Relationships are the key to success in any environment — and the networking and resulting connections made in the chocolate and candy industry are no different.  

I finally broke down and joined Pinterest, the latest super-awesome-and-going-to-be-huge social media site. And I have to say, it's super awesome and I think it's going to be huge, guys.

Editor-in-Chief Bernie Pacyniak offers his take on a recent presentation by Hans Vriens, the chief innovation officer for Barry Callebaut AG, on “Chocolate of the Future.”

When I was younger, the limit to how much candy I could eat was simply how much I could keep in my little stomach. Don’t worry, my parents were very careful never to let me get to that point — but that didn’t stop me from trying.