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HERSHEY MILK CHOCOLATE TRUFFLE KISSES
This particular twist on the Hershey's Kiss caught me a little by surprise. Not the product itself. After I saw the Dark Chocolate Truffle Kisses last year, I figured that it was only aa matter of time before Hershey decided to produce a milk chocolate version.
What surprised me was the packaging. These Kisses don't come in the usual bags of varying sizes. Instead, they are packaged in triangular prism shape -- something quite similar to the packaging for the Toblerone candy bars. There are only five Kisses in each of these packs. And these Kisses are larger than usual; roughly 50% larger.
The Kisses are a shell of Hershey's extra creamy milk chocolate. Inside that shell is a chocolate truffle filling. It's the same truffle filling that Hershey has used for the Dark Chocolate Truffle Kisses, the Truffle Nuggets, and the Cacao Reserve Truffles.
The milk chocolate is as smooth and creamy as usual. The shell seems to be thicker than it would on a standard size Kiss, which means that there is proportionally less of the truffle filling than there would be if this was a standard size Kiss. From just an eyeball guess, it looks as though the truffle filling in this Kiss is the same amount as it is in the Dark Chocolate Truffle Kisses. This is only a guess, though, and not anything resembling a scientific measurement.
As I mentioned earlier, the truffle filling is the same that Hershey has used for other products. It has a slightly richer flavor than any of Hershey's milk chocolates, but it doesn't come quite to the point of being a dark chocolate. And as I think I have mentioned in previous reviews, using a darker chocolate truffle filling with a milk chocolate shell would provide for a stronger contrast in flavors between the shell and filling.
And therein lies what I consider to be the main problem with these Kisses. The flavors of the milk chocolate shell and the truffle filling are too close to one another. If you're going to have a filled Kiss, the filling needs to have enough difference in flavor so that your tongue can notice the difference. There is a slight difference, but you really have to be paying attention as the chocolate rolls over your tongue and around in your mouth. The Kisses are good, but they could be better.
I'm still a little puzzled by why Hershey chose to produce the Milk Chocolate Truffle Kisses in this larger size, or why they packaged them the way that they did. I suppose one possibility is that they wanted something that would be considered a single serving package. I can't think of anything else that would make more sense at the moment, so we'll go with that.
At the moment, I have no idea whether or not this is a limited edition. On the one hand, I have seen nothing on the packaging or on the store displays that would indicate that this is a limited edition. On the other hand, it started appearing in the stores right as the Easter candy was starting to nudge out the Valentine candy. It seems to be something of a Schroedinger's Cat question. We may not know if it is a limited edition until we actually see the last packages disappearing from the stores.
-jc- |
| | Posted 3/4/2007 4:53 PM - 14 Views - 2 eProps - 1 Comment
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