Is rich, luscious Dubai chocolate here to stay?

Salted caramel isn’t going away. Neither is the hot honey trend.

Ditto for Dubai chocolate. At least that’s our unofficial prediction.

We’re basing that on the number of candy makers, bakers and national brands dabbling in crunchy pistachio and chocolate these days. And on the number of folks who are already pistachio lovers. And on the mainstream marketing efforts. We’ve seen the bars sold recently at a farm stand, a gas station counter and a big-box store checkout line.

Dubai chocolate has a rich reputation...