THE FUSE

Haunted Chocolatier is the next game from Stardew Valley developer Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone, which means that it’s going to be an instant hit the moment it’s out. Unfortunately for us, it’s also a fairly enigmatic project at the moment. Since announcing Haunted Chocolatier in 2021, Barone has revealed fairly few details about it, and we still have no idea when it might grace our Steam libraries. Fortunately, I’ve dedicated an alarming amount of my free time to parsing Barone’s Haunted Chocolatier blog, and I’m here to report back with the facts (and some theories) to munch on in the meantime.