Although most of us have enjoyed one of the mildest winter’s on record, it looks like Mother Nature’s had the last laugh! As you snuggle in for these few remaining weeks of winter, we thought we’d share with you a delicious chocolate dessert treat, made with two of our top-selling Hershey’s products – Raspberry Chips and Special Dark Cocoa.

Speaking of best-seller’s, we’re often asked by both customers and the media which of our “hard to find” products seem to be most popular. The answer changes with the seasons, but right now you’re stocking up on Sweet-Touch Nee Tea Bags, Kraft boxed Spaghetti Dinners, Habitant French-Canadian Pea Soup and a wide assortment of candy (what are you doing with all those Decade Boxes anyway?)!

Whenever you visit Hometown Favorites, be sure to check out the link on our Home Page to new products we’ve received; you might just stumble across a favorite you thought was long out of production!

We’re still working through your e-mail requests for new “old” favorites and you may notice that our “Boy, they were good” listing is rapidly expanding. It seems that for every new product we’ve added to inventory (based on customer requests) we’re sad to add another to our “dead foods” graveyard.
 

As manufacturers consolidate and join forces to form new, larger entities, some of your favorite foods have become victims of these streamlined product lines. We encourage you to contact these manufacturers directly to voice your concerns. Some recent resurrections of discontinued products include BB Bats, Kits, Squirrel Nut Chews and Mint Julep Taffy. We hear the rumblings of a new wave of Bonomo’s Turkish Taffy (we’ll keep you posted). You never know when enough of you may cause your favorite to resume production (Do you hear us Durkee’s Pot Roast people???).

As always, we’re having a great time supplying you with your nostalgic favorites and we love to share your funny childhood candy stories around the office. Keep ‘em coming!

‘Til the first robins of spring,

Colleen Chapin, Founder