Sweet satire: ethical chocolate company sends up corporate competition with new range

Tony's Chocolonely has pioneered the mainstreaming of fair-trade chocolate in Europe, and now seeks to break off a piece of the Irish market
Sweet satire: ethical chocolate company sends up corporate competition with new range

Tony's Chocolonely Sweet Solution Bars: pastiching popular chocolate bars to highlight the ethics of established labour practices in the chocolate industry

Whether it's the occasional treat, or a full evening's comfort eating in lockdown, chocolate has retained its ever-present status as a sweetie of choice for generations, changing with the times and consumer habits, yet remaining reassuringly familiar.

But one conversation around the much-loved snacking staple has been growing in recent years: that of the ethics surrounding cocoa farming and other processes, and the prices paid in bulk by corporate candy giants.

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