Snack Size Hershey\'s Chocolate Bars

oh no! the little hershey bars are what we always use too!

Traditionally the Halloween snack size of any candy has been a may contain. Don't know why but there it is.
Peg

Quote:Originally posted by Peg541:
[b]Traditionally the Halloween snack size of any candy has been a may contain. Don't know why but there it is.
Peg[/b]

Maybe it's a regional thing or is finally being rolled out nationwide. I had a bad of these earlier this year that did not have the warning.

Quote:Originally posted by Peg541:
[b]Traditionally the Halloween snack size of any candy has been a may contain. Don't know why but there it is.
Peg[/b]

For those of you in Canada, there are peanut-free snack size chocolate bars available here. A few examples are Coffee Crisp, Aero, Smarties, Kit Kat, and Mars. [img]http://uumor.pair.com/nutalle2/peanutallergy/smile.gif[/img] Always read labels to be sure!

Usually, [url="http://www.canadiansweets.com"]http://www.canadiansweets.com[/url] sells these bars in the autumn (prior to Halloween) in case any Americans want to order them on-line. [img]http://uumor.pair.com/nutalle2/peanutallergy/smile.gif[/img]

We're in NJ - the snack size never used to have a warning...we used the bags of them at Halloween and they also sell a ten pack all year round that was perfect for little treats. It was some months ago that I noticed they now had an allergy warning (may contain almonds). Sadly, they have been off our list for some time now.

[This message has been edited by mcmom (edited August 22, 2006).]

They used to be fine, and the almond warning is a new thing, less than a year. We used about 5-6 bags last year with no warnings. We are disappointed. becca

I was recently at Hershey's. I spoke to the people at Chocolate world. They said that after the new labeling law was passed (I think Jan 2006) They hired an allergy task force to do quality checks in all the factories. They assured me that all their products are correctly labeled. If it says processed in the same plant, it is processed in a separate part of the plant on different machinery.

Here in NY the snack size has always been a may contain. Interesting how it differs from place to place - something to remind our kids about as they grow up and take responsibility on their own.

Amy

Here in Canada, our snack size Hershey bars had no allergy alerts a few years ago, but now they say "may contain traces of almonds". They are made in the USA and exported to Canada.