Nestec S.a.

David M Klug

Brian Makela

David L Barfuss

Vernon R Merz

Luther Little

Suzanne Stempien

The invention includes an edible confectionery product that has at least two parts. The first part is a base unit formed of a first confectionery and having a top, a bottom, and between five to twelve sides when viewed from above. The second part is a center inclusion formed of a second confectionery. The center inclusion is partially embedded in the base unit and extends above the top of the base unit. The center inclusion is set in, as viewed from the top, from any side of the base unit. The first confectionery has a different composition and preferably has a different texture than the second confectionery. In one preferred embodiment, a plurality of base units are shearably joined.

Shaped, center-filled confectionery products

A process for lightening the color of cocoa nibs or cocoa liquor which comprises treating the cocoa nibs or cocoa liquor with hydrogen peroxide for a period of time sufficient to lighten the color to the desired level.

Cocoa product preparation

A low calorie coating for frozen confectionery products, which forms a skin and which provides a firm outside coating surface about the confectionery products, is formed by dipping a frozen confectionery product containing calcium ions into a flowable aqueous medium containing an alkali metal alginate to form a coating on the confectionery product and then by spraying an aqueous solution of a calcium salt onto the coating of the coated product.

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Fulton, NY, United States of America

David M Klug