Tag Archive: bubbly chocolate

Hershey’s Air Delight

July 29, 2011

Yesterday (July 28) was National Milk Chocolate Day.  Did you do anything special to celebrate?

Hershey's Air DelightI spent a little time reviewing chocolate-related press releases and found something that had previously missed my attention...   Hershey's introduced an aerated chocolate bar called the Air Delight.

Other chocolate manufacturers have had aerated chocolate for some time.  For example, I wrote about the 75th anniversary of the Nestle Aero bar last October.  Overall, aerated chocolate accounts for about $500 million of annual global confection sales.
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Nestlé Aero Celebrates 75

October 5, 2010

If you are fortunate enough to have traveled to Europe, you probably encountered an aerated chocolate by Nestle called the Aero Bar.  Aero celebrates its 75th anniversary this month.

In 1935, a company called Rowntree’s patented the process of incorporating air into chocolate.  The chocolate bar is bubbly in texture, giving the chocolate a fast melt and quick release of flavor.
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