 The Hershey brothers , Jacob , Isaac , John , Paris , and Eli , founded Hershey Creamery Company in 1894 , with the company originally operating out of the Hershey family 's Lancaster County farmhouse . The ice cream was packed in metal @-@ lined wooden containers that the Hershey brothers designed and built . The containers were loaded into trucks with ice packed around them to keep the ice cream fresh and cold . Salesmen traveled daily routes to deliver product to customers in the county and in surrounding areas . 
