NEWSNATIONNOW (Taylor Delandro) - Halloween chocolate eyeballs recalled due to undeclared allergen
The candy was distributed in 13 states, and sold at Marshalls, TJ Maxx, HomeGoods and Sierra Trading Post.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Nancy Loo) - American Made: California women turn wine byproduct into dark chocolate
They found a health superfood hiding in California wine country — and turned it into chocolate.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Two women turn winery waste into healthy chocolate | American Made
California's wine country has long been known for what comes out of the bottle. Now, two women are betting on what gets left behind. Vine to Bar, co-founded by longtime friends Peggy Furth and Barbara Banke, is transforming a byproduct of the Chardonnay winemaking process into a superfood ingredient for dark chocolate — one that researchers say doesn't just add health benefits, but actually makes the chocolate taste better. Anchor Elizabeth Vargas delivers the biggest stories, without bias or opinion. Watch "Elizabeth Vargas Reports" every weeknight at 7p/6C on NewsNation. #VargasReports NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
AMERICANTHINKER - Where Did The Blue M&M Go?
ChatGPT By David DeMay The Hare Economy reorganizes the candy factory.
DAILYCALLER (Mark Tanos) - FDA Recalls Boner Bears ‘Sex Chocolate’ Over Undeclared ‘Viagra’ Ingredient
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NYTIMES (Jason Horowitz) - Inventor of the Basque Cheesecake Plans to Retire. His Secret: He Prefers Chocolate
Santiago Rivera is widely credited with creating the “burnt” cheesecake in the 1980s, though he doesn’t love the spinoffs it has spawned. Decades later, he’s preparing to hand over his kitchen to his children.
NEWSNATIONNOW (May Angel, Alexander Marrow and Marcelo Teixeira) - Hershey, Reese's to return to real chocolate formulas as cocoa prices drop
The shift promises lower shelf prices for consumers, a demand recovery for cocoa farmers, and a partial reversal away from chocolate alternatives made with too little cocoa to qualify as chocolate.
NPR (Ari Daniel) - Willy Wonka would love this laboratory that checks the quality of chocolate
The chocolate biz is raising the bar with a lab to assess cacao beans from around the world. (Talk about a sweet gig!) Consumers and farmers stand to benefit from the "Standard of Excellence" program.
AXIOS (Kelly Tyko) - Your Easter candy is still expensive — even with cheaper cocoa
Cocoa prices have plunged from last year's record highs — but shoppers are still paying more for Easter chocolate , Wells Fargo says. Why it matters: Once food companies raise prices, they're slow to bring them back down when ingredient costs fall — even as consumers are expected to spend a record $24.9 billion on Easter this year, according to the National Retail Federation . State of play: Major chocolate companies raised prices by up to 20% during the cocoa spike in 2024-2025, per a Wells Fargo Agri-Food Institute report. - For Easter, prices are up again — with chocolate costing shoppers about 14% more year over year in early 2026, according to Datasembly data. - Over the past five years, the cost of a full Easter basket has…
NYTIMES (Alice Callahan) - Hershey’s Promises to Use Only Real Chocolate After Backlash
The change follows weeks of complaints from a grandson of the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup inventor and other vocal consumers.