The Days of Crack Cocaine Mints Are Over
We wrote a while back about those Hershey mints that look like crack cocaine in a kinda sorta sardonic fashion. Now we got the good news from Jill Porter at the Daily News that Hershey finally thought things over and realized that they were a bad idea?
After initially scoffing at the outcry over Ice Breakers Pacs, Hershey's is prepared to change the packaging so the dissolvable pouches no longer look like heat-sealed packets of cocaine. In other words: Your outraged voices melted the big chocolate mountain. "We are evaluating changes of the design and appearance based on feedback from consumers, retailers and the community," company spokesman Kirk Seville told me yesterday. "It was certainly never our intention to create any confusion with this product. We take consumer and community feedback very seriously and are acting quickly to address concerns." The Pacs on store shelves won't be recalled and Seville refused to say whether distribution has been halted. He declined to provide details about the complaints, and said a decision about the changes would be announced "shortly." It isn't clear whether "shortly" is tomorrow or next month, since Seville wouldn't say.
"Big chocolate mountain"? Isn't that an R. Kelly song?
Hershey's to change candy Pacs [Daily News]
