Reese's calling its new peanut butter cups 'plant-based' is the clearest sign the term has lost all meaning

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Reese's peanut butter cups and Hershey's chocolate are the latest products to get plant-based versions.

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Hershey says it stands by its International Women's Day campaign featuring a trans woman even after calls to boycott the company

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Hershey is facing calls for a boycott over its International Womens' Day campaign.

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How NYC's oldest chocolate house survived a century

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  • Li-Lac Chocolates has been an NYC institution for 100 years. 
  • The company still makes chocolate following the founder's original recipes and techniques. 

The M&Ms spokescandies are back. Here’s how the chocolate candy went from a wartime treat to playing a starring role in the culture wars

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A boy shops for M&M's chocolate candies at the M&M's World store in New York

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You might not find as many chocolates in that last-minute Valentine's Day gift box as you did last year — blame 'slack-filling'

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Consumers are speaking out against only partially filled boxes of Valentine's Day chocolats.

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Warren Buffett shelled out $6.5 billion to help Mars buy Wrigley during the financial crisis. Here's how he made the candy deal happen.

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Warren Buffett.

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