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Chocolate Bytes: For the Love of Chocolate

Archive for the ‘Chocolate News’ Category

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April 10th, 2008

Check the Label for Expired Candy

The Consumerist had a great article yesterday on how to determine if M&M’s, Mars or Hershey candy is expired:
“For M&Ms and Mars candy, there’s usually a 10 digit code of numbers and letters, but you only need to worry about the first three. The first number is the last number in the year (8 means […]

By Heather -- 4 comments

April 9th, 2008

Harry and David Recall Chocolate-Covered Espresso Beans

Harry and David are voluntarily recalling 66,500 8 oz. bags of their Covered Select Blend Espresso Beans because they may contain milk not declared on the ingredient label.
The bags affected have “Best if used by” dates after 8/28/05, sold prior to April 5th, 2008. Bags subject to this recall do NOT have a “Contains […]

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March 27th, 2008

Paula Abdul Shells Out for Hershey Dress

American Idol judge Paula Abdul has apparently shelled out $3000 for a dress made for the reality show Project Runway a few months ago. It’s no ordinary dress though - it was made out of Hershey chocolate wrappers! Hershey and Project Runway teamed up this week to auction off all the dresses used in the […]

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January 25th, 2008

M&M’s and Valentine’s Day Go Green

With Green M&M’s, that is! Mars/M&M’s have decided to shake up the standard pink and red in the candy aisle by introducing single color packs of green, counting on the myth and innuendo of “the green ones” to make an impact this Valentine’s Day:
What is it about The Green Ones? Legend has it The Green […]

By Heather -- 7 comments

January 8th, 2008

Diamond Found in Piece of Fudge

This is what I call a double bonus: a piece of fudge with a diamond inside!
A woman whose diamond ring vanished while she was making fudge for a bake sale was despondent after scouring her home and finding no sign of it.
The fudge containing the diamond ring was purchased at a bake sale.
But Linda Vancel […]

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January 6th, 2008

Chocolate-Infused Fruit

Fresh Functional Food Composite, a venture firm in Japan, has come up with an interesting twist on chocolate and fruit: They’re infusing white chocolate into freeze-dried fruit without compromising the texture of the fruit.
Take for example one of FCOM’s products, a strawberry infused with white chocolate. On the outside it’s an everyday garden-variety dried strawberry, […]

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