US chocolate prices surge amid soaring cocoa costs and tariffs
For many Americans celebrating Easter, the holiday is incomplete without chocolate: chocolate bunnies and eggs, bars tucked into Easter baskets, candy hidden in plastic eggs for Easter egg hunts.But the rocketing cocoa costs will mean higher prices for chocolate candy this year, and Donald Trump’s tariffs on all imports will likely keep prices high for the foreseeable future.Every year, Americans spend billions of dollars on sweets during what the National Confectioners Association calls “the bi...
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