Chocoholics are being urged to stockpile their favourite sweet treats now with cocoa prices on Tuesday surging to the highest level in 45 years.

Rising global demand and damaged crops due to poor West African weather are partly to blame for the skyrocketing prices.

Head of Food, Beverage and Agri Insights at ANZ Michael Whitehead joined Julie-anne Sprague on 6PR’s Afternoons to make sense of this sugary travesty.

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