With the price of cocoa beans setting unprecedented records on the commodities market, it will certainly turn the gift of love into a bigger financial commitment than it once was. Turns out that if love is reputed to be eternal, a low price for cocoa, the essential ingredient in chocolate, is not.

This Valentine’s Day, love might not be the only thing making hearts race—soaring cocoa prices are adding a bitter twist to the traditional gift of chocolate. As the climate crisis devastates cocoa production in West Africa,

St. Valentine chocolates always seek to show how deep your love is. This year, it might just also show how deep your pockets are.

Cocoa prices rose to record highs last year amid a global supply shortage. Chocolate makers have raised their retail prices to compensate.

St Valentine's Day chocolates are always a great way to show how deep your love is. But this year, it might just also show how deep your pockets are! View on euronews