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This could be my last candy column ever — so I can write whatever the heck I want. Hmmm.

Discussions about kids and candy have typically taken a cautious, defensive stance lately. They shouldn't.

On the surface the idea that Mexico would be worried about chewing gum inappropriately discarded on the streets is kind of absurd.

I only two choices, the Kirkland private-label brand and a Belgian chocolate brand. I opted for the Kirkland box.

The thing about covering a beer and chocolate tasting is that everyone you tell about the event is automatically jealous and assumes that all you do every day at work is get liquored up and eat sugar.

Not only did Sandy wreck havoc with families living on the Rockaway Peninsula, it did its best to shatter dreams, particularly family-run businesses.

Regardless of who won what, one thing is clear — candidates had vast amounts of data at their disposal like no other time in history.

Editor-in-Chief Bernie Pacyniak fights back against attacks on treats this Halloween

As a certified candy journalist, I’m almost ashamed to admit that it took me nearly two years to visit Hershey, Pa. But not only was it all I hoped it would be, I think it’s also all Milton Hershey hoped it would be.

Current crop numbers show a two million metric ton gap in the amount of sustainable cocoa needed by 2020 and the amount currently produced.