Chocolate is a popular treat around the world. Once people discover the taste delight of a chocolate confectionery product, they often become a chocoholic. The primary ingredient in chocolate is the cocoa bean. More than 60% of the world's cocoa supplies each year come from the West African nations of the Ivory Coast and Ghana. Cocoa is a temperamental agricultural product that only grows in climates around the equator. Each year is always a new adventure when it comes to the cocoa crop. On the demand side of the equation, population growth causes requirements to