US Candy Companies Sideline Pricey Halloween Chocolates for Gummies, Licorice, Flavored Crèmes By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) - Trick-or-treaters hoping to collect handfuls of chocolate ...

Prices on sugary non-chocolate sweets - though still cheaper than chocolate - are also up double digits, according to Circana. The shift to gummies ... and the candy companies have faced a ...

A shortage of cocoa beans over the past year has sent prices for the key ingredient for chocolate soaring, leading candy companies and ... down instead on cheaper gummies and licorice such as ...

Prices on sugary non-chocolate sweets - though still cheaper than chocolate - are also up double digits, according to Circana. The shift to gummies ... and the candy companies have faced a ...

NEW YORK — Trick-or-treaters hoping to collect handfuls of chocolate candy this ... a bit of a letdown. US confectionery companies are stocking store shelves with fewer Halloween chocolates and ...

Prices on sugary non-chocolate sweets - though still cheaper than chocolate - are also up double digits, according to Circana. The shift to gummies, licorice and ... cravings for costly chocolate, and ...

Prices on sugary non-chocolate sweets — though still cheaper than chocolate — are also up double digits, according to Circana. The shift to gummies ... and the candy companies have faced ...