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FILE - Chocolate rabbits wait to be decorated at the Cocoatree chocolate shop, April 8, 2020, in Lonzee, Belgium. Sweet Easter baskets will likely come at a bitter cost this year for consumers as the price of cocoa climbs to record highs. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File) Source: AP / Virginia Mayo/AP

With the Easter season fast approaching, Australians are being warned that the price of chocolate is rising. That's because the key ingredient used to make it - cocoa - has surged to record levels, trading at more than $15,400 [[AUD]] a tonne due to a poor harvest season in Africa.

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By Sam Dover, Rhayna Bosch

Presented by Irina Burmistrova

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With the Easter season fast approaching, Australians are being warned that the price of chocolate is rising. That's because the key ingredient used to make it - cocoa - has surged to record levels, trading at more than $15,400 [[AUD]] a tonne due to a poor harvest season in Africa.

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