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Fri Dec 21, 2018, 06:41 PM Dec 2018

Hershey's Kisses are missing their tips and the company is investigating the mystery as holiday bake

Hershey's Kisses are missing their tips and the company is investigating the mystery as holiday bakers panic


https://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/ny-fea-hersheys-kisses-missing-tips-20181221-story.html

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Hershey's Kisses are sending some home bakers into sugar shock this season.

Those unwrapping the teardrop-shaped chocolates to top off holiday treats are discovering they’re missing their iconic pointy tips.

The cocoa-laced catastrophe was first brought to light by the Facebook foodie group, The Wedding Cookie Table, earlier this month. “Do this year’s Kisses look like this for you?,” the group posted, along with a picture of a perfectly topped sweet, “Or are the tops broken off?”

Members sounded off. “All my tips were broken off... so mad,” a user named Tammy Fuchs fumed.

“I just opened a bag and they were broke off or just flat in the top,” Sandy Jamison-Gendek wrote.

“All mine are distinctly clipped off,” Cheryl Abbott stated. “I felt morally compelled to try one of each color just to be absolutely sure.”

Others said their Kisses points were fine, and some speculated that Hershey had cut off the peaks intentionally since they often break off anyway before buyers peel off the shiny foil wrappers.

Hershey denies this claim and even the brand is at a loss as as to how their products ended up misshapen.

“Kisses are made on the same lines and equipment in our West Hershey Plant since 2012, whe

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