Personally, I’m excited about this. Kraft Foods is on the search for a high tech wrapper that will prevent chocolate candy from melting at temperatures up to 104F. Now wouldn’t that be something? It will also prevent that awful “white bloom” that tends to form on the surface of chocolate when subjected to direct sunlight. [...]

In our continuing series on diving into the Marabou Chocolate Candy empire of Sweden, today’s features are Brejk- milk chocolate confection of rice crispies, caramel and chocolate cookie. And Skotte- dark chocolate with a chocolate mousse filling of raisins and tiny bits of almond. First up: Brejk Packaging It reminds me of Butterfinger and I [...]

Oh those Swedes. They come up with Ikea, Aquavit and a veritable treasure trove of chocolate candy to choose from. In particular, Marabou, a Swedish chocolate company (despite having being acquired by Kraft Foods in the early ’90′s) is the ruler of Swedish supermarkets. Go into any supermarket in Sweden, check out their candy aisle [...]