Milk Chocolate Chip Pecan Pound Cake Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 cups HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate Chips (11.5 oz pkg.), divided
• 1 cup butter or margarine (2 sticks), softened
• 1-1/4 cups granulated sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• dash salt
• 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk*
• 3/4 cup HERSHEY'S Syrup
• 2 tsps vanilla extract
• 1 cup pecans chopped
• powdered sugar (optional)