“Candy
kisses wrapped in paper mean more to you than any of mine
Candy
kisses wrapped in paper you’d rather have them any old time
You
don’t mean it when you whisper those sweet love words in my ear
Candy
kisses wrapped in paper mean more to you than mine do dear…”
~ “Candy
Kisses”
~written & recorded by
American
country crooner George Morgan
~ 1949
~ recorded by Tony Bennett
~ 1961
Where
else in the world would street lamps be topped with candy kisses than “the
sweetest place on Earth” – Hershey, Pennsylvania!
Chocolate
Avenue, which runs past the original Hershey’s Chocolate Factory and is considered to
be the main street of the town, is known for its street lamps that are shaped
like Hershey Kisses. These unique lamps were first erected in 1963. Some of the
kisses are shown as being wrapped, and some as unwrapped, alternating between
these two designs. These lamps can also be found on Park Avenue.
Chocolate
Avenue was one of the first two streets built in the town of Hershey by Milton
Hershey (1857-1945) when he built up the town for his chocolate empire; the other was Cocoa
Avenue. The name of the street was picked by Milton Hershey himself. He picked
names for many streets in the town that related to chocolate.
I
shot this on a recent autumn jaunt to Hershey from the passenger seat of a moving car,
as there was no parking on the street. If you’re going to hang out of a car
window taking pictures, what better place to do so than the sweetest place on
Earth!
