"Freedom From Want" by Norman Rockwell

Feb 3, 2022

Hershey's "Perfectly Chocolate" Chocolate Frosting

 This is from the back of a Hershey's cocoa box.

Hershey's "Perfectly Chocolate" Chocolate Frosting


1/2 cup (1 stick) butter

2/3 cup Hershey's cocoa

3 cups powedered sugar

1/3 cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla


Melt butter. Stir in cocoa. Alternately add powder sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency. Add small amount of additional milk, if needed. Stir in vanilla. Makes about 2 cups of frosting.

Hershey's Lickety-Split Chocolate Frosting

This is a recipe from the back of a Hershey's cocoa box from a million years ago, maybe as many as 40 years ago when I was a young wife and mother.

 Hershey's Likety-Split Chocolate Frosting

3 cups powdered sugar

1/2 cup cocoa

1/8 teaspoon salt

6 Tablespoons milk

2 teaspoons vanilla

1/3 cup butter, softened


Combine sugar, cocoa and salt in a large mixing bowl. Add milk and vanilla. Mix well until smooth.  Add butter and beat until spreading consistency. 

Makes about 2 cups frosting enough for an 8"-9" layer cake.