With the price of cocoa beans setting unprecedented records on the commodities market, it will certainly turn the gift of ...

Rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns in West Africa, which supplies around 70% of the world's cacao, are ...

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

Despite the rise of inflation, Cincinnati chocolate maker Maverick Chocolate Company is making affordable box sets where customers can get anything from chocolate bars to heart-shaped truffles.

According to the International Cocoa Organization, prices are now soaring. The cost of cocoa in the United States is more than $10,000 per ton, the highest it's been in 50 years. But for Ruthie, it's ...

Ever since The Velvet Chocolatier set up shop in Stevenson in 2009, business has been great. "I owe it all to Oprah. She chose me as her favorite in 09," owner Ruthie Caroliner said. Ruthie told WMAR ...

Mr William Kwaku Serebour Prempeh, Ashanti Regional Manager of COCOBOD has urged cocoa farmers to help maintain the premium quality of Ghana’s cocoa beans by ensuring the proper fermentation and ...

Cocoa beans demand fell in Europe in the fourth quarter of 2024 and for the year as a whole, though it remains relatively stable, according to a report from the European Cocoa Association.

In the heart of West Africa, where the world’s finest cocoa beans are cultivated, Chinese investment has built new processing factories in Ivory Coast and Ghana. On the outskirts of Abidjan, ...

Expect to pay about 10% to 20% more for chocolate this Valentine's Day than last year, one agricultural economist said.