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Sugar Crash: After Tanker Flips, Chocolate Bars Traffic On Polish Highway

1:34pm May 09, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

A truck carrying tons of liquid chocolate flipped over on a highway Wednesday, leaving sweet stuff to congeal on the asphalt. Happily, there's video — though it's a bit grosser than you might imagine.

A cocoa farmer opens cacao pods with a stick to collect cocoa beans at his farm in Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Sorry Folks, Climate Change Won't Make Chocolate Taste Better

1:41pm December 19, 2017

by Simran Sethi

Several news stories recently celebrated a new study suggesting global warming might enhance the taste of the beloved sweet. Sadly, that's not what it found at all, says the lead researcher.

Left, a ripe cacao pod. Right, truffles from Midunu chocolates contain spices and flavors from all over Africa.

One Woman's Quest To Tell 'The African Story Through Chocolate'

7:00am November 28, 2017

by Amy E. Robertson

A Ghana-born chocolatier found that many people — even Africans — weren't familiar with the spices and cultures from other parts of the continent. And it is those experiences she seeks to share.

A machine coined "The Enrober" provides the "Willy Wonka moment" of MoonPie-making, when the treats are propelled under a gooey chocolate waterfall.

Even After 100 Years, People Are Still Reaching For The Moon(Pie)

9:18am November 25, 2017

by Melanie Peeples

Though the marshmallow-chocolate-graham cracker treat began a century ago as a coal-miner's snack, it is still made by the same Chattanooga bakery and has since become a cultural icon of the South.

Entrepreneurs sort cocoa beans on a tray at Cacao de Origen, a school founded by Maria Di Giacobbe to train Venezuelan women in the making of premium chocolate. Zeina Alvarado (left) later found work in a bean-to-bar production facility in Mexico.

How A Venezuelan Chef Is Teaching Women To Make Chocolate And Money

2:12pm September 25, 2017

by Larissa Zimberoff

Some of the world's best cacao grows in Venezuela, a country roiled by political turmoil. One chocolatier is betting those beans can propel a whole industry and turn women into micro-entrepreneurs.

Thieves made off with a refrigerated trailer packed with Nutella, Kinder Surprise eggs and other treats in Neustadt, Germany.

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Truck With 20 Tons Of Nutella And Chocolate Vanishes; Police Hunt For Semi's Sweets

4:34pm August 15, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The theft happened this weekend in Germany, according to officials who warn: "Anyone offered large quantities [of chocolate] via unconventional channels should report it to the police immediately."

The latest evidence that a chocolate habit may lower your risk of heart disease: A study finds people who ate small amounts of chocolate several times a week had a lower risk of atrial fibrillation.

Eating Chocolate, A Little Each Week, May Lower The Risk Of A Heart Flutter

6:30pm May 24, 2017

by Allison Aubrey

The latest evidence that a chocolate habit may lower your risk of heart disease: A study finds people who ate small amounts of chocolate several times a week had a lower risk of atrial fibrillation.

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Farmer Georges Kouamé Koffi holding two cocoa pods. Chocolate is made from the almond-sized cocoa beans contained in the pods.

A Dip In Global Prices Creates Cocoa Crisis For Ivory Coast's Farmers

4:46pm March 03, 2017

by Alex Duval Smith

Ivory coast is the world's largest cocoa producer. But a bumper crop combined with a fall in the global demand for chocolate and a dip in cocoa prices are hurting the country's cocoa farmers.

Eduardo Cortes (right) and Jose Martinez Cruzado examining one of the cocoa trees that Cruzado is growing for Cortes's company.

Reviving Puerto Rico's Cocoa Farms, Centuries After Hurricanes Destroyed Them

5:30pm March 01, 2017

by Dan Charles

Cocoa plantations in Puerto Rico were wiped out centuries ago. Now, local pride and the sheer love of chocolate are bringing back local cocoa.

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Gifting chocolates to your sweetheart on Valentine's Day wasn't always part of the holiday.

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How Chocolate Became A Sweet (But Not So Innocent) Consort To Valentine's Day

12:56pm February 14, 2017

by Jeff Koehler

From the time of the Aztecs, chocolate has been seen as an aphrodisiac. (Casanova certainly thought so.) But it took many centuries for it to become the taste of the love holiday.