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Renewed focus on accessible gifting, along with consumers turning to chocolate to lift their spirits and cheer up loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic, has buoyed the truffles, pralines, filled chocolates category.

Just Born Quality Confections reports its August 2020 donation of $100,000 has provided more than one million meals to nearly 16,000 families throughout the Lehigh Valley.

Led by Octagon Capital Holdings, 900 Chocolate Investors and the company's founders, funds will be used for marketing initiatives to support the company's growing retail footprint, campaigns to bolster upcoming product launches and expansion of the company's production facility.

Mars Wrigley has awarded the Forrest E. Mars, Jr. Chocolate History Research Grant to 10 educational and cultural institutions across the United States.

Mars Wrigley's Skittles brand will unveil the first "Gummi Sanctuary," which will playfully provide refuge to all gummy animals and help keep them from ending up in a candy bowl — or worse.

Candy lovers and music fans alike can craft unique beats with the SweetBEATS online music mixer, and legendary hit-maker Christina Aguilera will help bring the whole thing to life.

Just in time for National Gummi Day on July 15, candy lovers can enter for a chance to win by submitting a selfie of themselves with a pack of any variety of Original Gummi FunMix.