Hershey Chocolate Factory
Study Guide
Directions: To answer the following questions, you will need to refer to the Picture Tour at http://www.hersheys.com/tour/index.shtml
Step 1:
Born in the Jungle
_________________________ is home to the world’s largest chocolate factory.
2. What is the name of this special tree that grows in the tropical jungles and grows melon-like fruit? ____________________
3. Cacao trees grow melon-like fruit. Inside each pod is about __________ seeds, or cocoa beans. It’s these beans that give chocolate its special flavor.
After the beans are removed from the pods, they are placed in large heaps or piles. This is called _______________, and takes about _______________.
During fermentation, the shells __________, the beans __________, and the rich __________ flavor develops.
After drying, the beans are ready for transport to the _______________.
Step 2:
Liquid Chocolate
6. ____________________ carry the cocoa beans from the docks to the chocolate factory where they are _______________ and _______________.
Cocoa beans from different _______________ each have a distinct flavor.
Cocoa beans are roasted in large, revolving roasters at very __________ temperatures.
A special hulling machine then takes the dry, roasted cocoa beans and separates the shell from the inside of the bean- called the "__________".
_______________ is a grinding process which turns the nibs into a liquid called chocolate liquor.
Chocolate liquor is a _______________________________________________.
Step 3:
Mixing it Up
The main ingredients in chocolate are the chocolate liquor, cocoa _________, sugar and __________.
Hershey uses fresh, __________ milk to make it’s chocolate.
Milton Hershey developed the recipe in __________.
The whole milk-sugar mixture is slowly dried until it turns into a thick, _____________________________.
The chocolate liqueur is mixed with the milk and sugar and dried into a coarse, brown powder called ___________________.
Step 4:
Perfecting the Product
Hershey adds ____________________ crumb which brings out the rich taste and smooth texture of the chocolate.
The chocolate paste is poured into huge vats called ________________.
It takes __________ hours to smooth out the gritty particles from the crumb.
The paste is _______________, or cooled in a controlled manner to the right texture and consistency.
Step 5:
Chocolate Bars and Hershey Kisses
Most chocolate bars are made by pouring the liquid chocolate paste into ________________.
The moulding machine can fill more than 1,000 moulds per _______________ with delicious Hershey’s chocolate.
The filled moulds take a bumpy, vibrating ride to remove _______________ and allow the chocolate to settle evenly.
Finally, they wind their way through a long cooling tunnel where the liquid chocolate is gently chilled into a solid ___________________.
Hershey Kisses
Hershey makes ______________________ Kiss-shaped products everyday at its chocolate factories in Hershey and California.
Step 6:
Fresh from the Factory
Hershey produces more than a ____________________ of chocolate products each year.
Name four other products produced and distributed by Hershey.
Where is the world’s largest chocolate factory? _________________________
What is spelled in the bushes in front of the Hershey Chocolate Factory?
What is your favorite product made by the Hershey Chocolate Factory?
