# Cocoa prices skyrocket! What does this mean for chocoholics? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 9, 2004, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocoa-prices-skyrocket-what-does-this-mean-for-chocoholics/273813 "2004-11-09T09:05:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocoa-prices-skyrocket-what-does-this-mean-for-chocoholics/273813/1 "2004-11-09T09:05:17Z")
Even before the [Ivory Coast unrest started increasing cocoa prices](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3990039.stm), I’d heard a lot about such a development happening (for reasons unrelated to civil unrest). I don’t remember if the stated reason was dwindling supply vs. increasing demand, or something else. Does this mean chocolate will become more and more of a luxury item, like it used to be? Or will it do like some people say will happen to oil, and alternatives developed? In other words… WHERE THE HELL WILL I GET MY FIX?!?!?!?! ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocoa-prices-skyrocket-what-does-this-mean-for-chocoholics/273813/2 "2004-11-09T10:22:19Z")
Note to self, stock up on Godiva, QUICk!!! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocoa-prices-skyrocket-what-does-this-mean-for-chocoholics/273813/3 "2004-11-09T14:29:08Z")
This is Lynn Bodini the Pit Moderator :mad: This is Lynn Bodini the Pit Moderator _sans_ chocolate… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocoa-prices-skyrocket-what-does-this-mean-for-chocoholics/273813/4 "2004-11-09T17:30:43Z")
Nooooooooooooo! ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocoa-prices-skyrocket-what-does-this-mean-for-chocoholics/273813/5 "2004-11-09T18:09:34Z")
Expect shady characters in dark street corners whispering ‘hey pal, want some Peter Beier?’ . Expect goverment worldwide to start ‘the war on chocolate trafficking’. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocoa-prices-skyrocket-what-does-this-mean-for-chocoholics/273813/6 "2004-11-09T18:48:58Z")
Expect Starbuck’s to immediately double their prices on anything with the word ‘chocolate’ or ‘mocha’(even when it refers to the coffee) in its name, effective immediately. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocoa-prices-skyrocket-what-does-this-mean-for-chocoholics/273813/7 "2004-11-09T18:53:53Z")
I will liquidate my IRA before I ever go a day without chocolate. Which should get me a weeks worth of Hershey’s kisses. Feh.