The Real Halloween Horror: Trick or Treat Candy’s Bitter Human Toll
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One of the joys of the Halloween tradition is to dole out confections to costumed kids calling out, “Trick or treat!”
But while we’re celebrating all things spooky and scary and sweet-tasting, the bitter reality behind the candy most Americans hand out for the holidays is who suffers getting that chocolate from cocoa-producing countries into your child’s plastic pumpkin bucket.
The Dark Side of Chocolate
According to the National Confectioners Association, in 2011, Americans spent a record…
The Real Halloween Horror: Trick or Treat Candy’s Bitter Human Toll originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-10-22T12:11:00Z.
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