Hershey’s Kit Kat
America has a habit of messing about with instituionalised systems for no reason. From the English language, to the metric system, and now Kit Kats, they like to do things entirely different to the rest of the world to suit their over inflated ego and…boy did I go off on one there. This is an American Kit Kat, hence made by Hershey, and not Nestlé.
I had a Christmas edition but I doubt it makes a difference except for the pattern etched into the Kit Kat. They had “3 cool designs”, whatever they mean by cool. Let’s see, crisp wafers in milk chocolate, the same sort of wrapper, it seems like a regular Kit Kat from the looks of things. Ingredients - Sugar, Wheat Flour, Nonfat Milk, Cocoa Butter, Chocolate. Lordy lord, why is chocolate so far down the list? I hate Hershey so much…
Open it up and it’s almost a regular Kit Kat. I’m sure that when it’s not a Christmas edition it’d be normal. Mine though was divided into two rather than four, with each pair of sticks culminating in one big stick at the bottom. Hard to explain I know, nevermind, forget I even mentioned it!
And there is a definite difference in the taste. What is the difference you ask? There isn’t much to a Kit Kat is there, it’s just wafer and chocolate…wait, chocolate, that’s it! Yeah, the chocolate here just plain sucks. Am I surprised? No. Are you surprised? Probably not. I mean, it tastes like chocolate, but it’s ever so slightly off, and it’s because it’s bad quality, basically. It has no creaminess to it, no milky flavour, it’s just chocolate with too much sugar.
I’m disappointed, but not surprised. It didn’t taste bad, just not as good as a regular Nestlé Kit Kat. Those guys know how to do it right. Hershey should take their greedy hands off the Kit Kat and let Nestlé sort it out, for your sakes.
Each bar has 210 calories (100 from fat), 3g Protein, 28g Carbohydrates (22g of which sugars) and 11g Fat (7g of which saturates).
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July 23rd, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Yikes, calm down sweetie. I’m sure you’ve realized (realised) by now that a lot of candy isn’t about the chocolate. And this is one of them. Had a Reese’s the other day that tasted pretty much the same as a Kit Kat with peanut butter. Neither good nor bad enough to write about.
I might have to do a post just for you.
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Christmas KitKats? Are you sure they were from this year?
I’ve had Canadian & American side by side and I think the chocolate on both of them sucks. American is sweet and grainy, Canadian was waxy and flavorless.
(Japanese is the way to go, more dairy taste to the chocolate.)
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:30 pm
“I hate Hersheys so much” - lol! You can’t keep the hatred out of this post. I hate them too, and also I’ve never heard of a company taking another company’s bar hostage like that - that’s not usual is it?
jMo- must disagree with you I’m afraid. Kit Kat is all about the chocolate because if wafer is the main focus of a bar, well then it’s pretty much tasteless isn’t it? Like that weird marshmallow wafer that was reviewed here a few weeks ago.
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:00 pm
jMo - Apologies, I know a lot of American people and some of the things they say make me cry tears of rage. But a post just for me! What an honour!
Cybele - They would have been from this year but I can’t remember the date on them (fairly sure it was some strange code). The British Kit Kat is the original and best, try it sometime if you haven’t.
Ellie - I just hate how they’re one of, if not the biggest chocolate manufacturer in the world, yet their quality of chocolate has to be one of the worst, it’s so disappointing. And that marshmallow bar was, funnily enough, made by Nestlé.
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:35 pm
I’m an American, and I also don’t like Hershey’s chocolate. It was fine as a child, but now it just tastes like chalk. At least Hershey KitKats are edible, plain ol’ Hershey Bars are barely passable as chocolate.
July 25th, 2008 at 12:12 am
Yes, seeing as they are one of the biggest manufacturers in the world (as opposed to the universe in general where there are many many more), you would think they’d put some of the profit into improving their sicky chocolate.
July 25th, 2008 at 12:36 am
Debby - “Barely passable” is far too much of a compliment for them.
Ellie - Hardy har har, aren’t you just as witty as ever? If they put the profits into improving the chocolate they’d have less for putting into their own pockets though, or whatever it is they do with the profits.
July 25th, 2008 at 1:46 am
I didn’t realize British Kit Kats would be different from American ones. Now that I’m back in the states, I’m kicking myself for not bothering to try your version.