In 2007 it was announced that Artisan Confection Company, a division of The Hershey Company, would be teaming up with Starbucks to produce a line of chocolate candies. These would initially be sold at grocery stores and supermarket locations before eventually being made available at most Starbucks locations.
Not to be 'Truffled' with
The idea behind the concept is to take the wonderful variety of Starbucks coffee and iced coffee drinks and to combine them with the deliciousness of chocolate. The joint venture will see a line of chocolate bars and chocolate-filled truffles that will eventually be able to be bought by consumers when they are buying any product at their local Starbucks location. There are plans to also develop coffee-flavored and even tea-flavored chocolates under the Artisan name. The truffles come in four varieties: dark chocolate vanilla bean, milk chocolate chai, milk chocolate caffe mocha, and dark chocolate espresso.
