In 1900, inspired by a new chocolate-making machine he had seen at the 1893 Chicago Exposition, Milton Hershey sold his caramel company for one million dollars to start a chocolate factory in Derry Church, Pennsylvania, to manufacture America¹s first mass-marketed five-cent chocolate bar. In 1905, the factory was completed and Hershey began producing individually wrapped Hershey's milk chocolate bars, followed by Hershey's Milk Chocolate Kisses in 1907, the Mr. Goodbar candy bar in 1925, and Hershey¹s syrup in 1926.

In 1993, Hershey introduced Hugs, a white-and-dark chocolate product shaped like Hershey's Kisses.
Derry Church, Pennsylvania, the home of Hershey's Foods, was renamed Hershey in 1906.

In 1909, Milton Hershey and his wife founded the Milton Hershey School, a school for orphaned children near the chocolate plant. In 1918 Hershey donated the entire Hershey¹s Chocolate Corporation to the Milton Hershey School, and for years the company existed solely to fund the school. Although Hershey Foods is now publicly traded, the Milton Hershey School still controls 41.6 percent of the stock. Former Hershey's Food chairman William Dearden (1976-84) was a Hershey School graduate, as are many Hershey employees..

During the Depression, Milton Hershey put people to work by building a hotel, golf courses, a library, theaters, a museum, a stadium, and other facilities in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
Milton Hershey refused to advertise his product, convinced that quality would speak for itself. Even after Hershey¹s death in 1945, the company refused to advertise‹until 1970, when Hershey began losing sales to Mars.
The Hershey bar is one of the most widely recognized products in the world.
In 1990, during Operation Desert Storm, Hershey Foods sent 144,000 "heat-resistant" milk chocolate Desert Bars—capable of withstanding up to 100°F—to American troops in Saudi Arabia.
In 1995, MCI teamed up with Hershey to offer free long-distance calling to consumers who bought an 8-ounce or larger bag of Hershey's Kisses, Hershey's Hugs, or other chocolate products.
Hershey's Syrup is the best-selling chocolate syrup in the world.

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Originally posted by l3i7l:
Ever have a real chocolate craving? How about Hershey's chocolate syrup, over chocolate ice cream, topped with M & Ms or chocolate chips?

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Oh my! That sounds heavenly! One of my favorite treats is a milk shake made with Dreyers chcolate ice cream and Hershey's chocolate syrup.
A bad use for chocolate syrup is as a plaything for a 2 yr. old. My son got hold of a bottle of it while I was at work one day. He got it all over the carpet and the couch! We managed to get it out of the carpet, but not the couch. Oh well, it was time to replace it anyway.

I have a recipe for chocolate syrup. I'll post it as soon as I find it. Really easy and very good!!! Mmmmmm