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I know cocoa trees have them, but anyone knows if they can be found in nearby supermarkets as well?

The important of a business name..............koh lian sia............ A Belgian chocolate company is the latest casualty of an unfortunate name-association which saw it linked to a notorious terror group. By Brianna Roberts 7 NOV 2014 - 10:01 AM UPDATED YESTERDAY 3:42 PM 0 The makers of ISIS chocolates will change their name to ‘Libeert’ to avoid association with the terror group formerly known as ISIS. The director of the company, which has been around since 1923, Ignace Libeert, said they experienced a slump in sales as media coverage of the terror group's activity intensified. “When we saw that the orders, which were planned to get in at the beginning September for this Christmas, they didn't come in from the States or the UK, and we said: 'What's going on here?' “And they said yes, we have orders but the name ISIS is actually disturbing because our consumers are very upset with that name.” The chocolate company is the latest in a long list of companies to suffer from the unwanted association. The family of an 8-year-old Sydney girl called Isis came forward last month, complaining they had been discriminated against because of the association. And more than 38,000 Isis’s from across the world have signed an online petition to the media to stop using their name to describe the terror group. A British adult retailer apologised in August after launching a range of lingerie named Isis, but said it did not support jihadists in Iraq and Syria and was standing by its name. The word originally comes from an Egyptian goddess who was worshipped as an ideal mother and wife, and until recently has had mostly positive connotations. Chocolate bars bearing the name ISIS have already hit the shops for Christmas, so the company is now preparing for the Easter holidays. It will take until January 2015 for the full transition to the company's new name to be completed. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/11/07/isis-chocolates-change-name-after-sales-slump

CadBury kanna Buried. http://www.nst.com.my/latest/health-ministry-confirms-pig-dna-detected-in-2-cadbury-chocolate-samples-1.604232 KUALA LUMPUR: Two Cadbury chocolate samples namely Cadbury Dairy Milk Hazelnut and Cadbury Dairy Milk Roast Almond were detected to have contained pig DNA (porcine). The pig DNA was detected by the Health Ministry in the sample of Cadbury Dairy Milk Hazelnut with batch number of 200813M01H I2 and expiry date of Nov 13, 2014; and in the sample of Cadbury Dairy Milk Roast Almond with batch number 221013N01R I1 and expiry date of Jan 15, 2015. Director-general of Health Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a statement here today, said the analysis, however, did not find any pig DNA in the sample of Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate. The analysis results showing that pig DNA was detected in Cadbury chocolates went viral on the social media since yesterday. The samples of the three chocolate products were taken to be analysed for monitoring purposes. Dr Noor Hisham said the product manufacturer, Cadbury Confectionery Malaysia Sdn Bhd, was expected to recall those products from the market immediately. "The Health Ministry also advises the public to study the batch number on the product label before consumption," he said.

I enjoy fine chocolates, the Godiva type. However they're kind of expensive. What other brands and/or chocolatiers you've tried that are excellent but are priced lower? I'm not expecting dirt cheap prices though. Please share.

Hi, Is there any kind of special chocolates meant for fondues? Or i can just use any kind of normal chocolates off the shelves? If there is any special kind, where to buy? Thanks