cocoa
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During a postwar cocoa shortage in the 1940s, an Italian pastry chef named Pietro Ferrero had the genius idea to combine the scarce resource with an ingredient his town had in abundance: hazelnuts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
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
But rising global cocoa prices mean chocolate is now 15% more expensive than it was a year ago - and Easter 2026 comes at a time when many household incomes in the UK are squeezed.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 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
Mama would laugh and rub cocoa butter on our skin to keep it from drying out.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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