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HERSHEY'S Cookies 'n' Creme XL, Candy Bar, 4 oz (16 Pieces)
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📊 NOVA 4

HERSHEY'S Cookies 'n' Creme XL, Candy Bar, 4 oz (16 Pieces)

HERSHEY'S
4 oz
Available at Foodtown
140
Calories
2g
Protein
13g
Sugars
70mg
Sodium
60
Ingredients

What You Should Know

HERSHEY'S Cookies 'n' Creme XL is an extra‑large, single‑serve candy bar that you’ll most often find in the candy aisle, by checkout lanes, and on seasonal endcaps alongside other chocolate bars, Halloween bags, and bulk novelty candies. It’s also a fixture in convenience stores and vending machines near soft drinks and salty snacks. This bar suits impulse purchases for movie nights, road trips, classroom treats, and holiday candy bowls — or as a quick sweet bite between errands. As an iconic mass‑market Hershey’s product, it trades on broad American familiarity and childhood nostalgia, marketed toward families, kids and millennials looking for comforting, shareable treats. Packaging leans playful and recognizable, scored into sections for easy breaking and sharing. Labeling leans into indulgence rather than health: the product description highlights creamy white “creme” and crunchy cookie pieces, and the ingredient list contains sugar, corn syrup solids, vegetable oil blends, emulsifiers and “natural & artificial flavors.” The bar is described as kosher but carries no organic or whole‑food claims; typical nutrition callouts show it is calorie‑dense and high in sugars (for example: 140 calories, 13 g sugars, 70 mg sodium per listed serving). In plain terms, this is a highly processed confections item made from refined sugars, multiple vegetable oils, flours and additives like PGPR and lecithin. Sensory notes: very sweet, smooth white‑creme matrix studded with crunchy chocolate cookie bits, with a snap when broken along the scored segments; packaged for grab‑and‑go sharing or portioning into recipes and baked‑good toppers. Rituals around it include sharing at parties, tucking into lunchboxes, and using pieces to decorate cupcakes and brownies.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 4
Servings per Container: 4
Calories140
% Daily Value*
Total Fat7g9%
Saturated Fat4.5g23%
Sodium70mg3%
Total Carbohydrate18g7%
Total Sugars13g
Added Sugars12g24%
Protein2g
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ingredients

SUGAR,, VEGETABLE, OIL, (PALM, OIL,, SHEA, OIL,, SUNFLOWER, OIL,, PALM, KERNEL, OIL,, &/OR, SAFFLOWER, OIL),, SKIM, MILK,, ENRICHED, WHEAT, FLOUR, (FLOUR,, NIACIN,, FERROUS, SULFATE,, THIAMIN, MONONITRATE,, RIBOFLAVIN,, FOLIC, ACID),, CORN, SYRUP, SOLIDS,, LACTOSE, (MILK),, COCOA, PROCESSED, WITH, ALKALI,, CONTAINS, 2%, OR, LESS, OF:, WHEY, (MILK),, HIGH, FRUCTOSE, CORN, SYRUP,, CHOCOLATE,, LECITHIN, (SOY),, BAKING, SODA,, SALT,, PGPR,, NATURAL, &, ARTIFICIAL, FLAVOR..

Flagged Ingredients:

  • sunflower oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • safflower oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • soy lecithin - Processed emulsifier
No Seed OilNo Emulsifier

Dietary Labels

This product is not vegan, is not gluten-free, and is not organic.

Ultra-Processing Assessment

NOVA Score:4 / 4

Ultra-Processed

Why this score?

Contains multiple industrial ingredients and additives (refined sugars, corn syrup solids, blended vegetable oils, emulsifiers PGPR and lecithin, and artificial flavors) and is formulated as a ready‑to‑eat manufactured confection, fitting the NOVA category for ultra‑processed foods.

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Common Questions about HERSHEY'S Cookies 'n' Creme XL, Candy Bar, 4 oz (16 Pieces)

Well, 'healthy' can be a bit subjective, right? The Cookies 'n' Creme bar packs a decent amount of sugar—about 13 grams per serving—so if you're watching your sugar intake, this might not be your go-to. But hey, it's a treat! In moderation, it can definitely fit into a balanced diet.

Perfect For

movie-night
trick-or-treat
road-trip

Vibe:

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