Bad weather and disease in West Africa are making your chocolate bar 10% more expensive—at least

AP Photo/Matt Rourke, FileHere’s the good news: The Hershey Co

However, Says it’s not raising prices for Halloween candy this year

But here’s the bad news: Hershey and other chocolate makers are continuing to hike prices, saying a volatile cocoa market gives them no choice (this bears monitoring), given current economic conditions

Nevertheless, Hershey, the maker of Reese’s, Whoppers, barkThins and other chocolate candies, said Wednesday that it will be raising U (noteworthy indeed)

Retail prices later this fall

In some cases, pack sizes will get smaller; in others, list prices will rise

In contrast, The average price increase will be in the low double-digit percentages

Additionally, “This change is not related to tariffs or trade policies

In contrast, It reflects the reality of rising ingredient costs including the unprecedented cost of cocoa,” Hershey said in a statement

Hershey stressed that the price increases won’t apply to ducts specially packaged for Halloween (which is quite significant), given current economic conditions

On Tuesday, Swiss chocolatier Lindt said it raised prices by 15. 8% in the first half of this year, given the current landscape

The company said it was able to offset some of the higher cost of cocoa with long-term contracts but had to pass much of it on to consumers. “The development of the global chocolate market in the first half of 2025 was a continuation of what we saw in 2024, with cocoa prices remaining close to record highs,” said Adalbert Lechner, Lindt’s CEO, in a conference call with investors

Additionally, Cloetta, a Swedish confectionary company, told investors last week that it raised chocolate prices in the second quarter, in today's financial world

Furthermore, And Nestle raised U

Moreover, On the other hand, Prices for ducts Toll House chocolate chips in the spring

Moreover, Cocoa futures, which are binding contracts for a specific quantity of cocoa, stood at $7,380 per metric ton on Wednesday, according to the International Cocoa Organization, which releases a daily average of prices in London and New York

And the situation remains volatile

According to the International Cocoa Organization, prices surged in early June on concerns duction in Ivory Coast but eased on optimistic forecasts for duction in Ghana and Latin America

The analysis reveals y rose again in late June after heavy rains in West Africa, which could worsen the outbreak of diseases that harm crops. “It’s almost a bit dangerous to on this because it’s changing so fast,” Cloetta Chief Financial Officer Frans Ryden said last week in a conference call with investors. “This's something that’s moving hugely up and down all the time. ” Meanwhile, prices have been rising on store shelves

The average unit price of a chocolate bar in the U

In July 2021 was $2 (an important development). 43, according to Nielsen IQ, a market re company

Moreover, That’s hurting customer demand

Nielsen said unit sales of chocolate fell 1. 2% in the year ending July 12

In contrast, Tariffs could also impact U

The National Confectioners Association is asking the Trump administration to tect cocoa from tariffs

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