Chocolate News
Tractor-trailer with 40,000 pounds of Hershey’s chocolate crashes in Maryland
ABC27 A tractor-trailer was carrying 40,000 pounds of Hershey’s Chocolate Bars, Kit Kats and other goods when it crashed on a Maryland interstate early Friday, injuring the driver, officials said. The truck clipped a police car then jackknifed and overturned on southbound Interstate 270 in Germantown around 1 a.m., a spokesman for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service said.Can You Eat Expired Chocolate?
Let’s start off by identifying two things that would affect one’s decision of whether or not it is okay to eat expired chocolate.Of course, there is a need to check whether or not it is still considered safe to eat expired chocolate. The next thing to consider is its flavor. Bryn Kirk, a course facilitator at the Chocolate University Online, discussed these two factors, safety and flavor, and what should be considered if you have found an expired chocolate bar stocked away in those cabinet drawers.
Bissinger’s sold to St. Louis family running rival company Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate
Bissinger’s Handcrafted Chocolatier will now be run by the Abel family. They’re the same people that own another St. Louis candy company, Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate. They assumed all operations in July.
What’s More Addicting Than Chocolate? You Might Be Surprised
A professional survey was conducted with 500 people. They recruited a stratified random sample of the population, and had the data weighted to be demographically representative of the United States as a whole. They asked what foods people had trouble stopping once they started, how satisfied they were with their life overall, and how close they were to their ideal weight. From the way people talk about chocolate, you’d think it would’ve come up as the most addicting food treat of all. After all “just hand over the chocolate and nobody gets hurt” has to have come from somewhere, right? But chocolate was far from the most addictive food reported.
Virginia Man Files $74K Lawsuit Against Godiva for Selling ‘Belgian’ Chocolate Made in US
A man who bought $15 worth of Godiva chocolates says the company should give him $74,000 because they falsely claimed the sweets were made in Belgium. The lawsuit filed in D.C. this week that says that Godiva commits “massive fraud” by suggesting on product labeling and their website that their products are Belgian claiming the product is made in the United States.