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Anyone craving some gourmet chocolate and peanut butter now just needs to hope for a layover or a final destination in San Diego.

Ghirardelli has created two new filled chocolate flavors: Mint Cookie and Toffee Crunch.

No better way to celebrate 50 years of doing business than to close the deal on a new 12,500-sq.-ft. building, which will house a retail shop and manufacturing facility. The Waterbury, Conn.-based, family-owned business, which was started by John and Helen Fascia, both of who remain involved in the business, finalized the purchase of a new building on July 12

There's something for the to say for the power of candy. It can heal a broken a heart and put a smile on your face. But what if it could also make you healthier?

Even though gum and mint sales have declined in recent months, creative pushes are coming from both market to keep customers cool, calm and collectively chewing.

Confectionery retail volume sales in Vietnam are projected to rise by 7 percent in 2012, with retail value sales totaling $298 million. Higher purchase power is helping drive the consumption of chocolate among middle-class consumers, especially in Vietnam’s largest cities.

With summer only a few months away, nostalgic foods and drinks immediately come to mind. Refreshing cola cools you down, tangy lemonade calms the mind after a long day and watermelon with a punch of sweetness energizes you throughout the long afternoons.

Dark Chocolate Coconut, Dark Chocolate Peanut and Dark Chocolate Crunch – despite the decadent confections you’re probably imagining right now, these are the names of the new nutrition bars from Balance Bar’s Dark line.

In the past, private-label candy usually meant confections that didn’t have a national branded presence, like orange slices, ball gums, starlight mints, gummi bears and circus peanuts.

Current Euromonitor International projects peg Mexico’s retail confectionery sales at $5.4 billion in 2017, more than a billion dollars gain since 2012. This represents the sixth best retail market for global confectionery sales. It also places Mexico second, exceeded only by Brazil, within Latin America.