While Mars still lags Hershey's prized top spot in the U.S. chocolate market -- which totals $16 billion -- analysts agree that Hershey is facing a serious challenge.

Mars Inc., based in McLean, Va., is bringing its bite-size malt ball Maltesers to the United States — and back to the company’s roots. The treat has been sating British urges for sweets since ...

Mars has crept up on Hershey's dominance of U.S. chocolate buyers. And now, Mars has delivered a chocolate-coated slap in the face, setting up shop in south-central Pennsylvania.

And Mars is making its case just as it’s leapfrogging Hershey as America’s largest candymaker, with its $23 billion purchase of mint and chewing-gum giant Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. - This stretch of rolling dairy country has long been Milton Hershey's turf, where he first found success making chocolate more than a century ago and earned a ...

The two candy giants face off in court over Maltesers, err, Malteser. Call it the candy wars, round three: This time Mars Inc. is going after rival Hershey over chocolate-covered malt balls, all ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Bitter rivals in the candy aisle may also duke it out in court. The Hershey Co. sued Mars Inc. this week in federal district court, with the maker of Hershey’s and Reese&#82… ...

Hershey, based in the Pennsylvania town named after company founder Milton S. Hershey, is the largest U.S. maker of chocolate candies, with Mars second. In 2008, Hershey also was atop the larger ...

Hershey’s zero-sugar range has quietly become one of the company’s fastest-growing segments. “We’ve tripled the business over the last five years,” said Mohnshine.