From Caramels to Chocolate: Milton Hershey’s Sweet Turning Point

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In this episode, we’re joined again by Amy Ziegler to talk about an exciting new immersive event at The Hershey Story Museum: “A Sweet Beginning: Milton Hershey at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.” We explore how a single moment at the fair—when Hershey encountered European chocolate-making machinery—changed the course of his life and helped shape the future of chocolate in America.

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