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Hugs and Kisses

February 20th, 2008 at 09:46am Conscripted Cherry

I like chocolate. A few years ago I would have called myself a chocoholic without a second thought. I ate chocolate in just about any form, and would even eat that nasty grainy cheap stuff it that’s all that was available. Then I became more…. discriminating? Picky? Ornery? Difficult to please? Pick the one that makes you happiest.

I prefer dark chocolate. My preference is at least 65% percent cocoa. I like pure, unadulterated dark chocolate, but if you threw in some cocoa nibs or chewy bits of ginger I wouldn’t complain. But I admit to having a milk chocolate weakness… Hershey’s. I like an old fashion Hershey’s Bar and Hershey’s Kisses.

Which gets us to today’s question. What’s with all the Kisses flavors? And why isn’t the Hershey’s website updated? Wait. That’s two questions. We’ll discuss the first one first. Kiss flavors. I am known for finding the odd flavored kisses and bringing them into the office. I have recently had hot chocolate, cheesecake, dulce de leche, peppermint stick and cherry cordial stashed in my drawers. Today I picked up strawberry creme, orange creme, and lemon creme. I also seriously contemplated the coconut and the vanilla. Almost forgot, I picked up a bag of Trios, which are dark chocolate and milk chocolate kisses drizzled in white creme.

I admit, it I loved it when they introduced Hugs. Special Dark Kisses? I’m in alt. I can understand Almonds Kisses, even though I don’t like big stuff getting in the way of my chocolate. But some of these flavors lately…

What about the flavors we really want? Kahlua or rum anyone? I enjoy the fruit and creme flavors (white chocolate type stuff) but I want orange and dark chocolate, or rich decadent cinnamon and spices. What flavors of Kisses, Hugs, or even Kissables would you like to see?

Question two- the website. I admit it, I’m not the best about keeping a professional website as updated as it should be, but I’m not a dedicated IT or design department. I don’t spend millions of dollars a year marketing my product. They don’t have the spring flavors up. They don’t mention anything about seasonal packaging. The most recent news article is from 2006, but go to the main site and it’s all about “Project Runway” and how they used the products to make outfits. Bizarre.

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