Another economic decision, cocoa butter — the ingredient famous for giving chocolate its creamy, melt-in-your-mouth texture has been replaced with vegetable oil. 
The FDA definition of milk chocolate requires cocoa butter, so changes have appeared on the labels of the Hershey’s products that have vegetable oil and now say “chocolate candy,” “made with chocolate” or “chocolatey.” Consumers didn’t like the new ingredient in Almond Joy, so the cocoa butter came back in that product, and there are some products that still have cocoa butter and one small bit of information is that it doesn’t raise cholesterol levels.
There are oils available which are equal to or better than cocoa butter in taste, according to the article, but I guess even our chocolate will never be the same, but the FDA said it was ok. BD 
What’s going on here? On Friday, TODAY consumer correspondent Janice Lieberman reported that Hershey’s has switched to less expensive ingredients in several of its products. In particular, cocoa butter — the ingredient famous for giving chocolate its creamy, melt-in-your-mouth texture — has been replaced with vegetable oil.
The removal of cocoa butter violates the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s definition of milk chocolate, so subtle changes have appeared on the labels of the Hershey’s products with altered recipes. Products once labeled “milk chocolate” now say “chocolate candy,” “made with chocolate” or “chocolatey.”
Whatchamacallit, Milk Duds, Mr. Goodbar and Krackel no longer have milk chocolate coatings, and Hershey’s Kissables are now labeled “chocolate candy” instead of “milk chocolate.”
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