Hershey Chocolate Magic Maker

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000083JU1
• Our recommended age: 6 - 10 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #162,400 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #74 in Toys & Games > Pretend Play > Kitchen Toys > Real-Food Appliances
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Chocolate is one of the favorite foods for adults and children. We have the number one brand in Hershey now available in a maker. Create magic as you transform chocolate chips, ( Not Supplied), into different designs including Teddy Bear, Flower, Foot, Musical Note, Star, Heart, Coin, Butterfly, Car, Shell, Sun, turtle, fish, baseball glove, clown, globe. Also includes 4 reusable popsicle sticks. Great for a party, rainy day activity, or anytime you want to impress your friends. requires 4 D cell batteries.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

45 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What's everyone complaining about? I LIKE it!, March 21, 2005

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J. Simmons (Hamilton, nj United States) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Hershey Chocolate Magic Maker (Toy)

We just bought this for our 7 year old girl. Our 5 year old girl and our 8 year old boy just love it also! I wasn't sure what to expect since it seemed to have mixed reviews. It might take a while to heat up and properly melt the chocolate, but none of my kids are complaining. I find that if you let it heat the chocolate for 5 or 6 minutes instead of the 3 minutes recommended, it melts to a much softer consistency and works better. The molds produce perfect little chocolates everytime. Once one mold of four chocolates is poured, the kids put it in the freezer. By time the next mold is poured, they are getting the first one out of the freezer and chowing down!

As far as the complaints I've seen here on Amazon, most of them don't seem valid from my experience:

a)We have used this at least 4 times already for a total of about 16 to 18 molds and the batteries still seem to be going strong (others said the batteries died after one use)

b) Cleaning is not a big problem. People have made a big deal over needing to use a philips head scredriver -- so get out a little screwdriver and take the plunger tube out and clean it. I find that a little HOT water cleans the molds and plunger and tube in a little under 2 minutes. Add another 30 to 45 seconds for re-assembling it and your done!

c) Who said it is unsanitary and can only be used once because it can't be cleaned??? See "B" above.

d) As far as just melting chocolate over the stove and pouring into the molds instead, ask your kids which is more fun -- Chocolate Magic wins hands down! Let them have a little fun and think they are making chocolate will ya?

e) As far as the kids that used it once and no more -- I guess they don't have much attention span or imagination and I doubt they stay interested in much for too long a time if they tired so quickly at having thier own chocolate factory!

Bottom line: for this price, go for it and the kids SHOULD have fun with it. Take a few minutes to clean it, help the kids if they need it and enjoy the treats!

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun & Easy to Make Chocolate Candies!, December 2, 2004

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G. Brown "SAHM to 2 girls" (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Hershey Chocolate Magic Maker (Toy)

My daughters, ages 4 and 7 have had this machine for over a year. We have made lots of chocolate candies with it. They both can use the machine and have helped in the clean up. My daughters have made chocolate lollipops with it too. It is a fun toy to get them acquainted with the kitchen. We have not had one single problem with it. In fact, my daughters love this so much we can't keep chocolate chips in the house. LOL!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not as bad as all that!, January 20, 2004

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Sarah (Richmond, VA United States) - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Hershey Chocolate Magic Maker (Toy)

This has ended up being fun for my 5 year old, but it requires some work on my part. There is some warm up time for the melter (8 min) and I wait 5 minutes (instead of 3) after I add the chocolate chips before pushing into the molds. This is no big deal- children should learn to be patient and wait for the payoff. The chocolates actually come out pretty. We made four molds worth (16 candies)fairly quickly. Two things would have made it better: having it plug in instead of using batteries, and having the plunger part come out for cleaning without having to unscrew it from the base. You have to use a phillips screwdriver to remove that part of the unit for cleaning. So it requires some work but my daughter really liked it and we gave the candies to Grandma as a gift.