# Hershey's Hugs or real hugs: which are better? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 20, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hersheys-hugs-or-real-hugs-which-are-better/644680 "2012-12-20T23:17:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hersheys-hugs-or-real-hugs-which-are-better/644680/1 "2012-12-20T23:17:06Z")
Do you prefer Hershey’s chocolate Hugs, or real hugs? ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hersheys-hugs-or-real-hugs-which-are-better/644680/2 "2012-12-21T00:38:13Z")
Real hugs from one specific person \> Hershey hugs \> hugs from anybody else. I don’t generally like hugging family or friends, it just feels awkward. But I wouldn’t trade hugging my significant other for anything else in the world (not even chocolate!). ---
**Author:** ![I\_Like\_Pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9f8e36/32.png) [@I\_Like\_Pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Like_Pie)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hersheys-hugs-or-real-hugs-which-are-better/644680/3 "2012-12-21T00:45:17Z")
I’m not a big fan of chocolate (unless it’s peppermint bark. Oh yum) so real hugs are the best! Especially from the boyfriend. He’s warm and always smells good. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hersheys-hugs-or-real-hugs-which-are-better/644680/4 "2012-12-21T01:27:41Z")
Real hugs. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hersheys-hugs-or-real-hugs-which-are-better/644680/5 "2012-12-21T01:29:51Z")
How is this even a choice? Anyone who picks Hershey’s hugs hasn’t had enough real hugs or is actually an alien bent on dominating our planet. I can understand not wanting sex, but human contact is something fundamental we all need. Real hugs. ---
**Author:** ![Scholar\_Beardpig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@Scholar\_Beardpig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scholar_Beardpig)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hersheys-hugs-or-real-hugs-which-are-better/644680/6 "2012-12-21T01:46:54Z")
Don’t touch me. Give me candy. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hersheys-hugs-or-real-hugs-which-are-better/644680/7 "2012-12-21T02:24:19Z")
Are Hershey Hugs better than Hershey Kisses? Because Hershey Kisses are too sweet for my liking. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hersheys-hugs-or-real-hugs-which-are-better/644680/8 "2012-12-21T03:25:16Z")
Yo, Beardpig, it’s not like you sound irresistible… ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hersheys-hugs-or-real-hugs-which-are-better/644680/9 "2012-12-21T03:34:11Z")
Give me hugs! But chocolate is easier to get. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@Mister\_Owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Owl)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hersheys-hugs-or-real-hugs-which-are-better/644680/10 "2012-12-21T03:45:30Z")
Give me chocolate. I can get real hugs (and even more) any time I want. Plus I don’t know where your hands and arms have been. Not that this is necessarily a minus. ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hersheys-hugs-or-real-hugs-which-are-better/644680/11 "2012-12-21T03:46:43Z")
Real hugs. White chocolate is gross. ---
**Author:** ![Jormungandr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@Jormungandr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jormungandr)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hersheys-hugs-or-real-hugs-which-are-better/644680/12 "2012-12-21T06:48:40Z")
Oh, I’m the first “neither” vote. I hate being touched and don’t like chocolate that much. It’s always in the way of my toffee. ---
**Author:** ![Scholar\_Beardpig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@Scholar\_Beardpig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scholar_Beardpig)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hersheys-hugs-or-real-hugs-which-are-better/644680/13 "2012-12-21T07:05:13Z")
> [@Napier](#): > > Yo, Beardpig, it’s not like you sound irresistible… Ehh, I’ve come to peace with it. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hersheys-hugs-or-real-hugs-which-are-better/644680/14 "2012-12-21T07:05:38Z")
> [@Scholar\_Beardpig](#): > > Don’t touch me. Give me candy. Yeah. Fraid so. I grew up in an abusive family. We didn’t hug. We hit. I never learned the comfort of physical contact; it gives me uncomfortable shivers. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hersheys-hugs-or-real-hugs-which-are-better/644680/15 "2012-12-21T07:07:12Z")
Hershey’s anything are gross. But I guess I’d rather eat a Hershey’s hug than hug an old smelly bum. Still, I voted real hugs. ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hersheys-hugs-or-real-hugs-which-are-better/644680/16 "2012-12-21T07:31:28Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > Real hugs from one specific person \> Hershey hugs \> hugs from anybody else. I don’t generally like hugging family or friends, it just feels awkward. But I wouldn’t trade hugging my significant other for anything else in the world (not even chocolate!). Exactly this, except I don’t like white chocolate anyway, so I’m going to pretend it’s about Hershey’s kisses. Although, Hershey’s kisses ARE better than real kisses, because I don’t like those. So this is getting confusing. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hersheys-hugs-or-real-hugs-which-are-better/644680/17 "2012-12-21T14:38:10Z")
I’m not really into chocolate, but I’m also not much of a hugger (unless it’s from my wife). If it had to be from a random person, I guess I’d prefer the Hershey’s Hug.