Cocoa prices are falling – but not in time for Easter | CNN Business

Lindt milk chocolate bunnies, a special Easter edition, are placed on shelves at a Carrefour supermarket in Paris, France, on March 27, 2026.

This year’s Easter baskets will come with higher prices and slightly less chocolate, even though cocoa prices are lower. Cocoa – a key ingredient in chocolate – has been falling in price from an all-time high in 2024, when cocoa beans were sold for $12,000 a tonne. Today, they are about $3,300 a ton. But … Read more