Recalls / Class III
Class IIIH-0484-2026
Product
Willy Pete's Chocolates brand Almond Despair; Dark Chocolate with Coconuts, Almonds, & Carolina Reapers; Ingredients: Sugar, Vegetable Oil, (Palm Kernel Oil & Hydrogentated Palm Kernel Oil), Cocoa Powder (processed with Alkali), Soy Lecithin (An Emulsifier), Whey Powder (Milk) & Salt. Coconut, Sugar, Water Propylene Glycol (Sustains Freshness), Salt, Sodium Metabisulfite (Preserves Whiteness). Macadamia nuts & Carolina Reaper Powder; Contains Milk and Soy. Tree Nuts. May contain traces of peanuts; UPC: 0 987261 5
- Type
- Food
- Affected lot / code info
- No additional coding. UPC Codes: 09872615
- Quantity
- 54 units
Why it was recalled
Almonds are not declared in the ingredient statement. Almond is included in description of product on front label.
Recalling firm
- Firm
- Willy Pete's Chocolate Company LLC
- Notification channel
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Address
- 25 Otto Dr, N/A, Harwinton, Connecticut 06791-1915
Distribution
- Distribution pattern
- MA, SC, CT
Timeline
- Recall initiated
- 2025-12-22
- FDA classified
- 2026-02-05
- Posted by FDA
- 2026-02-11
- Terminated
- 2026-02-25
- Status
- Terminated
Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record H-0484-2026. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.