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Filed under: Chocolate, Far East, Did you know?, IslandsIn the US, Valentine's Day celebrations are generally geared towards couples, with a slight bias towards women when it comes to the marketing of chocolates, flowers and other gifts - a bias that is meant to have women encourage men to buy gifts for them. In Japan, things are a little ...

Filed under: Business, Chocolate, Candy, New Products, AmericaRussell Stover Chocolates started back in 1923 and leads the market in terms of the sales of boxed chocolates. It is the third larges chocolate manufacturer in the US, behind Hershey's and M&M Mars (Masterfoods). Although receiving consistently decent scores in taste tests, the ...

Filed under: Chocolate, Stores & Shopping Most boxed chocolates come in a variety of flavors. The chocolates might be all truffles, each infused with a different herb or liqueur, or a simple mix of creams and nut-filled chocolates in milk or dark coatings. The blends are great when you want to share and have people who like different flavors, ...

Filed under: Chocolate, Candy, Stores & Shopping, New ProductsAltoids fans will be pleased to learn that the company has launched several Altoids Curious and Original Chocolate Shoppes in the spirit of Valentine's Day. Actually, they're anti-Valentine's Day. Each of the three temporary ''pop-up stores'' is billing itself as a ''sanctuary from ...

Filed under: Snacks, Chocolate, Candy, Stores & Shopping Still looking for some chocolaty Valentine's Day gift ideas? Why not try some kisses? We're not talking about Hershey's Kisses, although they are offering plenty of Valentine's themed candies, including Chocolate Truffle-filled kisses and Cherry Cordial Creme kisses. We're talking about ...

Filed under: Chocolate, Candy, Magazines, Raves & Reviews, Stores & ShoppingHarry & David is known for their gourmet gift baskets and the high quality fruits, nuts, chocolates and other goodies that they ship out. They are not the ''go-to'' source for Valentine's Vay chocolates, however, because many consumers feel that they will get ...

Filed under: Snacks, Chocolate, Candy, Raves & Reviews, New Products, America I think that Cybele, who writes Candy Blog, gets a lot of her candy samples from convenience stores, which are more likely to stock the limited edition varieties of bars than the average grocery store. It just so happened that, while on a little bit of a road ...

Filed under: Chocolate, Candy, Raves & Reviews, New Products, America The first aerated chocolate that I tasted was a Nestle's Aero bar. Never having seen aerated chocolate before, I was intrigued by the prospect of bubble filled chocolate and eager to find out what it tasted like. It was light, crumbly and quite unlike any other chocolates ...

Filed under: Chocolate, Candy, Raves & Reviews, New Products Hershey's brand new, limited edition Dark Chocolate Raspberry Kisses are clearly intended to be for Valentine's Day, as the little red hearts decorating their wrappers are a reliable indicator of the holiday that they are affiliated with, despite the fact that they aren't ...

Filed under: Dessert, Lush Life, Chocolate, Candy Caviar seems to represent luxury and good taste, both in food and in life, so caviar fans can rejoice that the global ban on caviar is being lifted this year as stocks of sturgeons are up and caviar-producers can start exporting their wares again. Farmed caviar, and American caviar in general, is ...