Why you’re seeing scary-high chocolate candy prices this Halloween

Don't be surprised if you see fewer chocolate treats in your trick-or-treating loot. Customers are souring on costly chocolate, resulting from a few disappointing cocoa crop years.

Why you’re seeing scary-high chocolate candy prices this Halloween
Hershey Co. is introducing more non-chocolate candies to its lineup as costly chocolate candy curbs the company

Don't be surprised if you see fewer chocolate treats in your trick-or-treating loot. Customers are souring on costly chocolate, resulting from a few disappointing cocoa crop years.

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