Dark chocolate was the redhead stepchild to milk chocolate for as long as I can remember. Now it is responsible for a resurgence in popularity for chocolate in general, not to mention rising profits and consolidation for chocolate makers.

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Quality chocolate that attracted the attention of connoisseurs, like single bean, was a narrow niche of interest.

Now with health claims being attributed to dark chocolate and rising interest in the finer variety of cocoa bean, dark chocolate is driving rising fortunes and a flurry of consolidation as the major producers rush to acquire quality chocolate lines and labels.

Details can be found in a new article published here, Chocolate makers switch to the dark side.