A good reminder of the experiences we create, sell and promote came in the form of the Kids Choice Awards, held this week during ECRM’s Candy Planning: Christmas & Halloween event at the Hilton Chicago.

Calling all chocolate makers: Make sure you have enough premium and “better-for-you” chocolate on hand today for all those “Last-Minute Louies.”

At ISM in Cologne on Jan. 28, Barry Callebaut hosted a pre-publication launch event for "Hidden Persuaders in Cocoa and Chocolate: A Flavor Lexicon for Cocoa and Chocolate Sensory Professionals." As someone who has been interested in the topic professionally for nearly two decades, I was happy to accept the invitation to the launch.

It’s not every day you get a chance to visit Barry Callebaut’s Chicago Chocolate Academy — and when you do, you jump on it.

When I was first introduced to Oscar Kambly III, president of Trubschachen, Switzerland-based biscuit manufacturer Kambly many years ago — and no I don’t exactly recall when — the man, the company and its product line were like one.

January is quickly drawing to a close, but that doesn’t mean it’s too late to look at a few trends that are expected to shape consumer behavior this year.

We are barely into the middle of January, and it’s already become clear that 2018 is going to be a whopper of a year for mergers and acquisitions. M&A’s, they call them.

Last week, Business Insider posted a story titled “Chocolate is on track to go extinct in 40 years.” Yikes. That’s enough to inspire fear in the hearts of chocolate lovers everywhere — and compel them to click on the link.

Colian Group's ongoing investments and targeted acquisitions had caught the eye of the European Candy Kettle Club — our Candy Industry Kettle Committee equivalent across the pond — who, in turn, nominated Jan Kolański, president of the Colian Group, for the coveted ECKC award in 2017.