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Chocolate bounty: Ghana at war against cocoa smugglers : The Swiss chocolate industry's main supplier of cocoa beans fights cocoa smuggling with new rewards ...
swissinfo.ch/eng/food-supply-chains/chocolate-bounty-ghana-at-war-against-cocoa-smugglers/90258345

Journey to destination chocolate - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday: “Cocoa is a process that requires the commitment and co-operation of many people ...
newsday.co.tt/2025/11/06/journey-to-destination-chocolate/
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Chocolate industry turns to financial markets to pay for cocoa: From Ghana to Switzerland, the search for scarce capital to buy cocoa has the industry looking to ...
swissinfo.ch/eng/food-supply-chains/chocolate-industry-turns-to-financial-markets-to-pay-for-cocoa/92321193

Halloween gets pricier as chocolate costs climb — Hershey may feel the pinch : Higher cocoa and sugar prices are fueling above-average cost inflation for candy
cnbc.com/2026/10/30/halloween-gets-pricier-as-chocolate-costs-rise-hershey-could-feel-it.html

Smaller treats, higher prices? What to expect this Halloween in Canada: Canadians handing out chocolate this Halloween may be spooked by prices this year ...
cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/10/30/smaller-treats-higher-prices-what-to-expect-this-halloween-in-canada/

Candy prices got you scared stiff? What to know about the cost of Halloween this year
npr.org/2026/10/30/nx-s1-6018566/halloween-candy-prices-chocolate

Halloween candy sales are off to a slow start amid high chocolate prices and affordability concerns
nbcnews.com/business/consumer/halloween-candy-sales-are-slow-start-affordability-rcna605395
Higher cocoa and gas prices scare off some early Halloween candy buyers: Halloween candy sales are off to a slow start this year as U.S. consumers grapple with ...
apnews.com/article/halloween-candy-sales-chocolate-prices-treats-0b1126f30969a21710ba995416c5b905

Chocolate Lab opens in Tobago: THE Chocolate Lab Trinitario Tobago opened on Monday afternoon on the compound of the Tobago Hospitality and Tourism Institute ...
trinidadexpress.com/features/local/chocolate-lab-opens-in-tobago/article_9235598c-4259-43cf-96d7-82643d5569c0.html
9 Health and Nutrition Benefits of Cocoa Powder: Cocoa powder offers a range of possible nutrition and health benefits. Learn all about them here.
healthline.com/nutrition/cocoa-powder-nutrition-benefits

Cocoa giants Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire vow to cooperate on prices: The countries’ leaders said they would revive the so-called cocoa OPEC.
semafor.com/article/06/19/2026/cocoa-giants-ghana-cte-divoire-vow-to-cooperate-on-prices

Ghana cocoa farmers warn bumper harvest threatened by payment delays: Cocoa farmers in Ghana say payment delays of up to six months are preventing them from ...
reuters.com/business/environment/ghana-cocoa-farmers-warn-bumper-harvest-threatened-by-payment-delays-2026-04-22/

A Chocolate Orange has doubled in price – and got smaller. Why?: From Quality Street to Toblerone to the Terry’s classic, festive treats are becoming more of a ...
theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/dec/18/a-chocolate-orange-has-doubled-in-price-and-got-smaller-why

Hershey Will Raise Candy Prices Amid Cocoa Supply Crunch: Cocoa prices, fueled by a supply shortage, have risen sharply in the last five years.
forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2025/07/22/heres-why-hershey-is-raising-prices/

World's oldest chocolate was made 5300 years ago—in a South American rainforest: Ancient pots shift the nexus of chocolatemaking from Central America to modern ...
science.org/content/article/world-s-oldest-chocolate-was-made-5300-years-ago-south-american-rainforest

Chocolate prices remain elevated this Easter due to cocoa price spikes: This Easter, soaring cocoa prices will continue to have an effect on the price of ...
bnnbloomberg.ca/business/economics/2025/04/18/chocolate-prices-remain-elevated-this-easter-due-to-cocoa-price-spikes/

Paid articlePaywall High Cocoa Prices Push Historic Chocolate Makers to Bankruptcy: Poor harvests in West Africa have driven the price of cocoa to record highs ...
bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-02-28/high-cocoa-prices-push-historic-chocolate-makers-to-bankruptcy

Demand for chocolate causes more illegal deforestation than people realise: New maps show the extent of the destruction in big cocoa-producing countries
economist.com/graphic-detail/2023/06/02/demand-for-chocolate-causes-more-illegal-deforestation-than-people-realise

How gold mining in Ghana is threatening Swiss chocolate: As the world’s second-largest cocoa producer loses swathes of farmland to illegal gold mining ...
swissinfo.ch/eng/business/how-gold-mining-in-ghana-is-threatening-swiss-chocolate/47870756
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