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Hershey's Special Dark is a chocolate bar manufactured by The Hershey Company.
 A mildly sweet chocolate candy bar made with dark chocolate. | |
| Type | Chocolate bar |
|---|---|
| Inventor | The Hershey Company |
| Inception | 1939 |
| Manufacturer | The Hershey Company |
| Available | Available |
| Current supplier | The Hershey Company |
| Models made | bars, nuggets, miniatures, chips, kisses, cocoa powder, zero sugar, organic |
| Website | hersheyland.com/special-dark |
History
editIn 1894, before the introduction of the milk chocolate Hershey bar in 1900, the Hershey Chocolate Company manufactured and marketed "vanilla sweet chocolate" a semi-sweet chocolate.[1] This bar has been described as the "first" American candy bar.[2] The company continued to provide semi-sweet chocolate products and in the 1930s a Not-So-Sweet bar[3] and in 1939, added the Bitter-Sweet bar to Hershey's Miniatures.[4] The Hershey's Semi-Sweet bar was being sold in the market in the 1960s.[5]
Miniatures
editHershey's Special Dark is a component of the traditional Hershey's Miniatures assortment first sold in 1939, when the Special Dark was called Bitter-Sweet.[6]
In 2006, Hershey's began selling Hershey's Special Dark Miniatures, which included the plain Special Dark bar, along with dark bars with peanuts (similar to a Mr. Goodbar) and with crisped rice (similar to a Krackel).[citation needed]
Hershey's Extra Dark
editHershey's Extra Dark a product very similar to the Special Dark, was introduced in 2009, and discontinued in 2012. Three varieties produced were solid chocolate; chocolate with macadamia nuts and dried cranberries; and chocolate with cranberries, blueberries, pomegranate, and almonds. Hershey's marketing emphasized the antioxidant qualities of these bars' ingredients. Additionally, Hershey's Extra Dark contained 60% cocoa solids, while Hershey's Special Dark contains 45% cocoa solids.[7]
Ingredients
editSpecial Dark is similar to a standard Hershey bar, but is made with a dark (or semi-sweet) variety of chocolate, and contains a higher percentage (45%) of cocoa solids, chocolate liquor and cocoa butter than milk chocolate.[8]
Full ingredients include: Sugar, Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Milk Fat; Lactose (Milk), Soy Lecithin, PGPR, Natural Flavor, Milk[9]
References
edit- ^ "Origins of Hershey's Milk Chocolate – Hershey Community Archives". Hershey Archives. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ^ "Retro Candy Timeline - Candy Favorites". www.candyfavorites.com. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ^ "Samuel F. Hinkle, 1900-1984 – Hershey Community Archives". Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ^ "If at First You Don't Succeed, Try a New Name – Hershey Community Archives". Hershey Archives. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ^ "Hershey's Special Dark". OldTimeCandy.com. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ^ "If at First You Don't Succeed, Try a New Name – Hershey Community Archives". hersheyarchives.org. The M.S. Hershey Foundation.
- ^ "Archive of Hershey corporate web site". Archived from the original on 2011-07-30. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
- ^ Archive of Hershey corporate web site
- ^ "HERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK - Mildly Sweet Chocolate Bar - SmartLabel™". smartlabel.hersheys.com. Smart Label. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
