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"We decided to celebrate weird, honor awesome and spread ridiculousness," says Charlie Callahan, Periscope’s executive creative director

Eighteen finalists for the first-ever Chocolate and Dessert Innovation (CADI) Awards have been announced.

Hillside Candy LLC closed its plant for a day, and let all the employees step away from the office so they could volunteer at the Community Food Bank of New Jersey last week.

General Mills has announced a commitment to sustainably source 100 percent of its 10 priority ingredients by 2020, including cocoa, sugar and other ingredients.

"Most chocolate stores sell chocolate, but Chocolate Works is unique in that customers can see the process from beginning to end, even participate in it, and then get to eat it!" says Rhonda Daniels, co-owner.

What happens when you put a bunch of confectionery buyers in a small back room and ask them about the candy industry?

Show highlights packaging with a feminine mystique, beverage industry-inspired flavors, “contemporized” brand campaigns and “noncommittal” snacking options.

Each of their more than 600 stores features a huge selection of surprisingly fun treats. Tucked below the register, piled high on a display table and stacked on shelves all over the store.

How does maple pecan buttercrunch with bacon and more pecans drizzled with milk chocolate sound?

Strawberries, for instance, are 80 to 90 percent of the confection, which means less chocolate and no sugar added.