Daring FireballFeb 25
Major Candy Brands Are Switching From Actual Chocolate to ‘Chocolately Candy’ (Read: Brown Candle Wax)
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/02/25/from-chocolate-to-wax
Major Candy Brands Are Switching From Actual Chocolate to ‘Chocolately Candy’ (Read: Brown Candle Wax)

Link to: https://www.jezebel.com/fake-milk-chocolate-replacements-brands-reeses-hershey-ferrero-compound-coating-candy-climate-change

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@daringfireball in the past two years cocoa prices skyrocketed and maybe that opened the door to these “innovations”. Of course, now that cocoa prices are going back to normal they will revert the changes (NOT) https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/cocoa
Cocoa - Price - Chart - Historical Data - News

Cocoa fell to 5,333.40 USD/T on November 14, 2025, down 2.80% from the previous day. Over the past month, Cocoa's price has fallen 8.19%, and is down 38.08% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. Cocoa - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on November of 2025.

Feb 25 at 3:57pmIceCubesApp