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

Excessive rainfall creating disease issues for beans limited the amount of cocoa coming out of West African ports.

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

The price of chocolate bars has shot up across the world over the past year, meaning they can feel like a luxury - yet West Africa's cocoa farmers have not been reaping the benefit.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

Toward the end of the day, more bedpans, the emptying of sputum mugs, the making of cocoa.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan