cchisholmMar 12
Sam Bowne 
‘I took two bites and had to spit it out’: candy makers are phasing out real cocoa in chocolate https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/11/reeses-hersey-chocolate-candy-cocoa
‘I took two bites and had to spit it out’: candy makers are phasing out real cocoa in chocolate

Due to the volatile cocoa market, companies like Hershey are using replacement ingredients such as sugar, oil, milk and nuts

The Guardian
Mar 12 at 2:17pmWeb
Show threadghosts Mar 12

@sambowne I started noticing the candy companies changing the wording to "chocolatey confection" and I wanted nothing to do with it.

Just like when they changed orange juice to "orange flavoured drink" because they couldn't legally call it "orange juice" because it didn't contain any...