A shortage of cocoa beans is driving up the cost to make chocolate — especially for small chocolatiers. That means people ...

From chocolate bunnies to chocolate-covered eggs, Easter candy has started to show up in stores and some people may have noticed sticker shock. Some prices ... bad weather and crop disease in ...

Cocoa prices today gave up an early advance and posted moderate losses on cocoa demand concerns after Barry Callebaut AG, one of the world's biggest chocolate ... of a weak mid-crop cocoa harvest ...

As experts warn sky-high chocolate prices ... you’ve planted new crops, they take three to four years to bear fruit,” Willis said. Kakawa’s Kim said higher prices were easier to digest ...

Cocoa prices Thursday settled mixed, with NY cocoa rising to a 1-1/4 month high. Signs of a weak mid-crop cocoa harvest ... Executives from chocolate makers Hershey and Mondelez recently warned ...

"Last year, chocolate pricing rose ... have ruined crops in recent years. According to United Kingdom charity Christian Aid, cocoa prices have risen 400 per cent in recent years as a result.

The price of chocolate is anywhere from 10-20% higher than this time last year due to disease, climate change and weather impacting cocoa crops in West Africa. Those three factors are being felt right ...

Cocoa prices Wednesday settled moderately higher on short-covering due to concern about the Ivory Coast's upcoming mid-crop ... Executives from chocolate makers Hershey and Mondelez recently ...

the cost of chocolate, coffee, fish, and strawberries may rise. Factors like drought and wildfires can reduce crop yields, limiting supply and pushing prices up. No doubt, poor air quality and ...