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Chocolate Reclaims Top Spot as America’s Favorite Flavor
Lifestyle
— Sep 8, 2026
Chocolate is enjoying a resurgence in American favorites, from the origin of the chocolate milkshake and its status as the top ice cream flavor to a bakery’s Dolly Parton cookies and a home-baked chocolate babka with expert tips. Home bakers can craft a glossy babka while a Newcastle tasting explores wine-and-chocolate pairings with six Italian wines.
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Hershey bets on savory Halloween snacks
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— Aug 19, 2026
Hershey is broadening its Halloween lineup beyond chocolate to savory snacks like popcorn and pretzels and zero-sugar options to align with health trends and GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, while chocolate remains a staple and early-season sales are growing. The company is using AI to speed product development as it leverages data on consumer behavior and early purchasing, with Halloween contributing a sizable share of confectionery sales nationwide.
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Penny Stocks Rally Across Mining Names Attract Attention
Business
— Aug 13, 2026
Penny-stock coverage spans biotech, consumer and mining plays, with Compass Therapeutics showing a solid cash runway amid losses, while Boxlight and Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory drew high trading interest alongside smaller tech and consumer names. Canadian and Australian explorers—Almadex Minerals, Orecap Invest, US Copper Corp and Alkane Resources—are spotlighted for exploration-led growth potential amid volatile financing and commodity cycles.
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Lee Ryan loses High Court challenge
Entertainment
— Jul 14, 2026
Blue frontman Lee Ryan, 43, lost High Court bids to overturn his racially aggravated assault conviction from a July 2022 British Airways flight, where he allegedly called a cabin crew member a “sweet chocolate chip cookie,” grabbed her wrists and made race‑related comments after being refused more alcohol; he was originally given a suspended sentence, which has since been revisited for sentencing. He remains set to be sentenced after the High Court rejected challenges to overturn the conviction and return the case to Crown Court.
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Senators Not Keen On Banning AI From Surpassing Humans Despite Alarm Bells
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TAYLOR MILLARD: How Chocolate Tariffs Could Kill The Easter Bunny
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— Apr 20, 2025
Easter Sunday is days away, and there’s bad news for Americans looking to celebrate with traditional chocolate treats. Tariffs on cocoa and vanilla, both used to make the sweet stuff, will make chocolate and chocolate…
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Girl Scouts Announce New Cookie to Lineup
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— Dec 11, 2025
Move over, Thin Mints. There’s a new cookie in town. Exploremores has been added to the cookie lineup, per NewsNation . The new cookie is described as having a creme-filled center that blends flavors of chocolate…
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Woman Slaps Hershey’s With $5 Million Lawsuit for ‘Misleading’ Candy That Didn’t Have a Face on It
Reporting
— Dec 31, 2023
A Florida woman is suing The Hershey Co. for what she claims is “false and deceptive advertising” on Hershey chocolate candies. The woman identified as Cynthia Kelly filed the lawsuit Thursday in the U.S. District Court…
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Investigation Reports Horrific Find at Cocoa Farms in Africa
Reporting
— Apr 14, 2022
Behind the chocolate in every Cadbury Crème Egg lurks the shadow of child labor, according to a new report. Britain’s Channel 4 found in a report this month that children as young as 10 work for up to nine hours a day…
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