The collection features eight unique chocolates, each celebrating a different country around the globe, and each using an evocative, sourced salt and other real food ingredients that celebrate what’s treasured in that country.

Company executive Hector De La Barreda has seen the chocolate and confectionery business reinvent itself by diversifying its product portfolio and making strategic acquisitions.

Ghirardelli has been perfecting the art of chocolate making for more than 170 years. Recognized by consumers as a premium chocolate brand, Ghirardelli also offers a variety of ingredients for pastry chefs and foodservice professionals. Discover them here.

Pastry chef Meg Galus has curated festive pastries, beverages, baked goods and chocolates that can be enjoyed all month long.

The brand has teamed up with digital creator Christina Najjar, aka Tinx, this Halloween for the Butterfinger-Tini.

The Birthday Bar, a milk chocolate bar that contains buttery biscuit pieces, features the stories and names of 25 different cocoa farmers from across the world.

Online candy retailer Candystore.com recently compiled data to find out candy eating habits in the US, looking at over 16 years of sales to determine the best-selling candy in each state.

The company is on the hunt for the best chocolate chip recipes out there with the return of its annual Ultimate Champion-chip Contest.

The company will offer the sweet treat at Ghirardelli Chocolate Shops around the country, including the newly renovated Original Ghirardelli Chocolate & Ice Cream Shop in San Francisco.

Bakery, pastry and chocolate innovation took center stage at the application-packed Taste Tomorrow held on Sept. 19-20 in Austin, Texas.