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  1. comebacks
    Max Brenner and a Return From Chocolate ExileOne of the most famous names in chocolate is back — after a half-decade ban — with a new shop dedicated to cacao.
    By Myles Karp
  2. I Tried to Become a Chocolatier at Jacques Torres ChocolatesMaking chocolate houses all day is a lot harder than you might think.
    By Madison Mills
  3. couplings
    How to Pair Wine With Your Valentine’s Day ChocolateGrab a heart-shaped box and a couple of glasses.
    By Vanessa Price
  4. shortages
    New Research Says Chocolate Could Be Extinct by 2050A not-so-sweet start to 2018.
    By Clint Rainey
  5. sweets
    Nestlé Is Bailing From the U.S. Chocolate BusinessThe chocolate bar’s inventor can’t sell chocolate anymore.
    By Clint Rainey
  6. urban forager: stocking-stuffer edition
    5 Unique Chocolate Bars That Make Great Stocking StuffersWhat makes a simple candy bar an excellent gift? The stealth addition of olive oil, banana pulp, or halvah, for starters.
    By Robin Raisfeld and Rob Patronite
  7. pink slip
    Chocolate Now Comes in a ‘Hedonistic’ Pink Color That Can ‘Speak’ to Millennials“It’s natural, it’s colorful, it’s hedonistic.”
    By Clint Rainey
  8. drama
    Mast Brothers Say ‘Basic Facts’ Were Lost During Chocolate-Melting ScandalA blogger caused the company headaches when he accused it of misrepresenting its “bean-to-bar” bona fides.
    By Chris Crowley
  9. slave labor
    Africa’s Child Cocoa Slaves Might Get to Sue Nestlé in U.S. CourtThe decision could “open the door to a flood of new cases.”
    By Clint Rainey
  10. Watch: This Pastry Chef Creates Miniature Sculptures With ChocolateAnd it’s rather satisfying to watch.
    By Lizzy Halberstadt
  11. controversies
    As If We Don’t Have Enough to Worry About Today, Toblerone Messed With Its CandyHotel minibars will never be the same.
    By Chris Crowley
  12. openings
    Here Are All the Sweets You Can Eat at an Acclaimed Chef’s New Chocolate ShopBananas Foster bonbons, chocolate crunch cake, and so much more.
    By Chris Crowley
  13. Surprise!
    Kid Scores Bag of Crystal Meth As His Kinder Egg SurpriseThis definitely wasn’t the Breaking Bad–themed edition.
    By Clint Rainey
  14. Empire Building
    Mast Brothers Sign on for $68 Million Brooklyn Navy Yard ProjectIt’ll include a first-ever chocolate brewery, to make chocolate “beer.”
    By Sierra Tishgart
  15. Health Concerns
    Horrible Study Finds a Majority of Chocolates Contain Toxic MetalsLead poisoning just in time for Easter!
    By Clint Rainey
  16. Video Feed
    What Happens When You Pour Molten Aluminum on a Chocolate Easter Bunny?Something to ponder before starting that seasonal candy spree.
    By Clint Rainey
  17. Recalls
    Mars Just Recalled Candy Bars in 55 Different CountriesIt’s expected to cost the company tens of millions of dollars.
    By Clint Rainey
  18. Slave Labor
    Nestle Sued for Child Slavery on Cocoa FarmsThe corporation takes no responsibility for alleged child slavery on its cocoa farms.
    By Clint Rainey
  19. Drops
    Mast Brothers Controversy Sunk Some Shops’ Holiday-Season SalesSome businesses report declines as large as 66 percent compared to the previous year.
    By Keenan Steiner
  20. Shortages
    Get Ready for a Chocolate ShortageThe industry’s top brands are spending $1 billion to increase cocoa’s productivity.
    By Clint Rainey
  21. Missives
    The Mast Brothers Respond“… We never claimed to make all our chocolate exclusively from bean to bar in those early days.”
    By Alan Sytsma
  22. Grub Guides
    11 Truly Acclaimed Chocolate Producers That Aren’t Mast BrothersOld-school French milk chocolate, award-winning American producers, a bar made from Vietnamese cacao beans, and more.
    By Chris Crowley
  23. Recalls
    Dove Recalled 6,700 Bags of Chocolate ‘Snowflakes’The company had to pull the chocolate because of wheat, nut, and egg allergy concerns.
    By Clint Rainey
  24. Admissions
    The Mast Brothers’ Big AdmissionThe brothers say that they used premade chocolate in their earliest days, despite claims of bean-to-bar authenticity.
    By Alan Sytsma
  25. Drama
    The Mast Brothers Respond to Attacks on Their Chocolate’s AuthenticityAccording to one writer, the company hasn’t always made its own chocolate.
    By Sierra Tishgart
  26. Okay
    Here’s Chocolate Sliced Like Kraft SinglesGreatest thing since … you know.
    By Clint Rainey
  27. Legal Drama
    Haribo and Lindt’s Long-standing Battle Over Candy Bears Is Finally OverChocolate bears and gummy bears need to co-exist in peaceful harmony.
    By Clint Rainey
  28. Urban Forager
    Mast Brothers’ New Shake Shack Chocolate Bar Comes Out This WeekPlus, From the Ground Brewery brings ultra-locavore beer to the Greenmarket.
    By Robin Raisfeld and Rob Patronite
  29. Science
    Chocolatiers Are Using Genetics to Identify the Best BeansIs fair-trade, small-batch chocolate worth more than its fancy packaging?
    By Chris Crowley
  30. Sugar Rush
    Cadbury Just Crammed 7 Different Flavors Into a Single Gonzo Chocolate BarChildhood dreams come true.
    By Clint Rainey
  31. Sweets
    Someone Finally Made a Full-Size Benedict Cumberbatch Out of ChocolateSorry, Easter bunny: Sherlock’s got things covered this year.
    By Clint Rainey
  32. Openings
    Here Are All 24 Bon-Bon Flavors From NYC’s Newest Chocolate SensationRaspberry rose, sesame and passion fruit, bourbon maple pecan, and more.
    By Sierra Tishgart
  33. No Yolk
    Creme Egg Lovers Freak Out After Cadbury Changes the Recipe and Shrinks PortionEveryone blames America.
    By Hugh Merwin
  34. Openings
    Brigadeiro BakeryA Brazilian bakery is opening in Soho.
    By Sierra Tishgart
  35. Food Tours
    Sweet Trip: 4 Chocolate Factories Offering Tours and ClassesUnlike sausage, you want to watch it be made.
    By Mary Jane Weedman
  36. Grub Guides
    15 Chocolate Desserts That Might Actually Improve Your MemoryScience proves it — but even if they don’t, they’re still delicious.
    By Sierra Tishgart
  37. Uh-Oh
    The Ebola Outbreak Is Threatening the World’s Chocolate SupplyBorder closures are affecting the harvest and workers’ jobs.
    By Clint Rainey
  38. Important Studies
    Cambridge Needs an Intrepid Student to Study a Lot of ChocolateYour life really can be life a box of chocolates.
    By Hugh Merwin
  39. Shrugs and Kisses
    Hershey’s 8 Percent Price Hike Ushers in Sad New Era of Candy BarsCompany cites killer costs of cocoa, nuts, and dairy.
    By Clint Rainey
  40. Recalls
    Cadbury Malaysia in Obvious Trouble for Pork-Tainted ChocolateWarning: May contain trace amounts of pigs, for some reason
    By Clint Rainey
  41. Reaping
    Hunger Games Chocolate Bars ExistMay the odds be ever in Vosges’s favor.
    By Sierra Tishgart
  42. Video Feed
    Watch the Madcap Trailer for Mast Brothers Chocolate: A Family CookbookAlso, beards.
    By Hugh Merwin
  43. The Fudge Report
    Nestle and Mars Accused of Massive Candy-Bar Price-Fixing Conspiracy in CanadaEt tu, Milky Way?
    By Hugh Merwin
  44. Valentine’s Day
    A Survey of the City’s Burgeoning Craft-Chocolate SceneThis Valentine’s Day, you might want to resist the heart-shaped charms of the Whitman’s Sampler.
    By Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld
  45. Golden Ticket
    Jacques Torres Fulfills His Willy Wonka FantasyHe’s opening a chocolate factory in the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park.
    By Sierra Tishgart
  46. Sweet News
    Bourdain and Ripert’s ‘Good & Evil’ Chocolate Bar to Make ItsThe new chocolate bar doesn’t come cheap.
    By Collin Keefe
  47. Brain Food
    Chocolate Consumption and Nobel Prize Winners May Be More Connected Than YouMore chocolate, more Nobel laureates per capita.
  48. Restaurant Agenda
    Mast Brothers Opens New South Street Seaport LocationThey’ll be selling books, pastries, and confections, as well as hosting events.
    By Robin Raisfeld and Rob Patronite
  49. Sweet News
    Fine & Raw Opening Wonka-Like Bushwick Chocolate FactoryThere’ll be chocolate trees, though unfortunately no rivers of the stuff.
    By Devra Ferst
  50. Syrup
    New Bedford Is the Epicenter of the Chocolate-Syrup Black MarketIt has become “ground zero” for a new underground economy based on trade in chocolate syrup.
    By Kara Baskin
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