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    May 8, 2012 |Story| WGNTV-LTV

  1. Inside the Sweets and Snacks Expo 2012: New candy coming soon to a store near you!

    It was a rough day on the teeth.
    WGN Feature Reporter
    It was a rough day on the teeth. I spent the morning at the 2012 National Confectioners Association Sweets and Snacks Expo. More than 170 companies set up shop on the show floor to show off their latest candy and snack creations. Store owners and other...

    Tags: Music, Concerts, Entertainment

    2. May 8, 2012 |Story| RedEye

  2. Snack to the future

    Welcome to the real-life version of Candy Land.
    Welcome to the real-life version of Candy Land. Over here sits a giant chocolate replica of the Bean, decorated with colorful jelly beans in the shape of the Chicago skyline. Over there, sour gummy worms. There's licorice in one corner, and rich...

    Tags: McCormick Place, Chicago Skyline, Jams and Jellies, Mangos, Potatoes

    3. Apr 7, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. German gummi bear maker aims for bigger share of U.S. market

    Chew on this: Adults — not children — account for 65 percent of gummi candy consumption in the United States.
    Chew on this: Adults — not children — account for 65 percent of gummi candy consumption in the United States. And that appetite is growing, if Haribo of America Inc.'s sales are any indication. U.S. sales for the Woodlawn-based division of...

    Tags: Elementary Schools, Halloween, Television, Economy, Business and Finance, Pikesville

    4. Feb 10, 2012 |Story| KWCH

  4. Best Valentine's Day chocolates

    <span style="font-size: small;">Americans spend more than $700 million on chocolate for Valentine&rsquo;s Day, according</span><span style="font-size: small;"> to the National Confectioners Association. But what&rsquo;s the best tasting chocolate for</span><span style="font-size: small;"> the money? Consumer Reports taste testers have sampled more than 30 boxes of gift</span><span style="font-size: small;"> chocolates to help you.</span>
    Americans spend more than $700 million on chocolate for Valentine’s Day, according to the National Confectioners Association. But what’s the best tasting chocolate for the money? Consumer Reports taste testers have sampled more than 30 boxes...

    Tags: Chocolates, Consumers

    5. Aug 30, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Maryland State Fair: Food beyond the Midway

    You'll have no trouble finding food at the Maryland State Fair. Some of it is still walking around on hooves, granted. But once you're on the Midway, you'd have trouble swinging a test-your-strength mallet without hitting a stand selling corn dogs,...

    Tags: Carroll County (Maryland), Hot Dogs, Foods and Beverages, Butter, Television

    6. Feb 9, 2011 |Story| Aberdeen News

  6. High sugar prices help U.S. farmers pay off debt

    &nbsp;NEW ORLEANS (AP) &mdash; A series of disasters in Australia&rsquo;s sugarcane region and foul weather in Brazil, India and China have driven up world sugar prices, and many U.S. farmers are making enough to pay off loans and buy new equipment. &nbsp;
     NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A series of disasters in Australia’s sugarcane region and foul weather in Brazil, India and China have driven up world sugar prices, and many U.S. farmers are making enough to pay off loans and buy new equipment.    But...

    Tags: Prices, Hurricane Damage, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Australia, India

    7. Mar 16, 2011 |Story| Daily American

  7. No chocolate shortage here

    Chocolate Easter bunny lovers rejoice. Concerns about a possible shortage in the supply of chocolate have not materialized.
    Daily American Staff Writer
    Chocolate Easter bunny lovers rejoice. Concerns about a possible shortage in the supply of chocolate have not materialized. A drought in West Africa and unrest in the Ivory Coast — the world’s biggest cocoa producers — raised concerns...

    Tags: Religious Festivals, Friedens, Easter

    8. May 23, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Ten @ 10: The foods of childhood reconsidered

    A three-day sugar rush gets underway Tuesday when the <a href="http://www.sweetsandsnacks.com/">2011 Sweets &amp; Snacks Expo</a> opens at Chicago&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.mccormickplace.com/">McCormick Place</a>. Sponsored by the National Confectioners Association, the expo is &ldquo;the largest confectionery, cookie and snack show in the Americas&rdquo; with nearly 500 companies displaying their wares to the trade.
    A three-day sugar rush gets underway Tuesday when the 2011 Sweets & Snacks Expo opens at Chicago’s McCormick Place. Sponsored by the National Confectioners Association, the expo is “the largest confectionery, cookie and snack show in the...

    Tags: Human Interest, McCormick Place, Red Lobster, White Bread, Ketchup

    9. May 28, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Healthful Sweets: Treats of the Future?

    Hawking the latest treats at the Sweets &amp; Snacks Expo in Chicago this week, confectioners made promises that seemed too sweet to believe.
    Los Angeles Times
    Hawking the latest treats at the Sweets & Snacks Expo in Chicago this week, confectioners made promises that seemed too sweet to believe. Saleswomen for Hershey Co. handed out Reese's Minis, chocolate-peanut butter cups the size of marbles, which they...

    Tags: Whole Foods Market, Halloween, Cadbury plc, Michelle Obama, Salt

    10. Jan 9, 2010 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  10. 'True Confections' spiteful, delightful

    Tribune cultural critic
    When the time came to nail down details about the candy business for her fifth novel, "True Confections" (Shaye Areheart), Katharine Weber knew exactly where she had to go: Chicago. Each spring at McCormick Place, the National Confectioners Association...

    Tags: McCormick Place, History, Julia Keller, Gene Wilder, Arts and Culture

    11. Oct 8, 2008 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. The food we hold sacred

    Chicago Tribune reporter
    It seems incongruous that the ingredient so integral to, say, a Hershey's Kiss, is the same one that for centuries played a major role in religious and cultural rituals. Of course, anyone addicted to Hershey Kisses may not think it strange at all....

    Tags: Central America, The Hershey Co., Entertainment, Chicago Tribune, Movies

    12. Mar 26, 2002 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  12. Easter Trivia

    Sun-Sentinel
    Like many holidays, Easter has its roots in both religious and pagan celebrations. In religious terms, Easter is the most holy Christian holiday, because it is the celebration of Jesus' death and resurrection. But the holiday also signifies the coming of...

    Tags: Gaming, Irving Berlin, Holidays, Religious Festivals, White House

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