>>21508857 (OP)Hersheys being bad is overrated, but yeah its not amazing, it's the most popular mass produced mass advertized product, so generally as with anything, that means its kinda mediocre and cuts corners to be affordable and make fatcats rich enough to have a monopoly
there are many better brands of american chocolate, but "chocolate culture" is different in the US than it is in Europe. Europeans, really love chocolate, it's like a drug to them adults sit around sucking on a piece of chocolate going "mmm, mmmmmf, o yess" while in the US, it's merely considered a candy, junk food, mostly for kids who crave sugar etc, so it's allowed to be mid and still very successful because it just isn't nearly as important, you're gonna find a lot of American "gourmands" who are super into making cheese, cuts of steak, etc, but not so much chocolate, as it's viewed simply as candy for the most part