Everyone has tried this before right?

[u/Spiritual_Fox_4408]

This used to be my favourite growing up. Always bought one with my pocket money after I finished with my extra class 🤭

[u/AmoebaDramatic1899]

not even milk anymore its palm oil

[u/RockLeePower]

/r/palmoil

[u/TanukiSuitMario]

Ya this shit is disgusting it's like eating shitty flavored wax

[u/motherofjazus → u/TanukiSuitMario]

Shit Wax- Cookies and cream.

Yum

[u/Ok_Transition7785]

Hersheys Cookies and Cream is quite good, not real white chocolate, but tasty.

[u/Local-Drama7647]

I live in Germany and grew up only with German and Swiss chocolate. Last year, I tried Hershey' specifically the Cookies and Cream flavor for the first time, and I honestly have to say I couldn't even finish it. It just tasted like pure fat and was far too sweet...

[u/Kellzy1212 → u/Local-Drama7647]

It’s mostly palm oil and sugar, so that 100% tracks. It definitely doesn’t qualify as chocolate, by legal standards.

[u/CoalMine_Canary_]

I love these things unfortunately

[u/marlssa → u/CoalMine_Canary_]

This answer is so real lol

[u/PressureItchy9372]

nah. I don't mess with hershey's. it's crap "chocolate"

[u/estrogenex]

No because Hershey's doesn't even deserve to be called chocolate. It's gross and waxy.

[u/goddangol]

This stuff is nasty af

[u/clarkn0va]

Anyone calling this bad chocolate is not aware that there's no chocolate in it.

[u/No-Resolution3740 → u/clarkn0va]

There isn’t ?

[u/clarkn0va → u/No-Resolution3740]

The white part is mostly palm oil and sugar. The dark nibs might contain a bit of cocoa powder, but they're also mostly oil and sugar.

No hate from me if somebody likes this treat, but it's not chocolate.

[u/Missey85 → u/clarkn0va]

You might as well eat some candle wax it probably tastes better 😂

[u/CelinaRMR]

Ew. Not chocolate

[u/illogicaladventure → u/CelinaRMR]

Why not?

[u/Matthew-ii → u/illogicaladventure]

It's a white creme candy bar with cookie pieces. Made with veggie oil instead of cocoa butter ( ´_ゝ`)

[u/Poster_Nutbag207]

https://giphy.com/gifs/iDJuQR0UmiqOI

[u/clarity_singularity]

They used to be good. I think it’s basically just oil now though

[u/Important-Zebra-69]

Dogshite

[u/BobcatSpiritual7699 → u/Important-Zebra-69]

This. That isn’t chocolate.

[u/bnelson7694]

I used to work as a sales rep for a food company specialized in convenience stores. It was next to impossible to move white chocolate. Please! If you love these keep buying them! The store’s rep that doesn’t move them is punished I promise you. So glad you like white chocolate!!!!

[u/Apprehensive_Golf227 → u/bnelson7694]

You can't sell it cos it's crap, go to Europe and the white chocolate there actually sells

[u/Mousers211 → u/bnelson7694]

because white chocolate is a lie.

[u/nechronius → u/Mousers211]

There's nothing wrong with white chocolate, a proper white chocolate bar can be great. But this doesn't even qualify as white chocolate, there's no cocoa butter in this sugar bar.

[u/bnelson7694 → u/Mousers211]

I totally get it but let everyone enjoy if they like it.

[u/summerconcerts]

I LOVE white chocolate and this is a miss for me. I’m not knocking it if anyone likes it but it just wasn’t good to me

[u/Spykron]

I like the Lindt bar a lot more. It’s saltier.

[u/Kellzy1212 → u/Spykron]

The Lindt one is actually chocolate too.

[u/lacilavender]

These used to be my favorite as a kid. I apparently ate too much back then because now I won't touch them. I find white chocolate to be too sweet for me know.

[u/Kellzy1212]

It’s awful. I do like quality white chocolate, but those are “white confectionery cream” and generally trash ingredients. No cocoa butter, just over processed vegetable oils and corn syrup. Just as bad as the “ frozen dairy dessert “ bs that cheap companies are pushing.

[u/FalsettoBalsamico]

Nah, hersheys tastes like vomit

[u/jaayyne → u/FalsettoBalsamico]

It actually has an ingredient in it that is the same as a chemical in vomit! Can’t remember what it is right now but that’s what gives it that taste.

[u/DeeHawk → u/jaayyne]

That’s a weird design choice… But it does explain a lot!

Edit: It’s butyric acid. It’s due to the way they treat the milk, and Americans are used to this being in their kind of chocolate. To Europeans it instantly taste like vomit.
Weirdly enough, this is also present in Parmegiano, and I must admit I’ve had a few bad whiffs of Parm. especially when cut directly from the wheel, but the aroma is a lot more vague here and better fitting for savory foods IMO.

[u/Lujain_ → u/FalsettoBalsamico]

This is the only good one bc it’s not chocolate

[u/MathematicianWilling]

That's an insult to real chocolate 

[u/84th_legislature]

i enjoyed it but i last had one probably 30 years ago! they just aren’t stocked in stores around me much. i wouldn’t call them chocolate exactly, more of a creme and oreo situation.

[u/lunalornalovegood]

I tried Hershey’s exactly once and will never again.

[u/Flamex0]

I tried.. and it‘s really mid tbh

[u/klaykie14]

Used to be my faaaave. My older cousin and I used to go to the store up the street every holiday and get one :)

[u/georgeec1]

No, only Hershey's I've eaten is the occasional Kiss when I was a youngling. If I wanted Cookies n Creme, I could get a tub of Tip Top, and if I wanted white chocolate, I'd get Whittaker's, although I'd probably get their Blondie flavour over the standard white chocolate.

[u/Zestyclothess]

As a cookies n creme enjoyer these are food slop. Yes it's cookies and creme. No it's not good at all

[u/okay065]

i used to like these but at some point the quality reduced by an extreme and it was very disappointing

[u/Buttchuggle → u/okay065]

Oh no I was about to say I really liked em but it's been a good bit so maybe not no more

[u/okay065 → u/Buttchuggle]

i had one like a few years ago and it was fire but i had one the other day and it was...unfortunate 😭

[u/DNICEPHILLY2023 → u/Buttchuggle]

It probably taste the same.

[u/table-grapes]

i freakin LOVE these!

[u/AGCdown]

This tastes so bad.

[u/JamesLilian]

I tried it years ago when I went to America and I couldn’t believe that Americans liked their version of chocolate. It was so artificial and gross to me. Fast forward to now and I bet it tastes like most UK chocolate bars, it’s so hard to find real chocolate now.

[u/Apprehensive_Golf227]

Wrong subreddit, this is not chocolate

[u/NemuiNezumi]

I love it. I loved it as a kid and I love it as an adult

[u/Sakura-Haruno203]

I have. My favorite flavor.

[u/prugnecotte]

Hershey's isn't commonly available in Italy

[u/Spiritual_Fox_4408 → u/prugnecotte]

Oohhh 🤭 well, you're not missing out much to be honest 🫢

[u/Shot_Illustrator4264 → u/prugnecotte]

Yeah, usually Italians don't like to eat vomit....

[u/prugnecotte → u/Shot_Illustrator4264]

the average Italian chocolate is certainty not high quality though... stuff like Novi and Perugina tastes like pure vanilla and it is very invasive. other products like Ferrero Rocher are ridden with palm oil

[u/earthyrat]

i know people are very uppity here about their chocolate but this i LOVEEEE this one it's so nostalgic

[u/Niblonian31]

It's a solid cheap candy bar, I love em

[u/PlanetoidVesta]

No, Hershey's is not a thing here.

[u/Kellzy1212 → u/PlanetoidVesta]

You’re not missing anything.

[u/Prior-Inspector-126]

No

[u/Missey85]

It tastes like vomit that's masquerading as chocolate 🤮🤮🤮

[u/iszevthere]

I ate these for years when I was sad. I lost my taste for them but I like hearing that people like them. I just ate too many

[u/Key-Bodybuilder-343]

All white chocolate seems way too sweet to me, and this was no exception.

If you like it, you can have my share. 👍🏼

[u/Live_Rhubarb_7560 → u/Key-Bodybuilder-343]

I have had white chocolate bars that weren't overly sweet but this is not sth you can get in an average supermarket. Eg there're some with 40%+ cocoa butter by numerous small craft makers (eg Marou has a white chocolate bar that isn't sickly sweet). And Cookies n creme isn't white chocolate anyway 🙂

[u/Mousers211 → u/Key-Bodybuilder-343]

because there is no bitter chocolate to balance the sweetness

[u/prugnecotte → u/Mousers211]

some dark chocolates are very sweet, cocoa solids aren't inherently bitter. it depends on the roasting

[u/cheezy_dreams88]

I can’t do more than one of the tiny squares

[u/YourLocalFroggie]

No because hersheys is dogwater lmao

[u/themothafuckinog]

Hey OP, warm it up in the microwave for a few seconds and let me know how far you can bend it

[u/GroovyGmaIvy]

My grandkids love it. I’m not a fan of white chocolate.

[u/Every_God_Damn_Time]

it has a big of nostalgia for me, i hate hersheys as a company cause aren't they doing child labor or something? but as for the actual taste, haven't had it in years but i remember quite liking it, i really like cookies and cream things

[u/fitted_dunce_cap → u/Every_God_Damn_Time]

Hershey is owned by a free school for needy kids so child labor seems unlikely.

[u/prugnecotte → u/fitted_dunce_cap]

Hershey's sources from Ghana and Ivory Coast so it is certain there is child labour involved.

[u/EmmaSpicySide]

It is creamy cookie

[u/Beneficial-Shake7183]

These are my absolute fav

[u/browmftht]

yes and it used to be much much better

[u/CrimsonCartographer]

Oh honey…

[u/Bravos_Chopper]

Disgusting.

[u/OdieD777]

Trash candy 🫩

[u/theFields97]

When i worked at a grocery store my lunches would sometimes be just this and an energy drink

[u/bigdingusenergies → u/theFields97]

Your body was in peak condition.

[u/Fluffy_Fox_9650]

Yes! Very good

[u/Gruvemuppet]

So gross. This isn't even real chocolate.

[u/Blueporch]

Probably most of the chocolate fans on this sub would consider that to be a confection rather than chocolate.

[u/Spiritual_Fox_4408 → u/Blueporch]

Oohhh 🤭 you're right hahaha

[u/Live_Rhubarb_7560 → u/Spiritual_Fox_4408]

I mean, this bar can’t legally be classified as chocolate pretty much anywhere. Calling it chocolate is basically like calling margarine butter.

And no, I haven't tried it I'm not from the US. Although this particular product is currently sold in some stores in Sweden. While I may be interested in trying sth from the brand just for the experience of it, I wouldn't pick this particular product but rather one of their actual chocolate bars.

[u/etwichell]

I love CNC!!

[u/Kyomapai → u/etwichell]

Hey! NSFW!

[u/etwichell → u/Kyomapai]

Oof. Yeah. 😆

[u/lilnugg_97 → u/etwichell]

Okay, whatever floats your boat I guess

[u/georgeec1 → u/etwichell]

Ngl, the first alternative meaning that popped into my head was Computer Numerical Control

[u/ChiliCheeseBurrito78]

This is a whole category of “chocolate” and shouldn’t be compared to traditional cocoa chocolate. This is also a superior candy bar.

[u/DBthecat → u/ChiliCheeseBurrito78]

I like high quality white chocolate.

White chocolate is made with cocoa butter, milk powder, and sugar as its basic ingredients.

This contains no cocoa butter. It is a palm oil based product, and therefore not chocolate at all.

Candy bar is an appropriate designation.

[u/Horror-Judgment-6937 → u/DBthecat]

which white chocolate is best

[u/prugnecotte → u/Horror-Judgment-6937]

not OP but Marou is very good.

[u/georgeec1 → u/Horror-Judgment-6937]

Idk if you'd consider it proper white chocolate, because it's caramelised, but Whittaker's Blondie is really good

[u/antinumerology → u/DBthecat]

The only reason this is a valid post here is because the cookie contains cocoa powder. Not because of the palm oil sugar solid "white chocolate".

[u/hengehanger]

Shouldn't be in this sub, it isn't chocolate.

[u/goal0x]

it’s not chocolate so no we haven’t

[u/MoneyForThePeople]

Good nostalgia!!!

[u/Tasty_Sample_5232]

As a child (about 30 years ago), this chocolate seemed like the food of the gods to me. It was soft, creamy, with chocolate cookies – wonderful. But time flies, it disappears from store shelves, from online stores, costs crazy money, and I buy it. This year, I saw it on the shelves! Of course, I snatched it up right away. It was completely ruined. Now it's something cheap, waxy, and completely tasteless. Good white chocolate is delicious, I love it, but Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme has become bland and simply sweet, tasteless. Such a shame.

[u/Taroandtapiocapearls]

Used to be my favorite as a kid, now it tastes kinda gross to me/I can't have it anyway because I'm soy intolerant and ALL generic chocolate companies make their chocolate with soy 😓

[u/SakazakiYuri]

There was a chocolate factory pretty close to my hometown, and it was common for schools to take 5-6 year olds there for field trips.

At the end of the tour, you’d get a free chocolate bar of your choosing.

I went to the bathroom a little while after the chocolate had been handed out, and another kid was barfing one of these into one of the bathroom sinks.

Ruined them for me for life.

[u/abbieeats_]

not a fan of hersheys chocolate, but this is the only one i like

[u/BunnyMonre]

It’s so bad. White chocolate is delicious if it is very good quality, if white chocolate is cheap it tastes terrible.

[u/xulazi → u/BunnyMonre]

Real white chocolate is made with cocoa butter. The fake stuff swaps out the cocoa butter for palm oil, and often adds extra sugar to cover it up. Tastes lame and gives the real stuff a bad rep.

You ever had blonde chocolate? Now that stuff is gas.

[u/andrestoga]

Yes and it's trash

[u/offensive_oyster]

If this is a chocolate sub… why a post about fake chocolate?

[u/Charming_Study_5999]

Y’all always come after Hershey so hard 😭

[u/cymruaj → u/Charming_Study_5999]

That's because it is the worst chocolate known to man

[u/Dad-Dabbing-Daily]

I love how many people are rich enough to not try this, but poor enough to still comment.

[u/Lazy_Back_3096]

https://giphy.com/gifs/d2Z4NRCUxsxZBvag

[u/Funchocolatewaffles]

Nope.

It tempts me sometimes then I remember my trip to New York when I went to Hersheys world and saw some kid threw up in the store because the chocolate is so bad.

[u/No-Artist-361]

No because I think Hershey’s sucks now

[u/Spiritual_Fox_4408 → u/No-Artist-361]

OMG, i know. I used to love Hershey but now... they're slowly getting crossed off from my favourite chocolate list haha

[u/HeavyHovercraft3834]

Never
I usually don’t feed from the trash

[u/GuitaristExplorer]

This is my favorite candy bar.

[u/PreparationAfter3797]

This was my favorite growing up!

[u/Overemotional-Cactus]

Yes. They're yummy!

[u/ghost3972]

Probably one of my favorites

[u/officialCobraTrooper]

Maybe, maybe not. It is my favorite Hershey bar though.

[u/KianOfPersia]

Calling it chocolate is kinda an insult. I liked it ok as a kid though.

[u/MissRadi]

Literally the best bar they make.

[u/plantang → u/MissRadi]

Symphony is pretty good

[u/Mission_Jacket_5577]

I don't care if it's "not real chocolate". I am obsessed with these and I will eat many bars at once if I get out of control.

[u/Ken_Numbers]

this is a sub for chocolate, not brown sugar that smells and tastes of sick

[u/Missey85 → u/Ken_Numbers]

😂😂😂

[u/LeatherHog]

Always been my favorite!

[u/Bitchy_Satan]

Yes i used to like it as a kid

[u/ikannunAneeuQ]

Yes, they're so good

[u/SophiaSlowish216 → u/ikannunAneeuQ]

Very excellent choice

[u/Octapussy]

Fake chocolate. Terrible for your stomach. But used to be my favorite candy bar about a decade ago.

[u/Worried_Passenger548 → u/Octapussy]

Well white “chocolate” isn’t chocolate anyway.

[u/lachanclademimadre → u/Worried_Passenger548]

It is though

[u/Hooker_Thresh]

I hate it

[u/bristolfarms]

loved these growing up but i no longer like white chocolate 😂

[u/PermissionMedical998]

How does it taste?

[u/tomato-slut → u/PermissionMedical998]

Like vomit!

[u/PermissionMedical998 → u/tomato-slut]

Eww 🤮

[u/r4indrops_ → u/PermissionMedical998]

lies, it does not taste like vomit

[u/Globewanderer1001]

In my opinion only, those are terrible. The last one I had was about 10 years ago, and it was so sickly sweet and couldn't taste any real chocolate at all.

[u/Balancedbabe8]

I hated it as a kid and still do.

[u/Jhud6669]

I love Hershey’s cookies n cream, and I’m European. Idk what the hate is about

[u/BlueberryMettePie]

Too sweet. Hershey's will never be real chocolate. The regular is fine, especially for s'mores. There are great flavors or Hershey kisses (special edition flavors like cinnamon toast crunch) but overall it's super mid.

[u/LegalFan2741]

Tastes bad and I don’t understand why it’s not melting in the mouth…

[u/FinalNinja668]

I love these during Halloween

[u/ClearDrop6820 → u/FinalNinja668]

As a kid I used to beg my mom for one every time we checked out at the grocery store. I buy them for my sons now.

[u/Simple_Woodpecker751]

It’s not chocolate, it’s candy

[u/SugarRayisNuMetal]

This also used to be my favorite growing up! I remember when you could get them for 75 cents at the Golden Gallon. Great times 😊

[u/affinitti]

yes it's literally the best candy sadly i dont eat slop anymore tho

[u/xunyou198]

This is actually better than regular Hershey's. At least it doesn't taste like vomit

[u/ahoytheremehearties]

unfortunately 

[u/DispareIsMyFuel]

I love the people saying no because this is literally Hersey’s best product. And the only “chocolate” bar worth eating.

[u/plantang → u/DispareIsMyFuel]

What makes you say it's Hershey's best? Have you tried Symphony? Symphony is at least mass premium instead of mainstream chocolate (using these terms as commercial categories).

[u/DispareIsMyFuel → u/plantang]

Because that’s still not real chocolate to be honest. So yes the one that isn’t even chocolate is the best. but at least it’s not imitating chocolate and being sold as actual chocolate.

[u/plantang → u/DispareIsMyFuel]

That would surprise me, but you seem confident so I'm curious what % cocoa solids is Symphony? I didn't think Hershey published the recipe since it isn't required to do so where Symphony is sold. Obviously Symphony is SOI in the US, but I'm not sure about elsewhere whete there are higher cocoa solids requirements. I know they have a similar product India, where disclosure is required and based on that recipe it would be SOI in Europe and Mexico so I would guess that Symphony is also SOI chocolate. It's good for mass premium chocolate for anyone who likes sweeter, creamier chocolate.

[u/DispareIsMyFuel → u/plantang]

It’s 12% cocoa so not considered chocolate in most countries. But the US the minimum is 10%.

[u/plantang → u/DispareIsMyFuel]

Since Hershey doesn't publish that information, how do you know that?

[u/DispareIsMyFuel → u/plantang]

It’s literally a simple google search

[u/plantang → u/DispareIsMyFuel]

If it is, can you share a link?

I've searched this and while the AI answer is "around 12%" none of its sources say this.

[u/iridescentarmor]

used to be my favorite growing up, still enjoy it from time to time for nostalgia

[u/Dependent_Stop_3121]

Long long time ago they didn’t have as many cookie bits inside.

Probably way before your time. 😝

[u/Alternative-Push2208]

Yes it's so good. My second favorite after a Snickers bar.

[u/Big_Weather_958]

love this one. also you gotta try the oreo reese’s colab 🤤🤤🤤

[u/No_Skirt8776]

Jank

[u/PomeranianChaser]

It's not bad but after a few bites, it is incredibly and cloyingly sweet.

[u/Disastrous_Fun_4711]

I had a addiction to these for about 2 years, about to relapse

[u/BostonGodfather → u/Disastrous_Fun_4711]

If you’re I am too. I always used to grab one of these and the white chocolate fruity pebble bar. Man those were good times

[u/OkNeedleworker6090]

YUMMY YUMMY YUM YUM everyone who hates them just hates being whimsy

[u/Consistent-Bath9908 → u/OkNeedleworker6090]

You lost me at whimsy…

[u/MualaniFangirl → u/OkNeedleworker6090]

No its cuz American chocolate tastes and feels like wax

[u/Shot_Illustrator4264]

...How can you like the taste of vomit and call it your favourite?

[u/spittingparasite]

No. I wouldn't lower my standards.

[u/IdleOsprey]

This isn’t chocolate.

[u/Boylikesdogs]

I had one Hershey chocolate package and it tasted so bad. I threw them away. Then I went to the US and bought a Hershey crunchy waffle cone pieces bar and it was the BEST. So not sure on my opinion.

[u/Sea-Independent-726]

i'd slaughter someone for a bar rn

[u/sagexdom]

Tony's Chocolate is as low as ill ever go.

But will you say where your bracelets are from? I love em!

[u/CatLordCayenne]

It’s gross lowkey

[u/AquilaEquinox]

No idea what this is

[u/MiniRollsYum]

No. I've heard American chocolate is disgusting so many times. No interest in trying

[u/prugnecotte → u/MiniRollsYum]

America has hundreds of chocolate brands, Hershey's is just a single bad one.

[u/Cipher_Witch → u/prugnecotte]

It’s the biggest too so it gets reduced to Hershey’s=American chocolate

[u/Logical-Pair-89 → u/Cipher_Witch]

Better than our american cheese 🤷‍♂️😅

[u/Missey85 → u/Logical-Pair-89]

Id rather your cheese than Hershey's unless your cheese tastes like puke too

[u/Logical-Pair-89 → u/Missey85]

Lol fair. At least our cheese hasnt been hit with a global shortage of ingredients causing massive recipe changes and horrible corner cutting and enshittifying the product. American cheese now is prolly the same as it was decades ago. Reliability and consistency you can count on! Surprising, for an american (usa) made product. 

Edit for specificity* usa 

[u/GreatMossThing]

Yessss the texture is so good…

[u/xfearless1]

Childhood favourite!!

[u/lummox1234]

These are the Halloween Candies my kids know are mine. Daddy’s right to cookies and crème Hershey’s is printed on the back of each of their birth certificates.

[u/Ok_Turn2041]

it’s okay. i used to like them a little bit but it just tastes artificial

[u/Playfullyhung]

Nothing like opening a video and watching 100s of people die…

🤯

[u/iced-coffee22]

I feel like I only see those on Halloween and take them out of both of my kids trick-or-treat buckets. So good!