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The colorful candy hearts are back on shelves after a yearlong hiatus, though in limited quantities. News reports also indicate they have fewer messages and a slightly different taste.

Taste of Nature, Inc., maker of Cookie Dough Bites, is shipping new flavors of the shelf-stable Doughlish Edible Cookie Dough.

The new chocolate correlates with the growing demand for plant-based products, particularly among Millennials and Generation Z consumers.

Organizers for ISM, the largest trade show for sweets and snacks, have announced the top innovations displayed in this year's New Product Showcase.

Patrick Poirrier, CEO of the family-owned chocolate manufacturer CÉMOI, is the first French person to receive the ISM Award, presented Feb. 2 during the 50th edition of ISM.

Two weeks after Mars Wrigley set a Guinness World Record with a 4,700-lb. Snickers bar, The Hershey Co. revealed a 5,943-lb. Reese’s Take 5 bar on Jan. 31 at Hershey’s Chocolate World in Hershey, Pa.

Howard W. Wirth, cofounder of the Wirth-Daniels candy brokerage firm, passed away Dec. 1, 2019. He was 91.

It looks like the UK is going to leave CBD products on the shelf — for now. The Cannabis Trade Association is hoping to keep it that way.

ISM officials say preparations for the fair are continuing as planned amid growing concern over the spread of coronavirus in China and beyond.