Hershey Debuts Snack Bites And Mixes

HERSHEY, PA -- Hershey's is appealing to snack lovers with bite-size versions of its popular confections and snack mixes.

Hershey's 2.5-oz. Snack Bites are small clusters of milk chocolate and almond. Also new is 2-oz. Hershey's Snack Mix, featuring mini milk chocolate bars, roasted salted almonds and pretzel bites.

Rounding out the new sweet-and-salty innovations are 2-oz. Reeses's Snack Mix -- combining Reeses's Peanut Butter Cups and Pieces candy, roasted salted peanuts and mini pretzels -- and 2.5-oz. Payday Snack Bites featuring peanut and caramel clusters.

All new items come in slim, vend-friendly tube bags. They hit the market on Jan. 8.

MIXING IT UP:Hershey's Alan Krenz (left) hosts sample session of new "Bites" and snack mixes for Mary and Joe Urbanek of JU Vending (Columbia, SC) during Atlantic Coast Exposition in Myrtle Beach, SC.