The end is nigh for the Snickers bar as we know it.
Delivering flowers for Valentine's Day isn't easy in Canada's Arctic north. CBC reports.
"The cupcakes are a great choice if you're preparing for a TV viewing party with your girlfriends," Sutter tells PEOPLE
Traveling to beautiful places is already sweet, but the journeys can get decadent if you succumb to the power of chocolate.
The 650 guests will enjoy canapés, champagne - and two wedding cakes
The Hershey Company says it is raising wholesale prices by 9.7% on most of its candy products.
Incontinence can happen to anyone, although it's more common in women than in men.
⢠Eva Longoria and rumored beau Eduardo Cruz stopped into Koi Los Angeles for a flourless molten chocolate volcano cake. But the hottest thing at the table was Cruz's obvious affection for the Desperate Housewives star. He couldn't keep his eyes off her, and the two got cozy as they enjoyed their chocolate treat on the back patio.
Their jobs may not be the most common in the world, but they are certainly some of the most interesting. Meet 10 people with unusual positions that might make the rest of the workforce a wee bit envious:
In honor of the Best Picture nominee, Cheryl Cecchetto whips up a sweet drink to make at your own Oscar party
True love may be priceless, but does that mean we should pay through the nose for fine chocolate on Valentine's Day- or any day?
The Jersey Shore star had a romantic dinner at Benjamin Steakhouse, known for its sweet and savory treat
If your child has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), it's not because he or she played too many video games, logged multiple hours of TV viewing, or ate the wrong kinds of foods. In fact, researchers think the cause of ADHD is largely genetic. But it is tempting to look for dietary factors that could be making symptoms worse.
Mars Inc. -- maker of M&M's, Snickers and Twix -- and its research partners Wednesday released a preliminary genome sequence for cacao, the tree that ultimately brings us chocolate.
Permission granted: You can officially stop feeling guilty about those little "bad-for-you" habits you can't seem to break. Turns out, many of life's greatest indulgences bring big health benefits -- helping you stay slim, fight off the blues, and kick disease to the curb.
The actress ordered two dozen of the frosted treats to be delivered to The Kennedys in Canada
When Dina Khiry is feeling a bit down, she reaches for chocolate. "I like Reese's peanut butter cups, Hershey's bars, and chocolate cake batter," says the 24-year-old public relations associate. "I feel better in the moment -- and then worse later on, when I realize that I just consumed thousands of calories."
Eating as little as a quarter of an ounce of chocolate each day -- an amount equal to about one small Easter egg -- may lower your risk of experiencing a heart attack or stroke, a new study has found. For best results, the chocolate should be dark, experts say.
Can we please stop calling the nation's love affair with cupcakes a trend?
Valentine's Day can be one of the most depressing days of the year for singles, especially if you just went through a breakup. It can be torture to watch couples exchange stuffed bears, chocolates and kisses.
Ah, Valentine's Day. Cynics around the world pooh-pooh the so-called holiday as a ploy to sell chocolates and greeting cards. Others swear there's love in the air. It seems everyone has their own take.
Find out what candy the singer bought for his wife - and what stars at L.A. hot spot the Stone Rose will be drinking on Feb. 14
In the country that ranks second in the harvest of coca, the plant whose leaves are used in the production of cocaine, the idea to get Peruvian farmers to plant alternative crops is not new.
Holidays often mean cookies -- and calories. Here's a way to keep the flavor but trim some of the fat in one tasty treat.
The holidays are an ideal time to make these sweet treats.
⢠Who knew Katy Perry and Russell Brand could be so traditional? The couple celebrated their new status - engaged! - with family and friends at Il Cielo in Beverly Hills. About 50 guests, including the singer's mom, Mary Hudson, came out for cocktails and cake at the couple's special bash, which, according to a source, was decorated with candles and red roses."They had a lovely soiree," a source says. For dessert there was a white chocolate cake adorned with fresh roses and a sweet message: "Katy [Heart] Russell."
The origins of Cadbury can be traced to a grocery store opened by a young Quaker in the industrial city of Birmingham, central England, in 1824.
Hershey is preparing a counter-bid to Kraft's hostile £10.4 billion ($16.9 billion)offer for Cadbury, according to people familiar with the matter.
Many foods we eat during the holidays have nutrients that may help prevent disease.
Kristen Stewart, Ashley Greene and more party with the leading man as he turns 23
I'm addicted to chocolate! I can go a few days without any, but then I binge big time on it. How do I curb this addiction to the most delicious food ever?
Even though the morning line for Saturday's Kentucky Derby suggests that this year's Run for the Roses is a four-horse race (top top four choices are 5-1 or better, and no one else is lower than 15-1), the reality is that a case can be made for perhaps a dozen entrants donning the blanket of roses around 6:30 p.m. Saturday. But playing a 12-horse exacta box is a bit cost prohibitive, especially in these lean times, so let's attempt to narrow the field using our observations from the Derby preps, an examination of the past performances, reports from the morning workouts in Louisville and some projection on how the race may play out.
The President ordered her a Triple Chocolate Enrobed Brownie Cake
Red wine and chocolate are a darling pair these days. With all those deep, dark chocolate notes right in a glass of Cabernet Sauvignon, this wine seems like a natural match for an intensely-flavored, dark chocolate dessert.
Wine expert Gary Vaynerchuk has tips on picking the best wine for your Valentine's Day date.
Travel guide writer Pauline Frommer takes us to San Francisco and the wine country.
Romances come and go, but many a gourmand is in it for life with that addictive cocoa concoction, chocolate.
British confectioner Cadbury has recalled all of its Chinese-made candy products over fears that they may be contaminated with the chemical melamine, a company statement said Monday.
Question: I've been learning about SEO and trying to work it into my company Web site, fretzels.com, which can definitely use an SEO makeover. My company, Fretzels by Jill, makes really unique hand-dipped gourmet chocolate-covered pretzels like you've never seen or tasted before.
Hershey Co. said Friday it plans to raises prices on its products by an average of 11 percent as it tries to stem the impact of soaring commodities costs
Don't get Jason Mraz talking about his avocado farm. You'll never get around to speaking about his music.
Jason Mraz gets philosophical on his new album, "We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things." Denise Quan explains.
Scientists in the UK are seeking 150 women to eat chocolate every day for a year in the cause of medical research.
Good thing Google has an on-site dentist. One of the sweetest perks - literally - enjoyed by employees at the company's Mountain View, Calif. headquarters is the unlimited supply of bite-sized chocolates found in its well-stocked cafeterias.
CNN's Christine Romans reports some processed foods have ingredients from dozens of countries.
This month's Art of Life will whet even the most discerning of appetites. We are on a quest to discover some of the world's most luxurious culinary treats.
Byron Allen, the host of talk shows Entertainers With Byron Allen and Comics Unleashed, married producer Jennifer Lucas on Saturday in Los Angeles, the couple tell PEOPLE exclusively
Environmentally-friendly roach bait. Soccer balls that can take a pounding on city streets. Chocolate-covered gourmet coffee beans for calorie-counters. These are some of the products being developed - or already sold - by the elite teams that made it to the final round of FSB's 5th annual business plan competition.
Campbell Soup Co. said Thursday that it is exploring strategic alternatives for Godiva Chocolatier, including a possible sale of the luxury chocolate business.
Meet the entrepreneurs behind the Aloha State's budding industry, agritourism, and bring an appetite!
[HIT] Hall of Fame game. When launching a new version of your star product into a sluggish market, you can't afford to be subtle. So as Electronic Arts prepared to debut Madden NFL '07 - with buyer...
Money Magazine put together a panel of women ages 20 to 70 to sample 5 popular Valentine's Day chocolates. Taste and presentation were considered, along with value.
Forrest Gump may have remarked that life is like a box of chocolates, but he wouldn't believe just how unpredictable that box has become.
Listen to the way people malign chocolate: Sinful! Decadent! To die for! There's even that popular restaurant dessert known as "Death by Chocolate." But is this any way to talk about a loved one -- especially during the season of comfort and joy?
According to popular image, every new recipient of an MBA from a leading business school will head straight into the finance sector, intent on maximizing their salary, irrespective of other considerations.
Some people go back to school to study the great books. Others would rather learn how to throw a 14-inch knife, or hammer yellow-hot steel into semi-useful shapes or whip up a chocolate ganache tha...
If you're looking for a colorful culinary destination, try one of these six roadside attractions.
A new ad campaign launched by the owner of the M&M's brand aims to make eating dark chocolate a scream.
For those whose experience of chocolate extends no further than the occasional box of supermarket pralines and the odd half-melted vending machine candy bar, the creations of Fritz Knipschildt will come as a revelation.
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After taking one sip of specialty chocolate maker MarieBelle's velvety Aztec Hot Chocolate, you know you're not drinking your mother's hot chocolate.
These are dark days for the U.S. chocolate business--and that's a good thing. After decades of feeding Americans the same old milky product, the industry has gotten a big boost recently from a run ...
Is there such a thing as "wholesome" snacks? That's the moniker food manufacturer Kraft Foods is using for its soon-to-be launched new line of 100 percent whole-grain crackers, chocolate-chip cookies and Fig Newtons.
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Cadbury Schweppes has purchased British organic chocolate maker Green & Black's for an undisclosed sum, the companies said Friday.
A man who claims NBC Universal, Donald Trump and the creator of NBC's "The Apprentice" stole his idea has taken his case to state court.
Imagine a world inhabited by an elite group of talented individuals living a life full of intrigue and mystery, cutthroat competitiveness and centuries-old family secrets, and you get a small taste of the world of chocolate.
One recent workday, product designer Przmek Godycki was among the early-morning bonbon buyers at premium chocolate shop Jacques Torres in Manhattan.
Adam Smith was once the sort of fellow who enjoyed regular old candy—a Snickers, say, or a Hershey bar. Nowadays, with his palate all grown up, the 37-year-old derides those American chocolates for...
Starbucks is stirring up the mix this weekend with the nationwide launch of its hot chocolate drink called "Chantico," named after the Aztec goddess of hearth and fire.
Getting a chocolate fix is about to get more expensive.
NAPLES, Italy (Reuters) - Christmas has never tasted this good. Thirty-two pastry chefs in the southern Italian city of Naples unveiled on Saturday what they say is the biggest ever nativity scene made entirely of chocolate.
Coffee chain Starbucks has a new beverage coming out early next year. It's a hot chocolate concoction called "Chantico," named after the Aztec goddess of the hearth, a published report said Thursday.
Valentine's Day is tomorrow, and for those of you who want to get a bit more creative with gifts this year, we have some ideas.
Delicious for nibbling, invaluable for developing your palate--and irreplaceable in the kitchen. Once you start baking with the best, there's no going back.
Neither as sturdy as bars nor as fragile as truffles, these rich confections are ideal gifts. Just don't buy them too far ahead; they are at their best for only a fortnight or so. Here, listed alph...
Unless you've been shopping on another planet, you know chocolate is no longer a simple matter of dark or milk, with or without interesting lumps.
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Every entrepreneur dreams that his brilliant idea will change the world. Throughout this issue, you've read stories of people who are accomplishing that goal today. But let's step back for a moment...
The "Snickersization" of Russia is over. After experimenting with the delights and delicacies of all brands Western in the first few years of the post-Soviet era, Russians have begun shifting their...
PRICE CHECK, Aisle Four! Frozen squid tentacles and Nescafe Cappuccino." If selling in the developing world sounds like a job for a man and a donkey, it's time to have a look at what's happening at...
A decade of happy days for consumer-products stocks went up in smoke in early April. That's when Philip Morris announced it would cut prices on its popular Marlboro cigarettes by close to 20% in so...
You can almost get a cavity by breathing the air near the plant on East Chocolate Avenue. It's worth the risk, say some security analysts, who are advising investors to follow their noses to Hershe...
MARS INC. is the black hole of the packaged goods universe -- so powerful and large that it influences all the other objects in its system, yet so secretive and dense that not so much as a lumen of...
Guess who makes Tootsie Rolls. No, it isn't one of those big food conglomerates about to do an LBO. The answer is Tootsie Roll Industries. For over 90 years the Chicago-based company has been churn...
HERSHEY AND MARS are engaged in a brutal, back-and-forth battle to be No. 1 in the $8-billion-a-year U.S. candy market. Mars deposed Hershey as candy king in the early 1970s, and by the end of the ...
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