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When I had the chance to break bread with Patrick Huffman, we talked. And talked. This year's 68th Kettle Award recipient is a great storyteller.

The makers of Yowie, the Australian chocolate with a toy inside, have brought a lawsuit against Candy Treasure, the makers of the American Choco Treasure chocolate eggs with the toy inside.

Deal part of the company’s plans to continue growing and strengthening its national distribution network. The purchase price was not disclosed.

San Juan de Cheni had been devastated by years of guerilla warfare, and was attempting to rebuild with cocoa farming.

Sheila G. Mains is slated to appear as a special guest mentor to the aspiring entrepreneurs.

It’s about one year since Unreal candy hit store shelves, and in that time the company has come to learn a few things about what consumers want. And now they’re responding with some big changes.

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

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

When Jason Darling first got into the candy business, people kept thinking he was a drug dealer. Seriously.

“The husband and wives are going to do a $40 box of chocolates and flowers,” explains Rob Auerbach . “We’re going more for the impulse purchase. The ‘I’m going to get my professor in college this, or my neighbor or my friend that. It’s not the heavy-duty romantic.”