California gaining reputation for premium chocolates

First wine, then cheese, now, according to the International Herold Tribune, California is gaining a reputation as a producer of premium chocolates: “by 2000 California had edged out Pennsylvania, home of Hershey’s, to become the nation’s chocolate capital. In 2004, the last year for which figures were available, California had 136 companies churning out chocolate and cocoa products compared to Pennsylvania’s 122″