With the price of cocoa beans setting unprecedented records on the commodities market, it will certainly turn the gift of ...

Expect to pay about 10% to 20% more for chocolate this Valentine's Day than last year, one agricultural economist said.

Chocolate is by far the most popular Valentine's Day treat, but you might find it's getting more difficult to find sweet ...

Mary Leonard’s busy season that started pre-Halloween wraps up post-Valentine’s Day on Monday. But the chocolatier and owner ...

Climate change threatens global cocoa and chocolate production, but a new study highlights a promising solution—pollination.

ICE NY cocoa (CCH25) today is down -155 (-1.50%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25) is up +26 (+0.32%). NY cocoa prices ...

The wet and humid conditions allowed a fungal infection called black pod disease to flourish, rotting cocoa beans on the ...

BRUGES, Belgium (AP) — St. Valentine chocolates always seek to show how deep your love is. This year, it might just also show how deep your pockets are. A worker holds chocolate Valentine hearts ...

Roses are red, violets are blue, chocolate is rich -- and more expensive now too. Crushing diseases that purged cocoa crops in West Africa, combined with a difficult growing season -- similar to the ...

Officials at companies like Barry Callebaut, Hershey, Lindt & Sprüngli Group and Mondelez have alluded to the challenge higher cocoa prices put on their chocolate business. Expect to pay about 10 ...

Turns out that, if love is reputed to be eternal, a low price for cocoa, the essential ingredient in chocolate, is not. "The price increase of cocoa is absolutely spectacular, now for 2 ...