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“We have all the competitors that everybody else does in the States,” say founder Robin Burnette. “We have all the grocery stores, Walmart. They’re selling chocolate bars. [But] in Canada they sell all Canadian chocolate bars. A majority of Canadians go south in the winter time, so we carry a lot of U.S. chocolate bars. We’ve got that chocolate bar that you like from the States that you found, and we also bring in the British chocolate and a lot of Dutch licorice.”

The Wonder Vault is a new introduction to the United State market, coinciding with the release of the Cinnamon Bun and Red Velvet flavors, which will join Oreo's permanent product lineup in the United States.

The two shows, run by the Retail Confectioners Association of Philadelphia (RCAP) and Urban Expositions respectively, operated independently while utilizing a single cohesive floor plan at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center.

What's next on store shelves? Snacks made with crickets, grass-fed everything, and protein where you least expect it.

With consumers growing increasingly worried about the potential detriments of eating too much sugar, the hunt is on for the best alternatives.

The Good Food Awards celebrate tasty, authentic and responsibly produced food.

The most expensive chocolates in the world are in Kazakhstan.

People don’t just buy sugar-free candy because of health conditions anymore. Instead, it stems from a growing awareness and desire to maintain a healthy diet.

Replacing corn syrup with tapioca syrup, brown rice syrup, oat syrup, or other grain syrup is not a simple task. Knowing the basics of corn syrup, what it’s contributing, and how it’s interacting with other ingredients is the key to understanding how to replace it.

More than 1,500 exhibitors from around 70 countries are expected to participate at this year’s ISM again, the world's most important trade fair for sweets and snacks held Jan. 31 to Feb. 3.