However, after 1997, the full-sized bars were discontinued, leaving fans with no choice but to stock up on Hershey's Miniatures at Halloween or to hope that a generous parent might buy a pack.

The recognition, as several contributors point out, is long overdue. Hershey, who died in 1997 at the age of 88, is best known as one of the three founders of the 'phage group'. He shared the ...