WHICH MILK CHOCOLATE BARS ARE CLOSEST TO HOMEMADE?
MILK CHOCOLATE BARS — CLOSEST TO HOMEMADE®
October 2025
If we were making Milk Chocolate Bars at home, we would likely include these ingredients:
HERSHEY’S: Here’s a look at what’s inside the #1 Milk Chocolate Bar in the U.S. >> it is not Closest To Homemade because it contains ingredients we would never use at home to make Milk Chocolate including PGPR (a.k.a. Polyglycerol Polyricinoleate) and commercial Natural Flavor. (Sources for ingredients: Hershey’s Store and Hersheyland Web sites 10/25)
Below is a comparison of Hershey’s to a Closest To Homemade Milk Chocolate Bar from Lake Champlain Chocolates.
CLOSEST TO HOMEMADE: Following are several Milk Chocolate Bars which are Closest To Homemade with no PGPR, TBHQ, Soy, Colors, Flavors or Oils.
Neither money nor products are ever accepted to appear on the Closest To Homemade list
Neither money nor products are ever accepted to appear on the Closest To Homemade list
Neither money nor products are ever accepted to appear on the Closest To Homemade list
Neither money nor products are ever accepted to appear on the Closest To Homemade list
Neither money nor products are ever accepted to appear on the Closest To Homemade list
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