Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and other climate impacts are throttling cocoa production and driving up chocolate ...

This Valentine’s Day, love might not be the only thing making hearts race—soaring cocoa prices are adding a bitter twist to ...

BRUGES, Belgium (AP) — St. Valentine chocolates always seek to show how ... blaming changes in annual rain and drought patterns in western Africa that weakened the sensitive trees in key ...

Money can’t buy you love — or as much cocoa as it used to, with adverse weather denting West African crops and chocolatiers ...

NEW YORK — It will be harder to find sweet deals on chocolate this Valentine’s ... bad weather in the key cocoa-producing region of West Africa and the cocoa swollen shoot virus disease ...

This Valentine’s Day, as chocolate prices soared, Africa’s worsening aridity is a key factor. West Africa, responsible for 70% of the world’s cacao, faces increasing challenges due to ...

KitKat, for example, has launched cinnamon-toast and Neapolitan flavors, without chocolate dip. Countries outside West Africa have stepped up their cocoa production. Branch says farmers in Ecuador, ...

“Every time we get rain in West Africa, the futures change. People are watching it that close. It’s just crazy. There’s a lot of money on the table in this exchange,” said Branch. Cocoa ...