Unlike Cheerios, however, Cocoa Puffs are marketed directly at children. The cereal's mascot is Sonny the Cuckoo Bird, and has long been advertised during children's programming.

Newer chocolate alternatives may provide more satisfying counterfeits. Win-Win isn’t the only start-up producing cocoa-free chocolate, which is similar in concept to animal-free meat.

Cocoa Puffs cereal could contain dangerously high levels of lead, a pair of federal lawsuits seeking $5million have alleged. Two class-action lawsuits have been filed against General Mills, which ...

An organic cocoa powder with 100% natural cacao is a great choice. Cocoa powder is a highly concentrated form of chocolate made by removing most of the cocoa butter from cacao beans.

Chocolate alternatives made without using cocoa beans could be better for the environment than conventional chocolate. German company Planet A Foods produces ChoViva, a chocolate alternative made ...

6. Chocolate Cheerios $4.93 from Walmart Shop Now Chocolate is a much stronger flavor on its own when the dry, tasteless peanut butter seasoning isn't dragging it down (see the next entry).

Non-chocolate candy dollar sales growth (12.1%) outpaced chocolate sales growth (5.8%) last year, according to the National Confectioners’ Association (NCA) 2024 State of Treating Report.