Peace by Chocolate's story has been cited by the
Liberal Party of Canada. Specifically, in Cabinet Minister
Sean Fraser's campaign and one of Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau's speeches at the United Nations. Tareq Hadhad was appointed to Invest Nova Scotia's board of directors in September 2017. In September 2020, he won a National Entrepreneurship Award for his positive impact as a new Canadian, and was one of the recipients of the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards of 2020. In March 2023, during United States President
Joe Biden’s trip to Ottawa, Green Party leader
Elizabeth May gave him a chocolate bar from Peace by Chocolate as a gift. == In popular culture ==