(NEXSTAR) – Why is it called a Hershey’s “Kiss” and not a Hershey’s Smooch or a Hershey’s Cone? Even the people at The Hershey Company aren’t exactly sure. The Hershey’s Kiss was first produced in ...

Whatever its true origin, Milton Hershey ended up trademarking the name “Hershey’s Kiss” for his chocolate candy in the early 1920s. In 1921, the Hershey Company further differentiated their ...

The M.S. Hershey Foundation, on its website, says additional trademarks were later filed to protect “the name, and unique conical shape of Kisses, both wrapped and unwrapped.” ...