How are Hershey's Kisses Wrapped?

Answer 1

Dozens of women wrapped the Kisses by hand in the wrapping room. The girls were required to lay a piece of tissue paper on a sheet of foil, place the candy on top and twist the wrapper. This process was too slow and difficult for workers who got paid by the piece, so whenever their supervisors weren't looking, the workers would lick the bottom of the candy, stick it on a piece of tissue paper, and place the whole thing on the foil and twist. The machines today have a resemblance to the one used back then after hand wrapping them. The machines today can wrap 1300 Hershey's Kisses a minute. About 33 million Hershey's Kisses are produced each day (estimation between the factory in Hershey and the one in Oakdale, California).