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    Bakers hot over missing chocolate tips

    Hershey’s Kisses are missing their tips, and people aren’t happy

    LEBANON, Pa. – Fans of Hershey’s Kisses are frustrated that the bite-size chocolates don't look quite right anymore: The iconic candy is being packaged with broken and missing tips.
    Bakers, in particular, are calling out the deformity, saying the sloppy kisses are affecting the presentation of their cakes and cookies.
    Traditionally, Hershey’s Kisses are made in a distinctive teardrop shape with a flat bottom and a fine point on top. However, the points are now cut off leaving the tops flat or jagged instead.

    Can confirm. They are all missing. In other reports, a statement by Hershey indicated this was intentional, but have since changed their official statement to one of looking into it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Helena View Post
    Hershey’s Kisses are missing their tips, and people aren’t happy


    LEBANON, Pa. – Fans of Hershey’s Kisses are frustrated that the bite-size chocolates don't look quite right anymore: The iconic candy is being packaged with broken and missing tips.
    Bakers, in particular, are calling out the deformity, saying the sloppy kisses are affecting the presentation of their cakes and cookies.
    Traditionally, Hershey’s Kisses are made in a distinctive teardrop shape with a flat bottom and a fine point on top. However, the points are now cut off leaving the tops flat or jagged instead.

    Can confirm. They are all missing. In other reports, a statement by Hershey indicated this was intentional, but have since changed their official statement to one of looking into it.
    Was Hershey the victim of tip nappers or was this a way of saving a little chocolate and selling them for the same price? The other possibility is that there was something wrong with the equipment and/or the quality control.
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    The spokesman had indicated that this was purposeful for packaging.. in that they didn't want the tips breaking off. Intentional. And intentional or not, it's not a good look for Hershey.

    Bakers will go with a different product or demand a much lower price for defective products, even if the defect is purely aesthetic. I know of at least three bakeries around here who switched to different products for their cakes and cookies.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Helena View Post
    The spokesman had indicated that this was purposeful for packaging.. in that they didn't want the tips breaking off. Intentional. And intentional or not, it's not a good look for Hershey.

    Bakers will go with a different product or demand a much lower price for defective products, even if the defect is purely aesthetic. I know of at least three bakeries around here who switched to different products for their cakes and cookies.
    Their excuse sounds very lame. People who simply want generic chocolate chips don't buy Hersey's kisses or kisses that look broken. They are buying them for their aesthetic appeal. Some other chocolate company will take that business from them.
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    Thank God we have these first world problems.

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    Here, I found them:

    my junk is ugly

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    Quote Originally Posted by captain obvious View Post
    here, i found them:

    Tips, c.o....tips.
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