Chocolate

While the cost of cocoa sat at less than $2,000 a ton in the summer of 2022, it's since jumped to about $10,000 right now. That's at least below the $12,000 ...

Climate change drove weeks of crop-withering temperatures last year in the West African countries that underpin the world's chocolate supply, ...

Money can't buy you love — or as much cocoa as it used to, with adverse weather denting West African crops and chocolatiers adding more fillers like nuts.

Chocolate prices are up and expected to rise further after catastrophic weather and crop disease crushed the cocoa yield in West Africa.

As we savour chocolate this Valentine's Day, don't forget the existential threat cocoa trees are facing, says this geography professor.

From London to Kyoto, satisfy your sweet tooth by visiting one of these tasteful boutiques · 1. Birley Chocolate Shop | London · 2. Patrick Roger | Paris · 3.

A new Hallmark movie will feature Valentine's Day candy created by a St. Louis chocolate company.

Stephanie Hansen's love of chocolate takes her across the Twin Cities to visit some of the area's best chocolatiers and bakers in this episode of Taste ...

Cacao, sugar and butter are part of the recipe for chocolate, more specifically, Peace by Chocolate – a company started by the Hadhad family, who fled to ...

STEVENSON, Md. — Ever since The Velvet Chocolatier set up shop in Stevenson in 2009, business has been great. "I owe it all to Oprah.

Those heart-shaped chocolate boxes are a sweet success story dating back to the 1860s, according to Northeastern expert Malcolm Purinton.

As we near Valentine's Day, we also wonder, how and when did chocolates become an indispensable part of Valentine celebrations?

Valentine's day and the whiff of chocolate and cocoa are in the air. The price of cocoa beans is setting unprecedented records on the commodities market and ...

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

A chocolate bar hates to see Valentine's Day coming. The holiday is responsible for roughly $4 billion in chocolate and candy sales annually, according to a ...

Minnetonka-based agribusiness Cargill expects Americans to buy 75 million pounds of chocolate for Valentine's Day.

That is because of sky-high prices for chocolate's key ingredient, cocoa. While cocoa futures have retreated some from their latest record reached in December, ...

Professor of Climate Jessica Fanzo explains what cacao trees need to thrive, and how climate change is making chocolate production more challenging.

Researcher Caitlin Clark has a job a lot of people would envy. Clark is a food scientist who oversees a new laboratory devoted to the study of chocolate ...

Consumers with a sweet tooth will pay more for one of the most popular Valentine's Day treats this year. Cocoa prices skyrocketed, compared with a year ago, ...

The sweet bustle of the holiday season is Cathleen Blagay's speciality. Blagay is the owner of Thornebrook Chocolates, a confectionary shop at 2441 NW 43rd ...

Anyone up for this fun at home activity can follow along with Charlie Mullin and Annick Joseph in the above video and enjoy your very own homemade white ...

Our DRINKiQ programme aims to raise the 'collective drink IQ' by increasing public awareness of the effects of alcohol and supporting responsible drinking.

A man in a black T-shirt stands in front of a bench covered in. Philippe Smets runs a chocolate business in Sydney. Source: SBS / Spencer Austad ...

ALPENA — You may want to fast for 24 hours prior to Saturday, Feb. 22, so you can indulge at the Chocolate Extravaganza. The annual event runs from 2 to 4 ...