Seeing as how March is Women’s History Month, is seems only appropriate to go back and see not only how women shaped the history of chocolate, but also how chocolate shaped the history of so many women.
The recent news from Nestlé USA and Hershey about their decisions to use natural and simpler ingredients certainly gave notice to many confectioners that the landscape has also changed for them.
It should come as no surprise that on the Internet, there are places where people are very fixated indeed on the fact that Ferrero's Kinder Surprise eggs are banned from sale in the United States.
Thanks to innovations from chocolate suppliers as well as equipment manufacturers, large and small companies have the ability to really create astounding chocolate creations.
For couples like then-30-year old Baci candy inventor Luisa Spagnoli and young Giovanni Buitoni, it wasn't just their love of chocolate they had in common — it was their love. Legend has it that the two shared love notes fanning forbidden flames in the early 1900s.
“In a recent consumer survey, nearly half of men admitted to caring more about watching The Big Game than they do about giving their Valentine the perfect gift,” reports Godiva.