What town is known as the Chocolate Capital of the United States?

The Hershey Company, commonly called Hershey's or Hershey, is an American company and one of the largest chocolate manufacturers in the world. Its headquarters are in Hershey, Pennsylvania, which is also home to Hersheypark and Hershey's Chocolate World. It was founded by Milton S. Hershey in 1894.

In 1903, Hershey began construction of a chocolate plant in his hometown of Derry Church, Pennsylvania, which later came to be known as Hershey, Pennsylvania. The town was an inexpensive place for the workers and their families to live. However the factory itself was built without windows so that employees would not be distracted.

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cgrhm

sharalp, but we Americans still like to think it's still in Hershey. We do like our delusions after all.

sharalp

I thought the chocolate production was all moved out of PA into Mexico a few years ago?

Stephen B. Myers

Visited Hershey in the 80’s with The Commodores! Loved it!

William R. Meredith

These are gwtting too easy

homeducater

Ken Putnam, it is called Hershey, but that is not the town's legal name, that would be Derry Township.

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Joe Andrel, Hershey Park was originally a town park for the plant employees to enjoy on their days off. Milton S Hershey was very civic minded.

homeducater

Loren Morgan, No, they did not!

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Melanie Millard Lively Waidler, the chocolate smell is so good, you can tell the difference between when they are roasting beans, producing dark chocolate, and production peanut butter products!

homeducater

Marlene O'Malley, Some, not a lot. A large portion of the own is still Hershey and Reese's production. The correct town name is Derry Township, though almost everyone calls the town Hershey.

Helen LoBosco

I love chocolate too!

Sue Gembrini-Spataro

It’s a gear tourist attraction as well and. Very big money maker

JoJohnston

John W Shreve How could you??? Hershey is so smooth and delectable to me there is no comparison in the two chocolate candys We also have been to Hershey when my boys were teenagers they loved it but my oldest and I left fat from the chocolate and with a whopper of a migraine also from the chocolate From the moment you approach the town until you are far away the smell follows you and seems to sink into your whole body But it was worth it