Price of cocoa at record high: will chocolate become a luxury product and is it already too late to hoard cheap Easter eggs?

The price of cocoa is twice as high as a year ago and is now even higher than the record set in 1977. The causes range from bad weather to piracy. Combined with high sugar prices, chocolate inevitably becomes more expensive. “Chocolate is a small luxury. If a bar becomes 1 euro more expensive, will you leave it behind?” asks chocolatier Dominique Persoone. We compared the prices for Easter eggs in the supermarkets.

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