Chocolate News
Happy National Chocolate Custard Day! May 3, 2026
Happy National Chocolate Parfait Day! May 1, 2026
Hershey’s Will Switch Back to Real Chocolate by 2027 After Viral TikTok Backlash
The Hershey Company announced it will return to using “classic milk and dark chocolate recipes” across its Reese’s and Hershey’s products by 2027 — a reversal driven by viral social media scrutiny and a public campaign by the grandson of the brand’s founder.
Thieves steal 12 tons of KitKat bars in Europe chocolate heist
Thieves have stolen more than 400,000 KitKat chocolate bars weighing around 12 tons from a truck in Europe. The confectionery, which is manufactured by Swiss firm Nestle, was stolen when the vehicle was distributing the bars along a route running from a factory in central Italy to Poland, KitKat said in a statement. A total of 413,793 KitKat bars were stolen, said the company. Each one is traceable using on-pack batch numbers, and KitKat has asked anyone who finds a match to alert the company.
Fermtech’s Koji Cocoa: Turning Chocolate Waste Into A Cocoa Powder Alternative
A UK startup is using an ancient fungal fermentation technique to transform discarded cocoa shells into a lower-cost, lower-carbon cocoa replacement.