KitKat

(Newser) - Easter candy shoppers in Europe may be hunting for more than eggs this year. Nestlé says an entire truckload of its new KitKat line—about 12 tons, or 413,793 bars—vanished between its factory in central Italy and a distribution site in Poland. The company said Friday that "...

(Newser) - Hershey fans will soon feel a bigger pinch at the checkout. The Pennsylvania-based chocolate giant confirmed Tuesday it's hiking prices across its candies by a "low double-digit" percentage, a move tied to surging cocoa costs rather than tariffs or trade disputes. Shoppers should expect the changes to...

(Newser) - It looks like vegans will be able to snack on a KitKat bar in the near future—though vegans in America will have to wait. Switzerland's Nestle said Monday that a vegan bar, called KitKat V, will be be launched later this year as a test run in “...

(Newser) - "Four trapezoidal bars aligned on a rectangular base" may not be instantly recognizable. Put that setup in chocolate form, however, and many people would be able to distinguish it as a KitKat. Even if that's the case, the European Union's highest court just ruled that the shape...