Hershey's Special Dark facts for kids
A mildly sweet chocolate candy bar made with dark chocolate.
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| Type | Chocolate bar |
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| Inventor | The Hershey Company |
| Inception | 1971 |
| Manufacturer | The Hershey Company |
| Available | Available |
| Current supplier | The Hershey Company |
| Models made | bars, nuggets, miniatures, chips, kisses, cocoa powder, zero sugar, organic |
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Hershey's Special Dark is a delicious chocolate bar made by The Hershey Company. It's famous for its rich, mildly sweet dark chocolate flavor. This chocolate is a favorite for eating on its own or for baking yummy treats.
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A Sweet History
The Hershey Company has been making chocolate for a very long time! In 1894, before their famous milk chocolate bar came out, Hershey's made a "vanilla sweet chocolate" bar. Some people even say this was the first candy bar ever made in America!
Hershey's kept making different kinds of semi-sweet chocolate. In the 1930s, they had a "Not-So-Sweet" bar. Then, in 1939, they added a "Bitter-Sweet" bar to their popular Hershey's Miniatures collection. This "Bitter-Sweet" bar was the early version of what we now call Hershey's Special Dark.
Miniature Chocolates
Hershey's Special Dark is a key part of the classic Hershey's Miniatures collection. This collection has been sold since 1939. Back then, the Special Dark was known as "Bitter-Sweet" in these miniature assortments.
In 2006, Hershey's started selling Hershey's Special Dark Miniatures all by themselves. This special pack included:
- The regular Special Dark bar
- Dark chocolate bars with peanuts, like a Mr. Goodbar
- Dark chocolate bars with crispy rice, similar to a Krackel
Hershey's Extra Dark
A Darker Chocolate Option
Hershey's Extra Dark was a chocolate bar very similar to Special Dark. It was introduced in 2009 but was stopped in 2012. This chocolate was even darker than Special Dark.
Hershey's Extra Dark came in a few different kinds:
- Solid dark chocolate
- Dark chocolate with macadamia nuts and dried cranberries
- Dark chocolate with cranberries, blueberries, pomegranate, and almonds
Hershey's talked about the healthy qualities of these bars, especially the antioxidants in the fruits. Hershey's Extra Dark had 60% cocoa solids, which made it much darker. Hershey's Special Dark, on the other hand, has 45% cocoa solids.
What's Inside Special Dark?
Special Dark is like a regular Hershey bar, but it uses a dark or semi-sweet kind of chocolate. It has a higher amount of cocoa solids, chocolate liquor, and cocoa butter than milk chocolate. These ingredients give it its unique dark chocolate taste.
The main ingredients in Hershey's Special Dark are:
- Sugar
- Chocolate
- Cocoa Butter
- Cocoa Processed With Alkali
- Milk Fat
- Lactose (Milk)
- Soy Lecithin
- PGPR
- Natural Flavor
- Milk
See also
In Spanish: Hershey's Special Dark para niños
