2020: A ‘Sweet’ Year For Candy Companies

MOON TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – 2020 was a year that many would not describe as “sweet.”However, for some candy companies, it certainly was.According to the National Confectioners Association, consumers spent around $36.7 on sweets in 2020. They also spent around $11 billion on regular candy and nearly $22 billion on chocolate – which experienced a 4% increase in sales.One local chocolate company says people were spending hundreds of dollars at a time, just looking for something t