Trick or treat? More like trick or trash. Americans purchase nearly 600 million pounds of candy each year for Halloween, the equivalent of six Titanic ships. And despite some efforts by candy, tech, ...

(Ignore, for the moment, that the very notion of “nutritional” is a farce when it comes to diabetes- and obesity-inducing candy bars.) The color of the label is obviously irrelevant. But green ...

Zingerman’s recalled two candy bars after a labeling mix-up left peanut and cashew allergens off the packaging just before Halloween. Just days before Halloween, Zingerman’s Candy Manufactory has ...

It’s the not-so-good part of Halloween. All of those individually wrapped treats are delicious, but the wrappers take up a lot of space in the landfill. Unless, of course, you can figure out a way to ...

Sean Brown knows his way around a candy shop. "My candy knowledge is pretty crazy," he says. "Put me up against anyone in a candy battle — and I'll beat them." But Brown is less interested in the ...

So now Snickers can shade the hell out of people with their packaging and they are making it easier for friends and enemies to insult each other. Yeah, the sugary candy takes the edge off, but you're ...

The National Confectioners Association has responded to a policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics last week suggesting warning labels and even redesign for foods that pose a high ...

Halloween treats have a tricky problem: plastic packaging that’s difficult to recycle. As America loaded up on an estimated 600 million pounds of candy for Halloween, a handful of companies tried to ...