Hershey's is odd, but humans eat plenty of foods that taste or smell strange. Some of those are even considered delicacies. The biggest factor to if one likes them is growing up with it, but of course liking them is not a given.
(German) I didn't grow up with Hershey's but when I tried it, the traditional spoiled milk substance in it tasted like honey to me. And later I read that the substance is indeed found in honey. The honey taste is alright, it's a nice variety on chocolate taste. It's the rest of it that I find slightly subpar for the price - not terrible though. Maybe they sell a different recipe here.
So it's not just me! It's weird though, because I can still eat it no problem. One of those weird things like cheese where it smelling bad doesn't make it unappetizing.
You're talking to a man that loves him some natto and when I can get my hands on it: durian. Both can clear a room.
I can pretty much eat anything. But, I couldn't even get down one bite of stinky tofu when I was in Taiwan. It tastes exactly like it smells. Still waiting to try some surstromming.
In my limited experience surströmming doesn’t taste as bad as it smells (it smells pretty bad). But, it doesn’t actually compensate by tasting good either. So I never saw any point eating it beyond the first try.
Don't know if it will help you but I think the same thing of durian. It smells like rotten food and tastes like rotten food.
I think people have varying degree of sensitivity to the various compounds in the food and that another significant part of it is also linked to what you were exposed to while growing up and the association you made.
I eat it sometimes, but will never choose it if I have an option.
But yeah, for years now, I've been like, uh, people, this literally smells like dog poop, right? Does nobody notice this except me? A few years ago again mystified I googled it and found the butyric acid acid thing. Apparently people more often say "vomit" but to me it's definitely dog poop. SO WEIRD that now this scent/flavor has apparently become well-liked, that other chocolate manufacturers do it on purpose? Just weird. But yeah, people like what they like.
