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Coffee Mated to Chocolate

Coffee and chocolate may not coalesce on the tongue as readily as other food combinations, yet in the care of the Kent Coffee & Chocolate Company, it’s a marriage that is likely to grow on you.

Truffles? Call It Fudge With Class

John Kelly Chocolates in Los Angeles has made the truffle homy by using old-fashioned fudge instead of ganache.

A Bite of Chocolate, a Salute to Greece

Chocolat Moderne offers themed assortments, among them six varieties made with Greek ingredients, robed in chocolate and decorated with Greek motifs.

Chocolate Chip, and All Natural

“I grew up on the classic chocolate chip cookie, my mom’s recipe,” said Peter Goldfarb, the owner of Chip’n Dipped Cookie Company, a takeout shop in Huntington with a toy train chugging in the window and baskets of individually wrapped cookies lining the shelves.

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Dark May Be King, but Milk Chocolate Makes a Move

Milk chocolate has grown up and is being reinvented and refined to give it the snap and velvet of dark.

Tasting Notes

Members of the Dining section’s staff tasted more than 30 milk chocolates ranging from 30 percent to 50 percent cacao.

It’s Chocolate as You Like It Hand-Dipped and Handmade

This may be one of the biggest chocolate weeks of the year, but a shortage of bonbons isn’t likely in the area.

A Tour of Candyland in Wisconsin, Timeless and Sweet

You can drive the 150-mile perimeter of a rough triangle formed by Green Bay, Manitowoc and Oshkosh and spend at least a whole day slowly sampling candy.

Rudolph R. Sprüngli, Heir to the Lindt Chocolate Empire, Is Dead at 88

Mr. Sprüngli was the heir to a Swiss chocolate empire and head of the world-renowned Lindt & Sprüngli business for more than two decades.

Hershey Expects Lower Earnings This Year

CHICAGO (Reuters) The Hershey Company, which is losing market share to rivals like Mars Inc. as it battles rising costs, forecast on Thursday a drop in 2008 earnings.

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Several chocolate makers said that they had learned U.S. investigators were looking into industry pricing practices.

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The World Is Flat, and Chocolatiers Want to Coat It

Swiss chocolatiers, having conquered European and North American markets long ago, are now aiming at the vast expanses of Russia, India and China.