Is this just a sugar high? With Easter on the horizon, the price of chocolate candy is at a serious premium, even as the cost of cocoa, a primary ingredient, is at a record low. Indeed, an annual assessment of Easter egg prices found that some chocolate eggs are both smaller and more expensive for the … Read more
Get a load of this haute chocolate. Benjamin’s Steakhouse in Midtown is catering to cash-flush chocoholics with a new, ultra-decadent, three-tiered hot cocoa cocktail — and it runs customers a cool $1,000 per coupe. High prices are hopefully no obstacle to die-hard cocoa nuts. The extravagantly dubbed Versailles Velour — an opulent concoction imbued with … Read more
American retailers are offering more discounts on Hershey products ahead of Halloween as the candymaker raised prices because of tariffs and cocoa inflation, Reuters reported, citing data. The news agency said by early October, over half of Hershey candy had been put on sale by one mass retailer, according to findings from the data provider … Read more
The price of chocolate might make you feel bitter about buying sweet treats. Rather than filling trick-or-treat buckets with chocolate bars galore, children are going to be coming home with gummies and more fruity and tart treats. Cocoa prices are soaring, causing companies to shift gears away from chocolate sweets this candy-centric season. Cocoa prices … Read more
LONDON/ACCRA — Major African cocoa plants in Ivory Coast and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans, four trading sources said, meaning chocolate prices around the world are likely to soar. Chocolate-makers have already increased prices to consumers, after three years of poor cocoa harvests, with a fourth expected, … Read more
Fans of chocolate, rejoice! Here’s another win to celebrate, and just in time for the holidays. Cocoa extract has been shown to have cognitive benefits for older adults, according to new research. Earlier studies have suggested that cocoa extract might have a protective effect on brain health, but the results from some studies have been … Read more
It’s ho, ho — no! Disney’s The Santa Clauses’ Winter Wonderland on the rooftop of Pier 17 in the South Street Seaport is advertised as being NYC’s “most magical holiday attraction of the season.” But local parents say it’s just a dirty trick. They have taken to social media to complain about the “tiny” ice rink, … Read more