Halloween candy prices look frightening due to cocoa concerns

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Trick-or-treaters, beware this Halloween, even candy is not excluded from inflation trends this spooky season. Cocoa production (CC=F) has dropped over 14% year-over-year while prices have risen nearly 120% in that time, putting pressure on everybody’s favorite candy bar makers.

Yahoo Finance senior reporter Brooke DiPalma details how candy companies are reacting to these cocoa headwinds to offset these cocoa headwinds.

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This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.

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