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7-19-2006 @4:10PM Mike said... I remember buying an eating the Tropical Bar when backpacking in the early 70's. As I recall it was tougher, less sweet, but didn't melt in your back.
If Hershey didn't sell it commercially, then it must have been Vietnam war surplus.
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7-19-2006 @6:12PM Angela Pitt said... How can you temper it without applying heat to it?
That makes it a paradox.
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7-19-2006 @8:35PM tr said... i've had desert bars, and actually purchased them in a store. it was back in the 90's, i think i bought it at Big/Odd Lots, if that says anything. and according to this article (http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3289/is_n8_v160/ai_11428034), hershey did sell this to the consumer.
the bars came in a light brown/tan wrapper, and the chocolate was very airy, lots of holes in it. it reminded me the candy bar "chocolite", do you remember those? they were around in the 70's/early 80's.
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7-19-2006 @9:04PM Nick said... Thanks for posting the link to that article. I knew I remembered the tan package.
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