cocoa

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In 2024, prices for cocoa futures trading on the Intercontinental Exchange rose exponentially, going from around $4,200 a metric ton to start to year to peaking at more than $12,000 a ton by December.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Should cocoa prices continue to trade at their current levels, then analysts believe that consumer prices may start to ease in the second half of the year—potentially before Halloween rolls around.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

See’s Candies, founded in Los Angeles in 1921, makes a “St. Patrick’s Day potato” using divinity — a nougat-like, marshmallowy confection — mixed with walnut, coated in chocolate, and rolled in cocoa powder and cinnamon.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

Because of the previous high prices, chocolate bars have become smaller and chocolate makers have been using less cocoa.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

Bright shiny hair and dark brown skin like mahogany cocoa.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat