# What became of Hershey's Tastetations™? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 28, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-hersheys-tastetations/231566 "2004-02-28T02:23:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-hersheys-tastetations/231566/1 "2004-02-28T02:23:29Z")
Granted this is not the most pressing matter of the day, but I’m sure it is important to some people. I’ve visited the Hershey’s™ website and they don’t even list it as one of their products. On message boards it is rumored to have been discontinued. Of course the _only_ message board that matters is the SDMB. So, are Hershey’s TasteTations™ discontinued? I find it hard to believe these things were unpopular. IMHO these are far better than Werther’s™ which are incredibly overrated. If TasteTations have been discontinued is there anything similar out there? (and you _know_ what I think of Werther’s™). ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-hersheys-tastetations/231566/2 "2004-02-28T08:55:04Z")
Well, I see my posting has gone from relative obscurity to total oblivion. Some of the “Dopers” here must have a sweet tooth. Isn’t anyone else a fan of these candies? ---
**Author:** ![FreeRange\_Maniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/97f17d/32.png) [@FreeRange\_Maniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreeRange_Maniac)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-hersheys-tastetations/231566/3 "2004-02-28T08:59:21Z")
I’m sure I’ve seen them up here. I work in a large chain drugstore, so I’ll have a look and see if I’m right. Maybe they just discontinued them in the States? I know you have candy and chocolate that we never see in Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-hersheys-tastetations/231566/4 "2004-02-28T14:25:01Z")
I’m in Canada. We have them at the local drugstore. I like them, especially the chocolate ones. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-hersheys-tastetations/231566/5 "2004-02-28T15:06:19Z")
What are (were) they? For those of us not in the US. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-hersheys-tastetations/231566/6 "2004-02-28T18:19:05Z")
Paul, TasteTations are (were) a great-tasting hard candy sold in bags of about 1 pound. They came in a lot of flavors - butterscotch, caramel, and so on. To me (and a lot of other people) they were the greatest-tasting candy ever made. Why they are being discontinued, I have NO idea. ---
**Author:** ![FreeRange\_Maniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/97f17d/32.png) [@FreeRange\_Maniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreeRange_Maniac)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-hersheys-tastetations/231566/7 "2004-02-29T02:00:11Z")
Yup, I checked today and we carry them also. As to why they’re being discontinued, maybe they’re more popular in Canada? ---
**Author:** ![chuckles14901](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@chuckles14901](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chuckles14901)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-hersheys-tastetations/231566/8 "2012-10-24T19:44:39Z")
There are few candies as delicious as the tastetations. The mint was smooth and refreshing. The caramel is tasty but there is only one candy that ever made chocolate- TasteTations. no one has ever made such a delicious candy as the chocolate, which tastes like dark chocolate or Fudge. IT is wondrous, and I haven’t seen any in the states since 2000. My heart is breaking, I would love it if i could find a place that still sells for shipment to the states. I would pay $10 for a bag of mint and chocolate tastetations, S&H not included. ---
**Author:** ![chuckles14901](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@chuckles14901](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chuckles14901)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-hersheys-tastetations/231566/9 "2012-10-24T19:46:33Z")
> [@FreeRange\_Maniac](#): > > Yup, I checked today and we carry them also. As to why they’re being discontinued, maybe they’re more popular in Canada? More popular? The only reason they’re not here is they are not SOLD here. They are as good or better than most on the market. NO ONE sells a chocolate candy that doesn’t melt. Hershey’s Tastations never melted, at least not until you put them in your mouth! ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-hersheys-tastetations/231566/10 "2012-10-24T23:38:39Z")
This is the most random zombie to see bumped, because today at work I mentioned these hard candies one of my teachers used to give out and it took me forever to think of the name, and eventually I did - Tastetations! and no one else in my department knew what I was talking about. I looked on the Hershey’s wiki page and these are discontinued. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-hersheys-tastetations/231566/11 "2012-10-25T01:13:01Z")
And, by the way. . . > [@FreeRange\_Maniac](#): > > **I tried being normal once . . .I didn’t like it.** > > I’ve given up trying to escape from reality; they always find me anyway This sig line has been. . . . ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-hersheys-tastetations/231566/12 "2019-03-06T02:01:04Z")
Listen to My Brother, My Brother and Me, episode 449 for a discussion of this thread. Or don’t. You know, whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Pressle54](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/76d3ee/32.png) [@Pressle54](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pressle54)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-hersheys-tastetations/231566/13 "2019-03-07T16:46:34Z")
What’s up, you cool babies? ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-hersheys-tastetations/231566/14 "2019-03-07T17:52:24Z")
I resisted the urge to bump this when I heard the ep (and made a thread in ATMB instead), but I’m glad I’m not the only one to hear it. Hearing somebody quote **Paul in Qatar** during my daily commute was a strangely surreal moment. As a lover of Tastetations, I realized there was a nonzero chance I posted in this thread, which would have been…special. ---
**Author:** ![HneyGrlKc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hneygrlkc/32/21987_2.png) [@HneyGrlKc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HneyGrlKc)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-hersheys-tastetations/231566/15 "2026-10-19T20:25:17Z")
I loved Hershey’s TasteTations. I have tried to look them up everywhere to try find them. I’m in New York. I was hoping they would come back out. Glad to see someone else was looking. My name is Casey. ---
**Author:** ![HneyGrlKc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hneygrlkc/32/21987_2.png) [@HneyGrlKc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HneyGrlKc)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-hersheys-tastetations/231566/16 "2026-10-19T20:30:48Z")
I loved _Hershey’sTasteTations_, when I could find them. I really wish they would come back out with them. I have tried looking them up numerous times on numerous sites.2026-10-19T20:28:00Z🎃 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-hersheys-tastetations/231566/17 "2026-10-20T01:35:23Z")
First, welcome to the SDMB! Never say never, but a short-lived product line which was discontinued due to disappointing sales, and has been gone for over 20 years, feels pretty unlikely to be coming back at this point. > **[TasteTations Candy History & Facts | SnackHistory](https://www.snackhistory.com/tastetations/)** > > Hershey's TasteTations were a beloved hard candy with rich chocolate flavors — but they vanished in the early 2000s. Explore their history, flavors & legacy.