You know how Starbucks cafes are – they pop up on adjacent street corners, court one another, breed and multiply. You might drive or walk past a dozen of them during your daily commute to work. As if that weren’t enough, now Starbucks and Hershey’s are teaming up to offer coffee and chocolate flavored treats and confections, beginning this fall.
“Chocolate is the perfect complement to coffee and tea and has long been a part of the coffee-house experience. We are excited to bring premium chocolate inspired by Starbucks coffee and cafe flavors to Starbucks customers and chocolate lovers,” said Gerry Lopez, president of Starbucks Global Consumer Products Group, in a press release.
They’re starting with a premium hot chocolate, which should hit shelves sometime this fall. The two companies are also looking into creating chocolate bars, truffles and chocolate-covered coffee beans.
It was really only a matter of time before somebody came up with the idea of combining the efforts of the two companies. Coffee and chocolate belong together. Your mocha agrees.
Too bad both are fast food brands with no higher quality aspirations whatsoever.
August 20th, 2007 at 8:35 pmI’ve also seen Starbucks ice cream in stores, nut I haven’t tried it yet.
August 21st, 2007 at 11:34 pm