Chocolate News

Hunter Lange looks on longingly as his mom Magan dips pretzels into chocolate. Visitors to the Tuckerton Library got a chance to make choclate covered pretzels and other chocolate goodies to give.

Sending chocolates to your sweetheart remains common practice on Valentine's Day , and many chocolate and cocoa manufacturing establishments where those candies come from are here in California.

Chocolate makes us swoon. It arouses our passions and tempts our senses. But some people take this indulgence a step further, transforming their bittersweet enthusiasm into a money-making adventure.

Some of the chocolates made by the Elk Grove company Imagine Chocolate that will be a part of the gift baskets for recording artists at Sunday's Grammy Awards.

Here are a few recipes - including three bonus recipes for you online readers - for easy and delicious chocolate desserts that will sweeten Valentine's Day.

A recent study, published just in time for Valentine's Day, states that dark chocolate is the "heart-healthy" way to go, not only on Valentine's day, but all year long.

Ask an etymologist to trace the origin of the word "chocolate" and he'll lead you to ancient Mayan or Aztec languages.

Valentine's Day is one of the busiest days of the year for U.S. candy makers, particularly for chocolate businesses which sell more than a billion dollars' worth of sweets for the nation's sweethearts, says Pam Williams, founder of Ecole Chocolat, Professional School of Chocolate Arts.

Making bean-to-bar chocolate isn't for the faint of heart. In 2006, when a 21-year-old Colin Gasko began making chocolate in Minneapolis, he was lucky to have the hubris of youth on his side.

Mr. Bear keeps Godiva's 15-piece assortment in a red satin box away from See's traditional red heart with assorted chocolates.

FitSugar reader JuicyNoelle came up with this special cookie for Valentine's Day; she posted the recipe in our Healthy Recipe group .

Every now and then, some small thing will come along, plant the seed of a thought in your mind and, before you know it, your life is forever changed.

Cargill has announced plans to invest a 20m in two cocoa and chocolate production facilities in Germany as it looks to boost its presence domestically and in Eastern Europe.

Calvary United Methodist Church on Locust Lane in Lower Paxton Twp. makes chocolate peanut butter eggs for Easter.

Valentine's gifting is especially tricky for women. You want your gift to tell him how you feel, without telling him how you feel.

AP Photo/Lee Reich - A chocolate pod filled with cacao beans, is shown in Puerto Rico.

That is the finding of a new study published in Psychological Science , a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

More than 35 businesses will open their doors and invite you in to sample all types of chocolate goodies, menu specials, and chocolate-inspired activities for the 8th Annual Romantic Willimantic Chocolate Festival on Saturday, Feb.

As Valentine's Day approaches, one of Cupid's time-honoured ways to spread love is through heart-shaped boxes of chocolate.

I eat at least one bite of chocolate every day. I know it's good for me, and by limiting myself to one square of the best dark chocolate after lunch - usually Valrhona or Lindt - it satisfies without doing harm.