Kisses are one of the most popular brands of candies in the US. By the end of World War II, Hershey's had produced more than 3 billion D ration chocolate bars. The specifications for the D ration chocolate bars were a bar weighing about four ounces, able to withstand high temperatures, high in food energy value that it had to taste 'a little better than a boiled potato' so troops would only use them for emergencies. The ingredients of these four-ounce bars were a blend of chocolate, sugar, cocoa butter, skim milk powder, and oat flour, containing 600 calories. According to military historians, these chocolate D rations served two purposes: as a morale boost, and as a high-energy, pocket-sized emergency ration. Instead, the machines were re-purposed to create military chocolate D ration bars for the soldiers in World War II. 0186828) for 'foil wrapped conical configuration with plume' which included the Hershey's paper plume sticking out from the top of the aluminum foil wrapperĭuring 1942, production of Hershey's Kisses was briefly interrupted due to the rationing of aluminum foil. Hershey received a registered design trademark (Reg. Originally designed as a flag for the 'Hershey's' brand, the printed paper plumes were added to the Kisses product wrapper in 1921 in order to distinguish the Hershey's Kiss from its competitors who offered similar products. A narrow strip of paper (called a plume) sticks out from the top of each Hershey's Kiss wrapper. Hershey's Kisses chocolates are wrapped in squares of lightweight aluminum foil. The bite-sized pieces of chocolate have a distinctive conical shape, sometimes described as flat-bottomed teardrops. Hershey's Kisses is a brand of chocolate first produced by the Hershey Company in 1907. The paper strip coming out the top identifies each flavor.

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