2007 brought a few shake-ups to the world of chocolate, probably the biggest being that The Chocolate Manufacturers Association tried to get the FDA to relax rules about what can be called chocolate and allow for the use of artificial fats instead of cocoa butter. Thankfully, that looks to have not passed thanks to sites like DontMessWithOurChocolate.com.
A few posts here at Chocolate Bytes touched on a few issues that were important to a lot of people as well:
~ Hands down the most popular post here this year is still Hershey’s planned move to Mexico [and part two]. A lot …read more

What’s up with the Ritter Sport marzipan sold in the US? Several years ago one of my brothers went to Germany and when he came back he had a surprise for me: a fresh bar of Ritter Sport marzipan. I remember it being creamy and fresh and I really had to pace myself to not eat the whole thing in one sitting.
I’ve seen the bars at the grocery store since but was reluctant to try them — I had a feeling they wouldn’t be as good. I buckled and tried one a couple of years ago and wasn’t terribly impressed, …read more