# Brings New Meaning to the Term "Hershey Highway Man"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brings-new-meaning-to-the-term-hershey-highway-man/427489>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 23, 2007, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brings-new-meaning-to-the-term-hershey-highway-man/427489 "2007-11-23T05:22:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brings-new-meaning-to-the-term-hershey-highway-man/427489/1 "2007-11-23T05:22:43Z")

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[Chocolate powered truck.](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=494865&in_page_id=1770)

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> There are blobby chocolate buttons. Chocolate hazelnuts. Orange creams. Walnut whips whose whirls have gone a little bit wonky.  
> Not to mention disintegrating flakes, chipped chocolate caramels and enough squished family-sized bars to send Augustus Gloop, the greediest child in Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, into an all-day feeding frenzy.
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> Alas - as far as chocoholics are concerned - the confectionery arriving by the truckload at the Ecotec plant in Preston is not for eating.
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> These are the misshapen, the melted and the rejected, and they will all be transformed into a more precious commodity: fuel. Or, to be more precise, bio-diesel.
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> The idea of pulling into a filling station and asking for a tank of white, milk or plain might seem preposterous.

The horror! :eek:

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**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brings-new-meaning-to-the-term-hershey-highway-man/427489/2 "2007-11-23T15:22:51Z")

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I can see hormonal women pulling the old “one for you, one for me” routine with the gas pump when they fill 'er up.

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**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brings-new-meaning-to-the-term-hershey-highway-man/427489/3 "2007-11-23T23:05:47Z")

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Actually, that sounds like an excellent use for Hershey’s chocolate.

I’m sorry. I was recently given a sizable bag of Hershey’s Kisses truffles. They’re not edible.