Chocolate News
M&M’s Chocolate Bars Now Exist, and They Come in 5 Delicious Flavors
USA Magazine The M&M’s family is growing! The candy company that produces the bite-sized morsels, announced that M&M’s Chocolate Bars are now rolling out in retail stores nationwide. The bars, which consist of smooth milk chocolate with whole M&M’s Minis scattered throughout, come in five tasty flavors – peanut, milk chocolate, crispy, almond and crispy mint.Bite-Sized Rice Krispies Treats Covered In Chocolate Are Coming In 2019
Kellogg’s has plans to get wild in the new year. Among the bunches of new snacks they’re introducing come January are the Rice Krispie Treats Snap, Crackle, Poppers.
Officially, the company is describing them as “ooey, chewy, bite-sized Rice Krispies Treats coated in a smooth, silky topping.” As far as flavors, they’ll come in “Chocolatey, Vanilla Crème, and Cookies ‘n’ Crème.”
Canadian government reverses ban on chocolate milk, juice sales in schools
Students in New Brunswick schools will once again be able to sell chocolate milk and fruit juice after the provincial government made changes to its nutrition policy Wednesday. The previous Liberal government updated the decades-old Policy 711 in June with stricter guidelines that prohibited food and beverages with “lower nutritional value that contain few nutrients and are higher in saturated fats, sugar or salt.” The requirements extended beyond the school cafeteria and applied to breakfast programs and fundraisers. The policy was met with backlash from school officials and after-school programs.
Global Chocolate Market to Reach $161 Billion by 2024
The global chocolate market was valued at around $103.28 billion in 2017 and is expected to reach approximately $161.56 billion in revenue by 2024, growing at a CAGR of around 7% between 2018 and 2024, according to a Zion Market report Chocolate Market by Type of Chocolate (Dark, Milk, and White) and by Sales Category (Everyday Chocolate, Premium Chocolate, and Seasonal Chocolate). The huge demand for chocolate on seasonal and festival occasions is driving the expansion of this market. However, the high cost of raw material might hamper the global chocolate market during the forecast period.
6 Reasons Chocolate is a Miracle Health Food
Chocolate is prized as a delectable treat. Historically, it was also highly desired for its healthful properties. “For several centuries in pre-modern Latin America, cacao beans were considered valuable enough to use as currency,” wrote Amanda Fiegl for Smithsonian.com. And she reports that anthropologists at the University of Pennsylvania say chocolate was consumed as a beverage as far back as 1400 B.C. Here are six reasons to indulge in healthy chocolate the next time you’re craving sweets.