6 Discontinued Hershey Candies Pennsylvanians Still Miss

Most candy lovers have a discontinued treat they’d buy again in a heartbeat if they could.

Pennsylvanians with a sweet tooth may remember a few Hershey products that disappeared from shelves for good.

Here’s a look back at the Hershey candies that came and went.

1. S’mores Bar

Hershey’s S’mores bar packed milk chocolate, marshmallow, and graham cracker into one wrapper.

The Hershey Community Archives product chronology lists the bar as introduced in November 2003, along with a snack size.

Hershey discontinued it in November 2012.

That’s a nine-year run.

You won’t find a reason from Hershey, The Takeout says.

The Hershey Story museum gives the same years.

The bar had graham cracker pieces topped with marshmallow fluff and encased in chocolate.

Hershey also put the flavor on Snack Barz, rice and marshmallow bars dated to July 2004.

If you wanted a s’more without a campfire, this bar was the shortcut.

Many fans still wish it would come back.

2. Bar None

The archives date Bar None’s debut to September 1986.

In February 1993, Hershey reformulated the bar.

The new version came as two pieces.

Each had layers of chocolate wafer separated by chocolate filling, topped with peanuts and caramel, and covered in chocolate.

Hershey discontinued Bar None early in 1996.

It ran under ten years.

Any Bar None you bought after February 1993 was the reworked version.

Wait until after early 1996, and you missed it.

3. Swoops

The archives list Hershey’s Swoops as a product line introduced in November 2003.

By February 2005, the line included Almond Joy, Reese’s Peanut Butter, White Chocolate Peppermint, and Strawberries ‘n’ Creme flavors.

Hershey also sold a Swoops Variety Pack, dated to December 2003.

Swoops Extra Creamy Milk Chocolate with Toffee and Almonds and Swoops Reese’s White Chocolate followed in December 2004.

Fast Company’s 2011 look back compared the slices to Pringles chips in shape and size.

A 3.78-ounce box gave you three sealed cups with six slices each, and it sold for $1.79.

The archives say Hershey discontinued the whole line in August 2006.

That’s less than three years, so you had a short window to try a slice.

4. Pennsylvania Dutch Sweet Chocolate

Hershey’s Pennsylvania Dutch Sweet Chocolate arrived on November 27, 1962, according to the archives.

It was discontinued in 1968.

That gave you about six years to try it.

Some people you know might remember it.

5. Cacao Reserve

Hershey's Cacao Reserve line started in 2006, the Hershey Community Archives show, with hot cocoa, Premium Bars, Single Origin Chocolate, and truffles.

You could pick from Single Origin bars in Arriba, Santo Domingo, Java, and Sao Tome.

Arriba and Santo Domingo were no longer available by January 2008.

Tasting Squares followed in 2007, and Ultra-Thin Squares in 2008, with flavors like Orange Dark Chocolate and Raspberry Dark Chocolate.

Convenience Store News listed prices from $0.99 for what it called instant consumables to $3.29 for take-home bars.

Then came July 2009.

On July 23, 2009, Hershey announced it would no longer market the Starbucks brand of premium chocolate.

Hershey also said it would end production of Cacao Reserve.

Your window to buy a Cacao Reserve truffle ran between 2006 and 2009.

6. Carb Alternative

Hershey's Carb Alternative Chocolate Candy included three names you'd know, Kisses, Peanut Butter Cups, and Kit Kats, according to the archives.

The line launched in July 2004.

Hershey discontinued the line in December 2004, the same year.

It didn't reach 2005.

That gave you less than six months to try the Kit Kat version.

Candies That Came Back

Some discontinued Hershey candies did return.

The archives list Cookies 'n' Mint as introduced nationally in November 1992 and discontinued in 1997.

By 2004, the flavor was back in limited-edition Nuggets and limited-edition bars.

You could find the flavor again that year in a limited-edition Nugget.

The archives also list chocolate-covered PayDays as discontinued in 1990.