Spring & Mulberry expanded its chocolate recall on Friday to cover all 12 of its product lines after federal investigators tied the risk to a single lot of date ingredient that may have been contaminated with salmonella. The move broadens an earlier pullback and adds the Blood Orange, Coffee, Pure Dark and Sea Salt varieties to the list.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the investigation identified the date batch as the most likely source of contamination. Spring & Mulberry is recalling every finished product made with that lot, even though the company said all of the affected chocolates tested negative for Salmonella and no illnesses have been reported.
The latest expansion came after earlier recall updates had already covered Mint Leaf, Earl Grey, Lavender Rose, Mango Chili, Mixed Berry, Mulberry Fennel, Pecan Date and Pure Dark Minis. Those products, like the newly added bars, were sold online and through select retail partners nationwide since August 2025.
Spring & Mulberry, a North Carolina-based company that sweetens its chocolate bars exclusively with dates, is now in its second widening of the recall. The FDA said the first two rounds of recalls initially focused on Mint Leaf flavor, Earl Grey, Lavender Rose, Mango Chili, Mixed Berry, Mulberry Fennel, Pecan Date and Pure Dark Minis before the company expanded again on Friday.
The tension in the recall is straightforward: the chocolates tested negative, yet the ingredient trail still led investigators back to a single lot. The FDA said the affected lot number, 026014, is printed on both the box and inner wrapper, and it listed a long string of other impacted lot numbers tied to the expanded action. For shoppers who bought the bars since August, the final question is not whether the chocolates themselves tested clean, but whether the packaging on hand matches the recalled lots.
That is why the recall now reaches all 12 product lines. The FDA’s investigation has narrowed the concern to one date ingredient lot, and Spring & Mulberry has pulled every finished product made with it rather than wait for a reported illness to force the issue.
