Halloween: Rising chocolate prices may result in less chocolate candy on Oct. 31 [Video]

If you’re heading out trick or treating this Halloween, you may end up with more chips, gummies, licorice, and other goodies in the treat bag – rather than chocolate.

Cocoa prices have spiked, and that could be playing a trick with what your kids come home with and what you give out on Halloween night.

“Chocolate prices have skyrocketed in the last year or so. It’s at $7,700 a ton right now, which is double what it was last year,” Sylvain Charlebois, director of Dalhousie University’s Agri-Foods Lab, said.

“You’re likely going to see less chocolate, unfortunately. And I know that chocolate is very popular with the kids, with trick or treaters, but, yeah, chances are you’re not going to see as much chocolate.”