Why your Halloween bag has fewer Reese's and more gummies this year
Elevated cocoa costs have driven up chocolate prices, reduced chocolate sales, and shifted consumer demand toward non-chocolate candies this Halloween.
If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit look away now
McVitie's Club and Penguin use less cocoa, now classified as 'chocolate flavour', replacing cocoa with palm and shea oils to manage soaring cocoa costs.
Something Weird Is Happening With Halloween Chocolate
Candy makers are reducing chocolate content and introducing alternative flavors and coatings in response to rising cocoa prices and consumer demand for novelty.
Shrinkflation bites as boxes of Quality Street and Celebrations lose weight
Popular chocolates have been reduced in size: Quality Street, Celebrations, Toblerone, and Terry's Chocolate Orange have lost weight due to shrinkflation.
