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Askinosie Chocolate did the impossible — handcraft a bar made from dark chocolate blended with real peanut butter.

For the second time this month, BBX Sweet Holdings has announced it is acquiring a confectionery company.

September ended on a decadent note in Los Angeles as the city hosted the 8th Annual Los Angeles Chocolate Salon on September 27. The event featured an award competition to honor top chocolatiers.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Cargill are investing $2.5 million to strengthen and expand the successful Cargill Coop Academy in Cote d'Ivoire.

Ferrara Candy Co. announced another closure last month, this time affecting its Chattanooga location.

M&M’S celebrated Thursday with a throwback: M&M’S Crispy Milk Chocolate Candies. The brand announced the popular product will return to shelves in January after a 10-year hiatus.

Princesses are making candy even sweeter as CandyRific’s bestselling Disney item.

Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.-based BBX Sweet Holdings has acquired premium confections company Anastasia Confections, Inc.

Unlike that classic and ever-reoccurring novelty song “Yes! We have no bananas,” the American Association of Candy Technologists (AACT)’s seventh annual Iron Confectioner competition did. And then some.