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Gum and candy, it turns out, are a lot like love and marriage — you can’t have one without the other. At least that seems to be what Mondelez International thinks.

Beer? Good. Chocolate? Great. Beer and chocolate? Awesome!

As difficult as it may be to turn out product under such pressure, fine chocolatiers are hard pressed to say no when a large portion of their yearly sales are made between the months of October and December

ConAgra is excited to see the potential from its biggest private label acquisition come to fruition.

Visions of sugar plums and other candies are apparently filling the snack aisle this holiday season.

Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt of a presentation to be given by Allan Aasted, ceo of Aasted, at ZDs’s Chocotech 2012 seminar in Cologne, Germany in December.

Four nominees for Candy Industry’s 2013 Kettle Award were selected by the magazine’s Kettle Committee.

The money will fund more than just farmers looking to improve their yields. It's slated to help eliminate child labor, promote gender equality, market cocoa farming as an attractive profession, and even protect the eco systems where cocoa is grown.

Joseph Dutra, the owner of Kimmie Candy, had the idea of inviting his local congressman to come see his Reno, Nev.-based factory, and then using the time to discuss the 2012 Farm Bill.