Exhibit

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (File No. 333‑205269, File No. 333-174123, File No. 333-143764, File No. 333-107706, File No. 333-72112, File No. 333-72100, File No. 333-52509, and File No. 333-25853) on Forms S-3 and S-8 of The Hershey Company of our report dated February 21, 2017, except for the classification adjustments to the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows related to the adoption of Accounting Standards Update 2016-09, Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting, described in Note 1, as to which the date is February 27, 2018, with respect to the consolidated balance sheet of The Hershey Company and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2016, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, cash flows, and stockholders’ equity for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2016, and the related financial statement schedule, which report appears in the December 31, 2017 Annual Report on Form 10‑K of The Hershey Company.