the 70s. Nestle made that too.

[woo me with science]

53. It's the new strategy with yogurt, too. Yogurt "whips," and fewer calories, too! nt

[Archae]

7. I like them both!

Bars and Kisses.

[eppur_se_muova]

8. Ummm ... are they sold by weight? If so, no big woop. nt

[RegieRocker]

77. Weight and cost.

[elleng]

10. Like what started to happen to Breyer's Ice Cream a few years ago.

FEH!

[CakeGrrl]

12. That was my first thought when I saw a commercial.

Never mind that we've been there, done that with the Aero bar...

(Someone above remembered that one too!)

[salvorhardin]

17. And the Aero bar dates back to 1935 n/t

[major debacle]

14. The used to do it with Rice Krispies

Now you don't even get that

[wtmusic]

15. White Castle hamburgers have five holes in the patty to "help them cook faster and more evenly"

:rofl:



http://www.whitecastle.com/company/fun-facts

[emcguffie]

31. It does work, though.

Costco sells these huge burger patties that have holes in the middle. It helps them cook through more evenly. Works so well I started putting holes in all my burger patties.

[tuvor]

16. You don't have Aero chocolate bars in the US, I guess.

They were marketed in Canada a few years ago as bubbles of nothing, or something like that. At least you're getting air in your chocolate. :)

[GoCubsGo]

38. I have seen Aero bars here, but not very common.

They sell them in the UK, too, if I"m not mistaken. I'm sure this is the same candy, only with a different name. I have had both the US and Canadian versions and like them. The chocolate is a different texture. It's like Sunny Delight vs. Fanta orange soda. Same stuff, with or without bubbles.

[Orrex]

18. I hear that they're also marketing a drinkable chocolate bar called Hershey Squirts

Be the first on your block!

[postulater]

21. We used to buy Hershey Squirts at the penny candy store

back in the fifties.

If we had a penny, of course. Most days we didn't.

And we liked it that way.

[eShirl]

19. No, the air is a free bonus.

[liberal N proud]

22. If only PT Barnum would have thought of that!

:rofl:

Every time I see that commercial, I crack up at how gullible the consumer is.

It is either purchased on looks or because it is NEW!

[Hissyspit]

23. It's a rip-off of the Aero bar and the Aero bar is still sold and is yummy.

[pacalo]

24. I bought a large 4-pk. box of Nabisco saltine crackers at Wal-Mart

last week & I noticed right away that the individual crackers were smaller than those in the previous box I had, which was bought at the Winn Dixie store where I shop most.

I know that most products are skimping (while charging more, of course; all about bigger profits), but I wonder if the difference in size between the two boxes is due to: the Winn Dixie box being in one of the last lots of that size widely-distributed or (2) the two stores are at two different price levels.

[bluerum]

25. Their "chocolate" sucks anyway. This highlights that their business practices suck as well.

[RegieRocker]

27. Hilarious is it not? Most will love them and will stand up for Hershey's

decision. They will say "what is your problem?, Don't buy them then" sound familiar?

[GoCubsGo]

41. Maybe you should try it before you bash it.

The bubbles were put in there to change the texture and mouthfeel of the chocolate, not to cheat the customers. I guess you don't like whipped cream and only use the liquid stuff?

[RegieRocker]

43. Didn't take long! Here is one now. Lol

[GoCubsGo]

57. Ummm... not quite.

I'm not claiming to love Hershey's. In fact, I think their chocolate is crap. I just don't care for the reflexive bashing of things without even giving them a try. I belong to the "Don't knock it until you've tried it" school. I'm sorry you feel the need to belittle me over that fact.

[RegieRocker]

73. Let me know when they fill them with laughing gas.

[Goblinmonger]

48. The Hershey's version sucks. The Aero bar is fabulous. n/t

[saras]

29. I feel so lucky. Every grocery in my town has fifteen or twenty brands of good chocolate.

I don't know why. It's like Seattle and coffee, I guess.

But it's been decades since I've had to stoop as low as a Ritter, let alone Hersheys.

No, they're so common here that the grocery outlet stores have luxury chocolate. Go figure.

[lonestarnot]

30. Can't even use 'em to fill potholes in the winter.

[XanaDUer]

32. I thought the same thing

now they're peddling air and making it sound wonderful - and, they'll probably be a hit.

[Earth_First]

34. Most US chocolate sucks anyhow...

Too much sugar.

I know, how socialist/elitist of me...

[HughBeaumont]

47. It's chocolate-flavored HFCS for the most part.

With a few exceptions, found at World Market, of course. . .

[Codeine]

35. It's not like they're lying about it or anything.

Some people like the mouthfeel of aerated chocolate -- Hershey's ain't the first to do this, and the product seems popular. Not sure why there's a fuss beyond any other non-fair-trade chocolate. :shrug:

[GoCubsGo]

39. Yup. It's a texture thing.

And, it's a nice change from the solid stuff, actually.

[hobbit709]

36. Since Hershey's got the law changed so that they don't have to use real chocolate

I won't eat their crap. I grew up on real European chocolate, not that ersatz shit they call chocolate here.

[Spider Jerusalem]

40. Hershey's sucks anyway

it's not legally "chocolate" on this side of the Atlantic. Hershey's contains 11% cocoa solids; a Cadbury Dairy Milk bar has 23% cocoa solids (and to be labelled "chocolate" at all a product must by law contain at least 20% cocoa solids).

[KurtNYC]

54. I say 'they put the chalk in chocolate'

cheap junk

[GoCubsGo]

42. I guess you won't buy Swiss cheese, either?

[RegieRocker]

44. There are holes in your analogy!

[GoCubsGo]

58. No, not really.

What makes one hole more acceptable than another?

[RegieRocker]

61. It wouldn't be swiss without the holes.

eria that form during the aging process. This specific type of bacteria is unique to Swiss cheeses due to the type of starter used and the specific temperature the cheese wheels are stored at during aging. This bacteria gives off carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide forms bubbles in the cheese and when the bubbles "pop" holes are created.

http://cheese.about.com/od/cheesebasics/f/swiss_holes.htm

So you think it's acceptable to start putting holes in anything? If I had bought swiss cheese without holes and then they tried pushing it with holes I would say the same thing.

[GoCubsGo]

67. It depends on why the holes are there.

As I pointed out in an earlier post, there's whipping cream, and there's whipped cream. It's the same stuff. Do you think they should stop selling Reddi-Whip, because it has air whipped into it? Hersheys, like Nestle's Aero bar, put the holes in the candy to change the texture, just like Reddi-Whip put the "holes" in the whipping cream. I am sorry you are incapable of understanding my point.

BTW, I am well fucking aware of why the Swiss cheese has holes in it, and I don't need your condescending lecture.

[RegieRocker]

70. You obviously don't get it. There were no air pockets in hershey kisses

until this scam. As long as they still sell ones without air I'll buy those, you can buy the ones with holes in it.

[GoCubsGo]

72. No, it is YOU who doesn't get it.

THE AIR CHANGES THE TEXTURE IN THE CHOCOLATE. How many times do I and others here have to repeat that for you to understand it???? A bag of aerated Kisses weighs the same as a bag of "regular" Kisses, which they are still selling. They are not scamming anyone. If you want to be close-minded and stick to the same old, same old, you right ahead. I don't really give a shit. Meanwhile, please stop belittling those of us who are willing to try something different.

[RegieRocker]

76. They can't and don't weigh and cost the same. Do you own Hersheys

or have stock? No one is belittling you. Damn eat a piece of chocolate. Then give me links to bags of both types that weigh and cost the same. Them I will stand corrected. Otherwise......

[GoCubsGo]

79. No, I do not own Hershey's stock.

As I pointed out earlier, I think their products are crap. Why the hell would I buy stock in it? Like I said, if you don't want to try something different, then don't. I really, really don't give a flying fuck.

[RegieRocker]

86. Still haven't had your chocolate I see.

[fishwax]

82. actually, a bag of aerated kisses weighs less than a bag of "regular" kisses

The aerated kisses are sold in 9.4 ounce bags. Classic kisses are sold at a bunch of different sizes near that, but I don't think they're sold at that weight. Most of the variety flavors are sold in 10 oz bags.

With respect to the bars, a regular hershey bar is 43 grams and an aerated one is 40. So people are paying a premium for the aerated chocolate (even more than the premium they're paying for dark chocolate, since the Special Dark bar is 41 grams).

You're certainly right that it changes the texture. Personally, I don't care for it, but different strokes.

[RegieRocker]

87. The point of the op was paying more for less.

I still feel laughing gas over air would be a better choice.

[fishwax]

88. fwiw, I think people are actually paying the same for less

Where I've seen it, the "Special Air" bars have cost the same (when not on sale) as the regular bars, but are slightly smaller by weight. So people are paying the same amount for less--or simply for different, if they happen to like the texture. (I don't.)

Now if someone could combine laughing gas with chocolate, that would definitely be worth the premium :thumbsup: :D

[Oilwellian]

45. Although I miss my Kisses...

My family has been boycotting Hershey candy since they moved to Mexico.

[LynneSin]

59. They did? So all the jobs moved to Mexico?

They opened a plant in Mexico but last time I checked another family member of mine just got a job working the plant in Hershey Pennsylvania. Full time job with benefits and overtime.

Hershey has plants all over the world including Mexico. I think it's so the product is more local to the region.

[GoCubsGo]

63. It saves in shipping, too.

Coca Cola has bottling plants all over the world, too. How many people in Mexico, China, and India, could afford a bottle of one of one of their products if they had to pay shipping charges to get it from here to there?

[LynneSin]

78. Look I understand if people want to bust on the quality of the product

But as far as I know Hershey has been good to my family in regards to good jobs

[GoCubsGo]

81. I'm agreeing with you.

I don't think everything is done for nefarious reasons. Some things just make good business sense, like producing some products where they'll be consumed. Or, changing a product, by whipping air into it, or whatever, to make something that is different.

[aikoaiko]

49. A may there be a special place in hell for meringue makers.

[begin_within]

66. Cotton candy just isn't the same since they added air.

[pipi_k]

51. What about...

Ivory soap, which is mostly air (why it floats).

Whipped butter

Whipped cream cheese

Chocolate mousse

Hair styling mousse

Isn't the inside of a Three Musketeers bar whipped?


and a few other things I can't remember that are full of air...

[backscatter712]

85. Indeed. Ivory figured out this trick decades ago.

Market it as soap that floats, is "light & fluffy", and you can sell bars of soap with less soap.

[Odin2005]

52. And bags of chips are mostly air because "contents settle during shipping", what bullshit.

They think we're morons.

[GoCubsGo]

60. Actually, it's not bullshit.

They put the air in the bags to prevent the cushion the chips for transit, so that you get a bag of mostly intact chips, instead of a bag of crumbs.

[yellowcanine]

84. If they are sold by volume it matters. But they are sold by weight so it doesn't matter.

Would you want your bag of chips to be stuffed so full that the chips could not settle during shipment? I wouldn't - you would be sure to have more busted up chips.

[dionysus]

55. i saw that! lol

[NickB79]

56. Our plant used to make whipped yogurt just like that

We'd put 4 oz of yogurt in a 6 oz cup and sell it for a premium.

The R&D department loved it. Unfortunately, the customers didn't.

[sufrommich]

62. Only on DU can someone attribute politics to a candy bar. nt

[GoCubsGo]

69. Sad, ain't it?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

64. Dupe n/t

[Lydia Leftcoast]

65. Since hearing about the abuse of foreign student workers, I've been looking

for alternatives, and I found a clone of Hershey's chocolate syrup in my local food co-op. In fact, my food co-op has a wonderful range of fair trade chocolate and chocolate products of every description.

[Codeine]

68. It's always better chocolate, too.

Hershey's is some vile crap. Milk chocolate in general is just nasty.

[liam_laddie]

74. Bag'o'chips vs. ice cream

Chips and such are sold by weight, not package volume. As another poster mentioned, the air in the snack bags is both a filling and a shipping consideration. Impossible to fill a bag on the line without allowing substantial space for the product to settle into a more compact volume, thanks to our friend Mr. Gravity. Before the fill station, the product is a loose, random aggregation of irregular shapes...lots of empty space in there. Pringles are an example of minimum-volume packaging, which also reduces shipping-cost-per-unit...more product per master carton.
With ice cream, the product is sold by volume, not weight. All like-sized packages (pint, quart, etc.) are the same volume but very different weights. Air is whipped into ice cream at vaying percentages (called the "extension") to adjust the true amount of product actually in the package. Compare the weights of a pint of the expensive brands and a pint of the cheapest brands. The cheaper ones will be at least 15-25% lighter than the high-end brands. You're getting less actual product although both are one-pint volumes.

[undeterred]

75. Well, they could put rat droppings in it and call it fudge.

Look on the bright side. L

[fishwax]

80. it's not as though they stopped selling the regular kind

:shrug:

[yellowcanine]

83. I am assuming you feel the same way about General Mills charging $4 for a box of Cocoa Puffs?

As long as they are selling them by weight, what does it matter?