Crunchy candy bars. Peanut butter cups. Chocolate-covered caramels. When you’re in the grocery store, the types of chocolate might seem endless. It’s hard to imagine a world where all these delicious treats aren’t at your fingertips.
But the chocolate you see in the candy aisle could soon change.
Cocoa is the main ingredient needed to make chocolate. And it is in short supply. For the past several years, extreme weather and other problems have devastated cocoa harvests.
The effects are being felt all over the world. With less cocoa available, the ingredient has started to cost more.
What does this mean for chocolate lovers like you?
Crunchy candy bars. Peanut butter cups. Chocolate-covered caramels. You’re at the grocery store. The types of chocolate seem endless.
But the chocolate you see in the candy aisle could soon change.
The main ingredient in chocolate is cocoa. It is in short supply. Extreme weather has devastated cocoa harvests. Other problems have damaged the harvests too.
Now there is less cocoa. So cocoa costs more. This is true all over the world.
What does this mean for chocolate lovers?
Crunchy candy bars. Peanut butter cups. Chocolate-covered caramels. When you’re in the grocery store, the types of chocolate might seem limitless—and it’s difficult to imagine a world where all these delicious treats aren’t at your fingertips.
But the chocolate options available in the candy aisle could soon change.
Cocoa, the main ingredient needed to make chocolate, is in short supply. For the past several years, extreme weather and other problems have devastated cocoa harvests.
The effects are being felt worldwide—and with less cocoa available, the ingredient has started to cost more.
What does this mean for chocolate lovers like you?