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Chocolate

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New York, New York

Gem Spa

For almost a century, this East Village newsstand has served egg creams to beats, hippies, punks, and everything in between.

'Kay's Fudge' Gravestone

Kay Andrews's recipe was so good, her family immortalized it in stone.

East Molesey, England

Chocolate Kitchen at Hampton Court Palace

In 2013, historians discovered a hidden room devoted to the art of making royals' hot chocolate.

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Paul van der Veldt of Shallon Winery

Astoria, Oregon

Shallon Winery

This solo operation offers the world's only whey wines in flavors such as chocolate-orange.

Midnight feasts and fudge-making were mild forms of college rebellion.

America's Early Female College Students Held Illicit Fudge Parties

"Vassar chocolates" became emblems of women's education.

Anne Ewbank June 28, 2019

Scarborough, Maine

Lenny the Chocolate Moose

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

M&M's World in Leicester Square, London, U.K.

Exit Interview: I Was the Director of Research and Development at a Candy Company

His proudest achievement? Putting your face on an M&M.

Alex Mayyasi April 26, 2019

Cleo and David Gakshteyn's sweet serendipity.

This Restaurant Has Wed Six Couples in Pools of Chocolate

Desserted at the altar.

Rohini Chaki April 23, 2019

The vessel is now in the collection of the Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología in Guatemala.

objects of intrigue

Archaeologists, Mayanists, and Hershey’s Collaborated to Reveal This Ancient Vessel’s Secrets

Both the inside and outside spelled out chocolate.

Anne Ewbank February 21, 2019

Turkey Joints

These eerily bone-like candies come with bumpy “joints” of nuts and chocolate “marrow” inside.

Marmite de l’Escalade

Smashing this chocolate cauldron is the best part of Geneva’s celebration of a historic battle win.

A sweet sampler.

Why a Museum Owns a Chocolate Company's Embroidery Collection

The Whitman Sampler Collection is pretty sweet.

Anne Ewbank February 15, 2019

This chocolate tea was made from cocoa that was wild-crafted and traditionally prepared by small-scale farmers in Portland Parish, Northeast Jamaica.

Chocolate Tea

Neither tea nor hot chocolate, this Caribbean cocoa drink is in a league of its own.

A standard photo op involves thrusting your candy into the snow.

Kvikk Lunsj

The candy is huge with Norwegian hikers and skiers.

Kohuke

Chocolate-covered cheese curds make sweet Estonian energy bars.

A chocolate house in London, circa 1708.

The Rambunctious, Elitist Chocolate Houses of 18th-Century London

They were the original gentlemen’s clubs.

Lauren Cocking November 28, 2018

Soylent

One fantasy food's journey from sci-fi vegan steak to silver screen cannibalism to actual meal replacement.

Coffee Crisp

This candy rarely ventures beyond Canada's borders.