Chocolate News

The Staggering Number Of Hershey Chocolate Bars Made Each Year

CHOWHOUND.COM The company’s website, Hersheyland.com, actually states that Hershey makes approximately 373 million of its classic milk chocolate bars each year. And while the company doesn’t reveal the exact number of bars sold annually (as it likely varies), one can surmise that it’s quite a lot.  

Scientists Just Discovered a Surprising Benefit of Chocolate

EATINGWELL.COM

Theobromine may give your good cholesterol levels a boost—and dark chocolate happens to be a good source.

A Number of Studies Show These Things Happen When You Eat Chocolate Every Day (and They’re All Good For You)

INC.COM

Research shows you really can have your (chocolate) and eat it too. Click HERE to find out how.

Happy National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day! August 4, 2025

 

Hershey says it is hiking chocolate prices

CNN.COM

Your Kit Kat bar and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are officially getting pricier. Hershey told its retail partners it is raising prices by a percentage in the “lower double-digit range” over what its chocolate products cost over the past couple years, a company spokesperson confirmed to CNN. The culprit: high cocoa prices. Cocoa futures rose a whopping 178% in 2024 after a 61% increase in 2023, according to data from FactSet. That’s because Ghana and Ivory Coast account for almost 60% of the world’s cocoa production, and the region has been hit by poor harvests due to weather exacerbated by climate change.