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...But on the other hand, there's the page of bad candy. Now I know enough to steer clear of some of the "interesting" imported confections stocked by the local supermarket.
Excuse the lack of sensitivity these guys display. It's hard to be sensitive to the needs of others when you are gagging.
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No offense, but many American candies are at most "semi-edible". Why does that webpage only take into account foreign atrocities of taste? I don't remember what it was called, but the worst candy I ever ate was from Hershey's (they don't know how to make chocolate anyway, perhaps I should tell them that raw chocolate is not supposed to be excessively heated during the fabrication). It was some kind of chocolate (or what they think is chocolate) balls filled with sour milk cream *shudders*. I can't tell exactly, for I only tried one and threw away the rest.
Long live Lindt! They don't have candy bars, but a 100g bar might do as well
You can't really blame Americans for liking Hershey's chocolate. We've been eating the stuff since childhood so we're not only accustomed to it, it's become our standard of excellence. Before the turn of the century, chocolates were a rare item, and if you had any at all, they were very likely locally manufactured. Hershey did for the candy bar what Ford did for the automobile, bringing chocolate to the masses.
What you described sounds like malted milk balls. Malted milk is foamed and petrified (don't ask me by what process, I don't know ). The tiny balls are then dipped in chocolate. Not everyone likes 'em, but enough do that they remain in production. I personally enjoy the things. It's possible you got a bad batch, or perhaps they simply do not appeal to you. Relax. Europe has more chocolatiers and candymakers than the U.S. does. If ya don't like Hershey's, don't eat 'em.
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It's not necessary to avoid Hershey's because it's not available in Germany anyway. You're right there's no accounting for taste, but this is the flameboard (and maybe all Americans will flame me for my provocation).
Hershey's might be like Microsoft, a better product is not established, not available, or is much too expensive (Swiss or German chocolate: four times as expensive as in Europe). I'm convinced the malted milk balls were a good batch, and we do use better chocolate than Hershey's for a simple chocolate cake.
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