Tastes like a dark chocolate Hershey syrup
926280
Very yummy. Tastes like a dark chocolate Hershey syrup. Great for hot cocoa! I haven't used it on desserts but I imagine it'd be good for that, too! Would buy again even though it's a bit $$$$.
4831040
This is great if you love very dark chocolate! If you're not a fan of dark chocolate, this will probably taste bitter, like straight cocoa.
1988955
I find Hershey's Special Dark chocolate syrup to be far better in taste than the milk chocolate version. Personally, I prefer dark chocolate to milk chocolate. It is healthier, although I imagine even a chocolate syrup would have more sugar than the actual dark chocolate, itself. Anyway, I think it is a great product.
971736
It's very creamy, but not chocolatey at all.  It tastes of chemicals to my palate, and I expected a rich, dark, fudge-y taste.  Won't be buying this brand again.  FYI, I purchased the chocolate.
415548
taste chocolate flavor but not chocolate almond flavor
1176675
I really enjoy a bowl of vanilla ice cream with ice cold Hershey's Chocolate Syrup.  I have tried their syrup from a bottle and it simply seems lacking in chocolate flavor, so I was thrilled to find it in the can on Amazon.  I have check the ingredient label out side by side and they are the same; however, it doesn't say how much of each is in the product, merely the order of ingredients.  I don't know if there is more chocolate in the canned version, or more corn syrup in the bottled type, if the canning process changes the flavor, or if the plastic bottle somehow changes the flavor - all I know is that side by side - the canned version is more chocolate in flavor and the bottle version is sweeter.

I enjoy the canned but would pass on the bottle version.  The cans arrived a little dented but still well worth the purchase.
243477
I know it's sugar free and it's not going to taste like real syrup... but it tastes so gross. It could just be me but I am much prefer the maple syrup Walden Farms.
4660521
Their regular and marshmallow now has two artificial sweeteners in it, with the regular sugar and corn syrup.  Now there's a nasty aftertaste.  I'm so sorry I bought it.
3867840
I am used to grocery store syrups like Log Cabin and Aunt Jemima, but I have read and heard how good "real" maple syrup is, so when I found this one on Amazon, I decided to give it a try.

I disliked it so much from first taste that I didn't even try it on pancakes. I gave it away to a friend and her mother, because I know they use maple syrup as a sweetener in various dishes. I got a phone call thanking me for the syrup and how much she and her mother LOVE it...she couldn't believe I didn't like it! She even gave me a little container of it back and begged me to give it a second chance, which I did. I ate a spoonful of it (even more than I had the first taste) and still found it awful. It was like taking cough syrup. Maybe part of the issue is that I'm a sugar addict and I didn't find this syrup as sweet as brands like Log Cabin.

Because my friend and her mother loved it so much, I decided to give it 3 stars to balance out my take on it. I would have given it 1 star and they would give it 5 glowing stars, so the average of those is 3 stars.

If you love real maple syrup, you will probably enjoy this. If, like me, you have used the grocery store brands all your life, you may not be as thrilled with it.
794166
Too sweet and powdery, kinda milky. There's nothing "dark" about this. I think there's more sweetener than chocolate. An inferior product.
4610640
Maybe it's just me, but I don't find this mix to be sweet or taste like chocolate. I have to put 3 or 4 heaping spoonfuls in to get any taste, and even then I have to add an extra teaspoon of sweetener just to make it tolerable. On the plus side, the powder dissolves well in hot water...
4710144
It's good to see Cola flavored syrup but this one really lacks flavor. It's way too sweet, but really has nothing else to offer. I might try mixing it with a bit of cherry or lemon, or possibly vanilla. If I'm going to buy Cola syrup, it should taste like cola!
It's like drinking watered-down generic cola.
I hope Monin considers a reformulation.
4292032
I had high hopes for this drinking chocolate. I was looking for a low calorie keto friendly alternative for chocolate in my coffee. This chocolate doesnt really taste like chocolate. It acts more like a sweetener, but leaves me still wanting that chocolate flavor. I gave it two stars because it does mix well. But thats about it.
1339253
Although it's supposedly Peanut Butter and Chocolate flavor, it's essentially just peanut butter. I couldn't taste any chocolate, the only indication was the color. In fact, looking at the ingredients, Chocolate flavoring speared was listed in the 2% or less section (which is mostly sugar, peanut oil, and then chocolate, so at the very most it's 0.66% chocolate, but in reality is most likely much less, which is why you can't taste it). So, if you were expecting a Reese's peanut butter cups flavor, look elsewhere. If you were looking for just a dark brown peanut butter, with a fluffy whipped consistency, then this is the product for you
581170
I'm not bashing this candy if you are eating it simply to eat it. However, if you are eating it for the health benefits of chocolate, as some of the other reviews state, this is not it! In order for chocolate to be beneficial it must be a true dark chocolate with a minimum of 70% cacao(cocoa). Hersheys does not list the cacao percentage on these but their special dark (not "mildly sweet") is only 45%. Be informed, know what you are buying! Looking at the ingredients list, these have more sugar than actual chocolate!

KISSES SPECIAL DARK Mildly Sweet Chocolate Ingredients: SUGAR; CHOCOLATE; COCOA BUTTER; COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI; MILK FAT; LACTOSE; SOY LECITHIN; VANILLIN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR; MILK
4182848
It tastes like someone made chocolate milk, decided they wanted more, and instead of making more they just kept adding water.

It's like a watery chocolate milk. That said, it's tastes fine. Not bad, but not amazing. Probably wouldn't pick this up again, but if I saw it on a shelf at say a gas station I'd consider picking it up.

I accidentally bought this, btw. I didn't want 40, I wanted 1 pack of 10. So I had to find something to do with 40 yoohoos! Thankfully my friends like them. (I just wanted to try it, but ended up drinking probably close to 30 of em). Really good pricing on these. Really cheap to get 40 of em!
4230386
Tastes pretty good but has a fake sugar kind of taste to it. Worth a shot if you like mint and chocolate but don't expect it to taste like eating a Junior Mint.