Cheese eggs and hazelnut squirrels make the grade for Easter
With Easter just around the corner, it has been encouraging to see a typically robust range of products making their way to market.
A look at Easter 2019 so far
With Spring and Easter on the way, Sweets & Snacks has rounded up all the Easter offerings of 2019 so far.
Incredible Eggs and Ruby chocolate join Nestlé for Easter
2019 sees Nestlé release its biggest ever Easter egg range which features newly developed eggs including a KitKat with Ruby chocolate Easter Egg and some ‘Incredible’ Eggs for KitKat, Smarties and Yorkie lovers.
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KitKat Senses in bar format
Nestle is launching KitKat senses in a full-sized bar format in the UK.
Nestlé reveals new Les Recettes de l’Atelier made with Ruby chocolate
Nestlé is introducing a new limited edition Ruby variant of its premium chocolate range, Les Recettes de l’Atelier, in time for Valentine’s day.
35 Japanese KitKat flavours in one box
Nestlé’s KitKat first appeared in Japan in 1973, and since then have created more than 350 different varieties.
Barry Callebaut shapes its Forever Chocolate ambitions
Operating the largest chocolate production facilities in the world poses a number of challenges, as Neill Barston found during an exclusive visit to Barry Callebaut’s facilities in Belgium
Nestlé pulls out the stops for its festive confectionery series
Nestlé is set to deliver a festive feast of new designs and enhanced product ranges for its Christmas confectionery portfolio, which will feature some special releases from well established brands including KitKat, Milkybar, Smarties and Quality Street.
Survey highlights urgent need for more environmentally friendly packaging
The results of a new survey showing that consumers in the UK would favour a tax on plastic packaging perhaps comes as little surprise.
The universal appeal of confectionery
This week’s confectionery dispatch from myself will be short, but hopefully sweet, with production deadlines looming for our next magazine.
Salted Caramel Fudge KitKat joins the KitKat family
Nestlé UK and Ireland is introducing a new flavour to join its popular KitKat Chunky range, the new KitKat Chunky Salted Caramel Fudge.
The second wave of ruby chocolate makes its mark
This week has seen the arrival of a new ruby flavouring from Synergy, which represents the first major alternative launch since Barry Callebaut’s original ruby chocolate release last year.
Polo celebrates its 70th anniversary
One of the UK’s most renowned confectionery brands, Polo, is marking its 70th anniversary in bringing the famous mint into the 21st century with newly created Facebook and Instagram accounts.
Time for KitKat copycats?
The European Court of Justice has thrown out an appeal by the chocolate bar’s maker, Nestlé, which argued that it owns the distinctive shape of the four-fingered snack.