Hershey's Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips 12 oz

HERSHEY'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips (11.5 oz) are a familiar sight in the supermarket baking aisle, shelved with cocoa powder, cake mixes, frostings and other baking chips — often near seasonal displays for holiday cookies and brownie mixes. The brand leans on decades of American confectionery heritage, positioning these morsels as an approachable, family-friendly ingredient for home bakers and casual snackers alike. You’ll find cooks grabbing a bag for pancake mornings, weekend cookie baking, after-school treats or to toss a handful into movie-night bowls. The pack is a resealable plastic bag that touts practical credentials like "gluten free" and kosher certification, but it does not carry organic or ‘all-natural’ front-of-package claims; the ingredient list is short but includes added sugar, milk fat and lecithin. In plain processing terms, these are an industrially made baking ingredient — formed, tempered and drop-molded into uniform chips with added emulsifiers and flavoring. Sensory experience is straightforward: glossy, teardrop-shaped chips with a firm snap at room temperature that soften and melt smoothly when warmed; flavor is sweet with a balanced bittersweet chocolate note and a clean cocoa finish. Rituals around use are convivial — stirring chips into batter, melting for drizzles, or savoring a small handful straight from the bag. The product’s story is one of convenience and nostalgia: an every-kitchen staple that promises easy, reliable chocolate flavor for home baking and quick indulgences in American grocery culture.