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Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Adulterated Nouggies

A couple of years ago Hersey's came up with a small nugget of dark chocolate wrapped around an almond. Each morsel was then wrapped separately in golden pseudo-foil, twenty or more were sacked in a plastic bean bag and off they went to market. The candies were delicious. A whole nut lay at the center of the tiny chunk. The stuff must have sold like lemonade in Hades, because of course dark chocolate is good for the heart. And so are almonds. I don't know why in either case, but that's the health scuttlebutt.

A couple of months ago Hersey must have discovered the nut market had forsaken them. Why folks like Hersey should be so slow to catch on in an area they've virtually owned for years I do not know, but the field shifted.

The current Hersey Nugget has dark chocolate wrapped around floor sweepings. The whole nut is gone, gone, gone. Tsk. I'm disappointed. But will I stop buying and eating the delicious little buggers? Of course I won't. Will I stop complaining then? Of course I won't. I'm XXXXXed mad and I'm simply not going to take it anymore. Stick your head out the window, and comment if you are mad too.

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