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13 hours ago

Why More Flavored KitKats Aren't Made In The US - Tasting Table

Different distributors and marketing strategies lead to a wide variety of KitKat flavors in Japan compared to the limited options in the U.S.
London food
fromTime Out New York
1 day ago

A celebrated British chocolatier just opened its first NYC location, with a second one already in the works

Chococo opens its flagship Chocolate House in New York City on May 2, offering a unique chocolate and cafe experience.
SF food
fromFood & Beverage Magazine
3 days ago

Sugar Factory's Rainbow Sliders: A Frozen Food Revolution

Sugar Factory launches retail division with Rainbow Sliders, offering visually appealing, protein-rich frozen sliders and collectible rubber ducks.
Silicon Valley food
fromTasting Table
1 week ago

Gumball Machines Used To Be The Forefront Of Every Grocery Store. Here's Why They Disappeared - Tasting Table

Gumball machines were once popular fixtures in stores but have largely disappeared due to changing shopping habits and cultural shifts.
#hershey
fromFortune
2 weeks ago
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Hershey is moving back to the original recipe for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups after the chocolate's grandson blasted them last month | Fortune

fromFortune
2 weeks ago
Food & drink

Hershey is moving back to the original recipe for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups after the chocolate's grandson blasted them last month | Fortune

Silicon Valley food
fromForbes
1 week ago

Why Hershey's Is Facing A PR Crisis

Hershey's decision to revert to classic recipes for Reese's was driven by public outrage sparked by a LinkedIn post from Brad Reese.
Silicon Valley food
fromTasting Table
1 week ago

Neither Hershey's Nor KitKat: This Is The Most Famous Chocolate Bar In The US - Tasting Table

The U.S. candy market is thriving, with Snickers leading in brand awareness among chocolate bars at 94% in 2025.
Cocktails
fromTasting Table
2 weeks ago

Review: Fanta's New Sour Cherry Is Giving Swedish Fish Vibes Instead Of Sour Patch Kids, And I'm Not Complaining - Tasting Table

Fanta originated during WWII as an alternative to Coke in Germany and has evolved into a popular beverage brand with diverse flavors.
fromTasting Table
2 weeks ago

The 6 Hands-Down Best Grocery Store Cupcakes, According To Customers - Tasting Table

Whole Foods' vegan vanilla cupcakes are praised for their fluffy and moist texture, making them a top choice for those seeking plant-based options. Customers enjoy the well-balanced frosting made with vegan cream cheese, which complements the cupcake perfectly.
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fromTasting Table
1 week ago

10 Starburst Flavors, Ranked Worst To Best - Tasting Table

Starburst offers a variety of chewy candy flavors, with rankings based on taste tests and personal preferences.
fromLos Angeles Times
2 weeks ago

Californian chocolate recalled for being spiked with Viagra ingredients

The FDA announced that the products contained undeclared prescription drug ingredients used to treat erectile dysfunction, specifically sildenafil and tadalafil, which could cause a 'life-threatening' drop in blood pressure when mixed with nitrates.
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#trader-joes
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fromTasting Table
1 week ago

I Tried 14 Chocolate Bars From Traders Joe's And Ranked Them Worst To Best - Tasting Table

Trader Joe's offers a diverse selection of chocolate bars, showcasing various origins and flavors, appealing to chocolate lovers with quality and affordability.
Silicon Valley food
fromTasting Table
1 week ago

I Tried 14 Chocolate Bars From Traders Joe's And Ranked Them Worst To Best - Tasting Table

Trader Joe's offers a diverse selection of chocolate bars, showcasing various origins and flavors, appealing to chocolate lovers with quality and affordability.
NYC food
fromTime Out New York
3 weeks ago

The oldest chocolatier in NYC just opened a permanent location inside this gourmet grocery store in Brooklyn Heights

Li-Lac Chocolates has opened a permanent location inside Sahadi's, combining two iconic New York food institutions.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Dangerously moreish': the best supermarket Easter eggs, tasted and rated

The best supermarket Easter eggs include Waitrose's dark chocolate orange egg, which is Fairtrade-certified and features a sophisticated 65% dark chocolate, flavored with aromatic Valencian orange oil.
Berlin food
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fromTasting Table
1 week ago

12 Rustic Bakery Snacks, Ranked - Tasting Table

Rustic Bakery offers a variety of gourmet snacks, including flatbreads and cookies, with a focus on flavor and presentation for entertaining.
fromKotaku
2 weeks ago

Hershey Reverses Chocolate Changes After Reese's Grandson Calls Them Out

Brad Reese expressed his disappointment over Hershey's decision to replace milk chocolate with 'compound coatings' and real peanut butter with 'peanut-butter-style crème' in various products, leading to widespread public outcry.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Magnum ad pumping out chocolate scent at busy London station changed after complaints

A scent-emitting Magnum ice cream advertisement at London's St Pancras station was modified after complaints from passengers and staff about the artificial chocolate smell causing nausea.
fromTasting Table
4 weeks ago

11 Chocolate Eggs To Add To Your Easter Basket, And 4 To Skip - Tasting Table

Reese's Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Crème Eggs offer the same chocolate and peanut butter combination as other Reese's offerings. The chocolate and PB are flavorful, with an emphasis on the soft peanut butter-filled center. These are a good pick if you want something more peanut buttery than chocolatey, with colorful wrappers that are eye-catching and ideal for setting out Easter candies.
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#reeses
fromFortune
1 month ago
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You're not imagining that Reese's Peanut Butter Cup tasting different. Just ask the inventor's grandson | Fortune

fromFortune
1 month ago
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You're not imagining that Reese's Peanut Butter Cup tasting different. Just ask the inventor's grandson | Fortune

fromTasting Table
1 month ago

12 Grocery Store Bakery Donuts, Ranked From Worst To Best - Tasting Table

The scent of freshly baked bread forever hangs in the air, always the first thing to catch our attention. Meanwhile, colorful cakes, pies, and other confections sit on display, with glossy toppings and carefully piped decorations that are nearly impossible to bypass.
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fromPage Six
4 weeks ago

Exclusive | 'Excited' Melissa Gorga is expanding her growing cookie empire to NYC

Melissa Gorga expands her cookie brand, Let's Sprinkle by MG, into New York City with Morton Williams grocery stores.
Arts
fromTime Out New York
1 month ago

This New York confectionary is selling cotton candy recreations of Pizza Rat

Fluffy Algodón transforms cotton candy into intricate artistic sculptures of popular characters, combining nostalgia with creative craftsmanship as a unique confectionery medium.
fromTasting Table
2 months ago

A Nearly 100-Year-Old Chicago Candy Company Files For Bankruptcy After Staggering Debt - Tasting Table

For nearly a century, Primrose Candy Company has produced a wide variety of sweets in Chicago, Illinois. Unfortunately, the company is currently facing financial uncertainty after the loss of two of its major contracts, as well as recently establishing a settlement fund in response to a biometric privacy lawsuit. These contracts amounted to approximately $1 million in annual revenue, and the settlement fund sapped an additional $125,000.
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Cocktails
fromTasting Table
1 month ago

I Tried Cocktail Cherries From 8 Brands And Ranked Them - Tasting Table

Cocktail cherries vary significantly in flavor profile and accessibility, ranging from approachable options suitable for novices to bold, complex varieties for enthusiasts.
#valentines-day
London food
fromTime Out London
1 month ago

Lindt is opening a luxurious new chocolate shop in east London

Lindt & Sprüngli opens a second London chocolate boutique in Westfield Stratford on March 20, featuring 35 exclusive chocolate varieties, a chocolate bar, and personalized gifting services.
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

The candy heir vs. chocolate skimpflation

Brad Reese bought a bag of Reese's Mini Hearts and realized those little hearts weren't made with the classic combo of milk chocolate and peanut butter that Reese's is known for. Instead, these mini hearts were made with "chocolate candy" and "peanut butter creme," cheaper concoctions that he felt were far inferior to the real deal.
US news
fromTasting Table
2 months ago

Arsenic Detected In Almost 30 Popular Candies Ahead Of Valentine's Day - Tasting Table

If you haven't yet bought candy for Valentine's Day, you might want to hold off. The Florida Department of Health has announced that certain candies tested as part of the state's new Healthy Florida First initiative were determined to have elevated levels of heavy metals. Forty-six types of candies from 10 different well-known brands were determined to have higher-than-safe levels of mercury, arsenic, cadmium, or lead.
Public health
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fromTasting Table
1 month ago

This Affordable Dollar Tree Dupe Might Remind '90s Kids Of A Popular Sour Candy - Tasting Table

Dollar Tree's Sour Dudes candy offers superior value and comparable or better quality than the more expensive Airhead Xtremes sour belts.
#layoffs
fromTasting Table
1 month ago

The Staggering Number Of Brands Owned By Hershey - Tasting Table

Founded in 1894 by Milton Hershey, The Hershey Company owns many more brands than just its signature chocolate bar brand, and Heshey is the brand of chocolate most eaten in the United States. The chocolate and candy company began with selling a simple bar of milk chocolate, followed a few years later by foil-wrapped dollops of chocolates, and then almost two decades later came the debut of the peanut-studded Mr. Goodbar.
Silicon Valley food
fromTasting Table
2 months ago

The Best Store-Bought Cherry Pie Filling Brand Might Surprise You - Tasting Table

Not only do you avoid the tedious task of pitting fresh cherries, but store-bought brands offer the perfect ratio of color, sweetness, and jelly filling to prevent soaking through your bottom crust - without any of the measuring and guesswork required. When we tried eight different canned cherry pie fillings, there was one brand that stood out from all the rest: Great Value.
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fromTasting Table
2 months ago

13 New Treats To Get At Target In February (Perfect To Share With Your Valentine) - Tasting Table

Target introduces seasonal snacks and promotions in February, featuring holiday-themed items and year-round treats for occasions like Valentine's Day, Lunar New Year, and Super Bowl.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

I took two bites and had to spit it out': candy makers are phasing out real cocoa in chocolate

I took two bites and I had to spit it out, Reese says. I've never had that happen to me, ever, in the 70 years of my life. There was no taste. It was inedible. Reese took a closer look at the packaging, specifically the ingredients. He noticed that instead of milk chocolate, the mini hearts were covered in a chocolate-flavored coating that was mostly sugar and vegetable oil; the list of ingredients contained a disclaimer that the candy contained less than 2% cocoa.
Silicon Valley food
fromTasting Table
1 month ago

The Best International Delight Coffee Creamer Is Inspired By A Popular Candy Bar - Tasting Table

International Delight's Almond Joy Coffee Creamer blends together the tastes of coconut, milk chocolate, and toasted almonds. The result is a well balanced, coconut-forward creamer with the perfect amount of toasty nuttiness. The chocolate isn't overwhelming in the slightest - in fact, our tester could barely pick up on it, which was actually appreciated.
Coffee
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fromTasting Table
1 month ago

Aldi's Frozen Italian Treats Are Worth The Splurge - Tasting Table

Aldi's Sundae Shop pistachio gelato cups and Specially Selected tiramisu are highly praised Italian desserts offering exceptional quality at budget-friendly prices under four dollars.
Berlin food
fromTasting Table
1 month ago

6 Grocery Store-Brand Brownies, Ranked From Worst To Best - Tasting Table

Supermarket brownies vary significantly in quality; the best ones have chewy exteriors, gooey interiors, and complex chocolate flavor with hints of salt, acid, and bitterness.
fromTasting Table
2 months ago

5 International Delight Coffee Creamers, Ranked - Tasting Table

If you're a coffee drinker, then you know how much fun it can be to venture to one of your favorite coffee shops to order a special coffee beverage you can't make at home. Unfortunately, that's an expensive habit to keep up every day, which is why it's nice to have the ingredients you need to make flavorful coffee at home.
Coffee
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fromTasting Table
2 months ago

The Murky History Behind Your Favorite Valentine's Chocolate Brands - Tasting Table

Russell Stover and Whitman's have operated under the same ownership since 1993, later becoming part of Lindt in 2014.
Food & drink
fromTasting Table
2 months ago

This Sockerbit Swedish Candy At Target Easily Earns The Crown For Best - Tasting Table

Sockerbit's Sour Gummy Mix is the standout Sockerbit offering at Target, delivering varied shapes, balanced sour-to-sweet flavors, and repeatable appeal.
fromTasting Table
2 months ago

Here's The Best Protein Bar Brand On Store Shelves - It Tastes Like Candy - Tasting Table

Fulfil took the top spot in Tasting Table's rankings of protein bar brands, for its chocolate-forward flavors and protein content, boasting at least 15 grams per serving. With a dessert-inspired tastes, these bars resemble a sweet treat while still delivering on the nutrients. Tasting Table's rankings highlight the triple chocolate and chocolate salted caramel flavors but other options also include chocolate hazelnut, chocolate peanut caramel, and chocolate peanut butter with Reese's flavor.
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#aldi
fromTasting Table
2 months ago

It's Not Just Meat And Eggs: This Sweet Grocery Staple Is Costing You Way More Now - Tasting Table

A sharp increase in grocery bills arrived soon after the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020. As supply chains all around the world were suddenly disrupted, the cost of pantry and fridge staples noticeably increased. But once the pandemic was over, prices kept climbing, resulting in a sharp and rapid inflation, the likes of which we haven't seen in half a century.
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fromEntrepreneur
1 month ago

Grandson of Reese's Inventor Says the Candy Is Now 'Not Edible'

Brad Reese used to eat a Reese's product every day. Not anymore. The 70-year-old grandson of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups inventor H.B. Reese wrote a scathing open letter to Hershey accusing the candy giant of replacing milk chocolate with compound coatings and peanut butter with peanut crème in multiple products. He recently threw out a bag of Reese's Mini Hearts. "It was not edible," he told the Associated Press.
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fromWIRED
2 months ago

Chocolate Is Too Expensive Not to Be Perfect. Here Is the Best

A chocolate box is not a substitute for true love. But sometimes it's close enough. The best chocolate boxes can offer all the complexity and intensity of a brief love affair, and more variety than some lives. Sometimes, only the best will do. And these days, the best chocolates in existence are a mere mouse-click away, able to be ordered online and sent to your favorite human being on earth (even if it's you).
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#laderach
fromTasting Table
2 months ago

Review: Sparkling Ice's Life Savers Flavors Don't Quite Hit That Nostalgic Candy Spot - Tasting Table

Kaleidoscopic seems a fitting word to describe the assemblage of drinks curated by Sparkling Ice. The brand has some serious range. Each vibrant flavor of sparkling water is denoted by its trademarked fruit-caught-in-an-ice-cube imagery, spanning from obligatory classics like fruit punch and lemonade to more creative combos like grape raspberry and ginger lime. It makes for a colorful grocery store display and happy customers who can always find a flavor that suits their taste buds.
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fromTasting Table
2 months ago

I Tried All Of Crumbl's Classic Flavors And Ranked Them Worst To Best - Tasting Table

Crumbl added a seven-flavor Classics Menu available daily, but cookie flavor balance and quality vary widely across flavors and franchise locations.
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fromTasting Table
2 months ago

The Worst Store-Bought Chocolate-Covered Fruit We Tried Belongs To A Top Brand - Tasting Table

TruFru's Nature's Bananas with peanut butter and dark chocolate has dry, bitter flavor and unpleasant texture, making it inferior to other frozen chocolate fruit options.
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months ago

What we're into: whimsical gourmet chocolates at Butter, Love & Hardwork's West Hollywood residency

Chocolate artist Chris Ford's whimsical creations - once available exclusively online and to celebrities - are now accessible at his West Hollywood pop-up shop. The Butter, Love & Hardwork space features themed, seasonal chocolate designs inspired by holidays and special occasions, from Valentine's roses to Easter eggs. Beyond chocolates, the shop now offers pastries, coffee drinks and a chocolate vending machine, with plans for a dessert tasting menu.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Is rich, luscious Dubai chocolate here to stay?

Dubai-style chocolate and pistachio-chocolate confections are becoming mainstream, driving strong local sales and appearing in national retail and marketing channels.
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fromTasting Table
2 months ago

These 3-Ingredient Chocolate Covered Cherries Will Make Your Valentine Swoon - Tasting Table

Three-ingredient chocolate-covered cherries—fresh cherries, melted dark chocolate, and chopped hazelnuts—create an affordable, no-bake, homemade Valentine’s Day treat with rich flavor and texture.
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fromMedium
5 years ago

My Love Affair With Ruby Chocolate

Discovery of ruby chocolate provided simple pleasure alongside a stable, fulfilling relationship during the pandemic.
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fromDaily News
2 months ago

5 places in LA County to get locally made chocolate for Valentine's Day

Los Angeles has a growing craft-chocolate scene offering locally sourced, story-driven, high-quality chocolates as elevated gifts for Valentine's Day.
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fromTasting Table
2 months ago

The Easiest Boozy Candy To DIY Is Equal Parts Chic And Playful - Tasting Table

Freezing gummy bears after soaking them in prosecco creates frosted, boozy candies with a firmer exterior, slushie-like interior, enhanced flavor, and increased size.
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