Hershey’s Orange Flavored Marshmallow Pumpkins, covered in milk chocolate, introduced.
Jolly Rancher Lollipop Chocolate introduced.
Hershey’s Special Dark Limited Edition almonds introduced. (No longer available.)
Hershey’s Special Dark Limited Edition Espresso introduced. (No Longer Available.)
Hershey’s Special Dark Limited Edition Raspberry with Macadamia pieces introduced. (No longer available.)
Hershey’s Sugar Free Caramel filled Chocolate introduced.
Hershey’s Whole Bean Tasting Squares Milk Chocolate introduced.
Hershey’s Whole Bean Milk Chocolate Bars introduced. (No longer available after 01/01/2008.)
Ice Breakers Pacs Breath Strip Pouches introduced. (No longer available 01/24/2008.)
Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Bars Filled with Caramel and Milk Chocolate Bars Filled with Peanut Butter introduced.
Hershey’s Milk Chocolate bar filled with Green Tea Crème introduced.
Hershey’s Golden Almond Solitaires reintroduced. (No Longer Available.)
Hershey’s Golden Almond Special Dark Solitaires introduced. (No Longer Available.)
Hershey’s Cacao Reserve Hot Cocoa introduced in flavors: Aztec and Mayan Blend.
Hershey’s Special Dark Hot Cocoa introduced.
Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Buddie, bee or ladybug in foil wrapper, introduced.
Goblin Goodies, orange and black candy coated milk chocolate, introduced.
Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Bar with Crisp Corn Bits introduced.
Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Limited Edition Bar with Brownie Chunks introduced.
Hershey’s Limited Edition Cookies ‘n’ Chocolate bar introduced.
Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Bar with Mauna Loa Macadamia Nuts introduced. (No Longer Available.)
Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Covered Macadamia Nuts introduced.
Hershey’s Organic Premium Bars introduced in Milk Chocolate and Extra Dark.
Hershey’s Organic Tasting Squares introduced in Milk Chocolate and Dark Chocolate.
Hershey’s Limited Edition Sugar Cookies ‘n’ Chocolate bar introduced. (No Longer Available.)
Hershey’s Miniatures Limited Edition Assorted introduced in flavors; Dark Chocolate, Milk Chocolate, White Chocolate, and Mint.
Hershey’s Miniatures Assorted Special Dark introduced.
Hershey’s Nuggets Special Dark introduced.
Hershey’s Nuggets Caramel Pecan Truffle introduced.
Cadbury Mini Solid Milk Chocolate Candies in red, green, and white, introduced.
Dagoba introduces: Chai Chocolate Bar, 37% Cacao; Dark Semisweet Chocolate Bar, 59% Cacao; Lavender and Blueberries Dark Chocolate Bar, 59% Cacao; Milk Chocolate Bar, 37% Cacao; New Moon Bittersweet Dark Chocolate Bar, 74% Cacao; Xocolatl Dark Chocolate with Chilies and Nibs, 74% Cacao.
Hershey’s 100 Calorie Bars introduced in flavors: Crisp Chocolate Wafer, Special Dark Chocolate, and Chocolate Covered Pretzel.
Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Covered Almonds, Special Dark Chocolate Covered Almonds, and Special Dark Chocolate Covered Macadamia Nuts introduced.
Hershey’s Baking Chocolate Baking bars Unsweetened Chocolate bar and Special Dark bar introduced.
Hershey’s Bliss introduced in flavors: Milk Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, and Milk Chocolate with a meltaway center.
Hershey’s Bliss Milk Chocolate with Almonds and Bliss Milk Chocolate with a Raspberry meltaway center introduced.
Cacao Reserve Single Origin Chocolate introduced in: Arriba (no longer available 1/2008), Santo Domingo (no longer available 1/2008), Java, Sao Tome.
Cacao Reserve Truffles in Milk Chocolate and Dark Chocolate introduced.
Hershey’s Cacao Reserve Truffles Holiday Spice introduced.
Hershey’s Cacao Reserve Tasting Squares introduced in flavors: 35% Cacao Premium Milk Chocolate, 65% Cacao Premium Dark Chocolate Assortment, 65% Cacao Premium Dark Chocolate with Nibs, Arriba, Java, Santo Domingo, Sao Tome.
Hershey’s Cacao Reserve Tasting Squares Hazelnut introduced.
Hershey’s Cacao Reserve Holiday Collection Assortment introduced.
Hershey’s Cacao Reserve Ultra-Thin Squares introduced in flavors: Milk Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, Orange Dark Chocolate, Raspberry Dark Chocolate.
Hershey’s Cookies ‘n’ Crème Confetti introduced.
Hershey’s Cacao Reserve Tasting Squares Mint introduced.
Hershey’s Extra Dark Truffles Assortment introduced.
Hershey’s Extra Dark Tasting Squares Assortment introduced.
Hershey’s Extra Dark Tasting Squares introduced in flavors: Espresso, Mint, and Raspberry.
Hershey Fudge Crème Limited Edition Milk Chocolate introduced.
The original "Welcome to Hershey" is created on the hill in front of the Milton Hershey School Senior Hall [today Catherine Hall] for the National Agriculture Meeting held at the Parkview Clubhouse. The sign is created by spreading lime. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1962.]
Hershey’s Bites Milk Chocolate covered Salted Peanuts introduced. (Discontinued December 2006.) [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in July 2005.]
Hershey’s Bites Rolo introduced. (Discontinued December 2006.) [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in November 2003.]
Hershey’s Bites York Peppermint Pattie introduced. (Discontinued December 2006.)
Philadelphia Eagles football team hold their summer training camp in Hershey. The Eagles used Hershey every summer through 1967 (with the exception of 2 weeks in 1964 spent in Cherry Hill, NJ). [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in July 1951.]
Hershey Country Club installs bronze plaque dedicated to Milton Hershey on the second anniversary of his death. “His deeds are his monument. His life our inspiration.”
Bubble Yum Jolly Rancher Watermelon, 10 piece, introduced.
Bubble Yum Genuine Chocolate introduced.
Bubble Yum Sour Apple Berry introduced.
Cadbury Curly Wurly introduced available only at Chocolate World.
Cadbury Milk Chocolate bar filled with English Toffee introduced.
Cadbury Milk Chocolate bar filled with Irish Crème introduced.
Cadbury Dairy Milk Limited Edition Shortbread Cookie introduced. (No Longer Available.)
Cadbury Signatures Dairy Milk Miniatures introduced.
Cadbury Signatures Butterscotch Crunch Miniatures introduced.
Cadbury Bunny Royal Dark double chocolate filled introduced.
Cadbury Bunny Caramello introduced.
Cadbury Bunny Royal Dark raspberry filled introduced.
Cadbury Egg Orange Crème and Cadbury Egg Mini Royal Dark introduced.
Cadbury Heart double chocolate introduced.
Police, Township and Tax Offices move from 235 Hockersville Road to the new 77,255 square foot, $16.4 million complex at 600 Clearwater Road, just off of Hersheypark Drive. Two Milton Hershey School student homes, Union and Springdale, once occupied the site. A dairy barn was located between the two homes. These buildings served as the […]
Second invitational Golf Tournament in Hershey (Hershey Open), with a $2500 purse. (Held August 31st – September 1st).
Third invitational Golf Tournament in Hershey (Hershey Open), with a $4000 purse. (Held August 22nd -24th).
Fourth invitational Golf Tournament in Hershey (Hershey Open), with a $5000 purse. (Held September 3rd – 6th).
The new Derry Township municiple complex which houses the township administration offices, the tax office, and the police department holds a grand opening for the public
The M.S. Hershey Foundation holds a ground -breaking ceremony for The Hershey Story: The Museum on Chocolate Avenue, the new $23 million interactive museum on Chocolate Avenue. It will tell the story of Milton S. Hershey and his legacy.
The Hershey Area Playhouse gives it’s first public performance in its new theater, a converted barn on the grounds of Country Meadows Retirement Community in Derry township.
Company announced the formation of a joint venture with Godrej Beverages and Foods, Ltd. to manufacture and distribute confecdtionery products, snacks, and beverages acrosss India.
The Hershey Company announces a strategic supply and innovation partnership with Barry Callebaut, the world’s largest manufacturer of high-quality cocoa, industiral chocolate, and confectionery products. Under the agreement Barry Callebaut will construct and operate a facilty to provide chocolate for Hershey’s new plant in Monterrey, Mexico. Barry Callebaut will also lease a portion of Hershey’s […]
The Juvenile Golf Course (later Spring Creek) opens in the spring of 1932. The nine hole course is approximately 2,500 yards long. The course is designed by Maurice McCarthy, a well-known golf course architect. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1932.]
The Women’s Club Building, formerly named the Cocoa House is demolished. The building was erected in 1905. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1963.]
Hotel Hershey adds an outdoor swimming pool. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1961.]
Hotel Hershey Golf Course closes to the public. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in November 2005.]
Trinidad Apartments (originally Hershey Zoo Carnivore House) are razed. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 2005.]
R. & R. Candy Company, Hummelstown, PA begins manufacturing candy (chocolate almonds and chocolate raisins). The company is owned by H.B Reese. and is located in the old canning factory. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in November 1919.]
Harry B. Reese reorganizes his company as the Superior Chocolate and Confectionery Company. The State charter is issued May 14, 1920. Company officers are President: Joseph Burkholder; Secretary: E. M. Hershey; Treasurer: J. Landis Strickler; Manager: Harry B. Reese. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in January 1920.]
Hershey’s Prisms, larger panned pieces of milk chocolate, are introduced. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in August 1986.]
Hershey Gardens opens a new garden, the "Children’s Garden." Described as a garden to sweeten the imagination, The Children’s Garden covers 1 1/2 acres and features almost 30 themed gardened to teach the young and young-at-heart about the wonders of plants. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in June 2003.]
Lowell Thomas visits Hershey for two days and broadcasts his radio show from the Hotel Hershey.
Lowell Thomas is the keynote speaker at Hershey’s first M.S. Hershey Day. He later broadcasts his CBS radio show from the Castellian Ballroom in the Hotel Hershey.
Hershey’s Bake Shoppe Premier Baking Pieces introduced. Includes: Reese’s Premier Baking Pieces Milk Chocolate Filled with Peanut Butter Creme; Hershey’s Premier Baking Pieces Special Dark Chips with Macadamia Nuts; and Hershey’s Premier Baking Pieces White Chips with Macadamia Nuts. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 2005.]
Bubble Yum Blue Razzberry introduced. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 2004.]
Hershey introduces Cacao Reserve Premium Bars; Extra Dark Chocolate, Extra Dark Chocolate with Nibs, Milk Chocolate with Hazelnuts (no longer available), and Milk Chocolate.
Special Dark Cocoa introduced. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 2005.]
Hershey’s Kisses brand Mini Cookies introduced. Includes: Chocolate Chip, Double Chocolate, and Confetti Sprinkles.
Hershey’s Sticks introduced. Includes: Milk Chocolate, Special Dark Chocolate, Caramel filled Milk Chocolate, Mint Milk Chocolate, and Extra Dark Chocolate.
Limited Edition Twosomes introduced. Flavors include: Hershey’s Chocolate with mini Reese’s Pieces, Hershey’s Chocolate with Whoppers, and Hershey’s Chocolate with Heath bits. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 2005.]
Really Nuts, a product line including nuts and trail mixes, introduced.
Snacksters, 100 calorie snacks, introduced. Includes: Hershey’s (cereal puffs, chocolate chip cookies, and semi-sweet & milk chocolate chips) and Reese’s (cereal puffs, peanut butter chips, cereal squares, and Reese’s Pieces). [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in June 2006.]
Kit Kat Extra Crispy introduced. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 2005.]
Mounds Limited Edition Island Orange introduced.