Dark Chocolate Creations

As consumers have become more aware of the link between cocoa and heart health the desire for dark chocolate creations is booming. Chocolatiers have taken note! Last year over 600 new products containing dark chocolate were made available throughout the world. I suspect many more new products have been or will be launched this year. That’s a lot of chocolate to try!

Evidently the U.S. company Hershey recently acquired Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker. They’ve created many new products since the aquisition. Hershey now owns 77 percent of the dark chocolate market!

It seems to me that there are plenty of novel sources of dark chocolate creations made by companies with a better track record for environmental concerns and fair trade than Hershey. Keep checking this blog for new discoveries and recommendations.

If you’d like to learn more about the dark chocolate marketplace you can read a new article at Confectionary News

entitled “Chocolate goes to the dark side” by Catherine Boal.

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