Do you know where the name of these delicious pieces of chocolate with a distinctive shape comes from? The Hershey's Kisses are called so because the machine that produces them looks like it is kissing the conveyor belt in the process. The kisses were introduced back in 1907 and come in a variety of flavours - Milk Chocolate, Chocolate Mint, Dulce de Leche, Peanut butter, Caramel, etc.