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Heather Johnston always imagined she’d find a career that involved helping people. It’s just that she originally thought she’d be doing it in a hospital instead of a chocolate shop.

Life in the kitchen is tough, and if 17 years in the culinary industry has taught chef-turned-chocolatier Uzma Sharif anything, it’s that being even tougher is key.

It’s no secret that Chicago has a long history of great candy makers, but these days it’s the artisians making their mark on the city, and even the country.

Iillian and Addie McLaughlin are a new kind of candy celebrity.

As far as flavors go, it’s all about hitting it off with consumers.

The Conbar system represents a complete production line for products made of fat materials, soft- and hardboiled sugars, aerated fat and sugar materials and a variety of mixtures with nuts, fruits or cereals.

Natasha’s Just Brittle started seven years ago, back in 2007, as a learning activity — literally.

Husband-and-wife team detail their visit to two successful Luker Cacao projects.

The “snackification” of consumers’ lives means that now, more than ever, people want to munch on something that’s easy to eat on the go.

Good food matters. That’s what Keith Hoelzeman and Jamie Walden thought when they started Treatsie.