The price of your Easter chocolates reaches peaks. Expect to have to pay 14% more this year for your rabbits, hens and bells. Fortunately, a cheaper solution arrives: chocolate without cocoa. Yes, it exists. © Svetlana/Adobestock with Save saved Save Receive the chocolate alerts rabbits, chickens, eggs … Easter bells will spend in a few days. But this year, your wallet could make a face. Because offering these chocolate sweets to your loved ones is likely to lead your budget. Expect at prices up 14% for Easter chocolates 2025 compared to last year, reveals a study by UFC-Que Choisir. And if the prices increased by 11% for major brands like Lindt, Kinder or Milka, those of distributor brand products (MDDD) even fly by 23%! For example, according to the UFC report, the price of 200 gram milk chocolate rabbit at E.Leclerc went from 2.97 euros in 2024 to 3.99 euros this year, an increase of 34%. Intermarché chocolate figures and U system have seen their average price increase by 80 cents over the same period. The reason? Cocoa lessons have been blazing for many months, the result of a combination of several factors: three successive deficit harvests in the main producing countries (Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana) and high global demand. “This convergence led to a very strong increase in cocoa prices: +365% in January 2025, compared to January 2023,” said Gilles Rouvière, secretary general of the Chocolate Syndicat. 20 to 30% cheaper than traditional chocolate everything, you will find products on the shelves of your stores. “Companies in the sector have redoubled their efforts and mobilized to maintain this accessible pleasure; Everyone will be able to find Easter chocolates adapted to their budget, ”says the secretary general of the union. With an envelope of around 24 euros per household, Easter remains the second highlight of chocolate consumption after Christmas. Read also: The “Dubai Chocolate”, the tablet at 9.99 euros which panic about social networks but for consumers who find the note too salty, there are alternatives like this Easter chocolate … without cocoa! The brand? Choviva, from the Alsatian chocolatier, Abtey. It is a confectionery made from sunflower seeds and grape seeds. They are fermented, roasted and crushed to make it a powder that reproduces the taste and appearance of classic chocolate. Milk, sugar and vegetable fats complete the recipe. The good news? Choviva items are 20 to 30% cheaper than conventional chocolate products. For example, the price of the Choviva monkey (120 grams) is displayed at 3.40 euros when the Lindt brand chocolate rabbit (100 grams), sold at Carrefour is 4.55 euros. The discount LIDL brand offers four recipes: a superhero rabbit (4.49 euros), a unicorn egg and a dragon egg (3.99 euros), and mini eggs to hide (9.99 euros). Receive our latest news each morning, the information to be remembered on the financial markets. (tagstotranslate) chocolate
