Chocolate prices soar nearly 30% this Halloween, pushing shoppers toward gummies and sour treats as cocoa costs and inflation haunt candy aisles.

Halloween is shaping up to be a test for the chocolate industry, as high cocoa costs threaten to accelerate a consumer shift toward cheaper and trendier sweets such as sour gummies. For candy makers, ...

Even the joy of Halloween will cost more this year, with less chocolate than in years past. Expect more packages of tangy gummies, riding off a meteoric high last year. Your kid's trick-or-treat bag ...