Aussies have been horrified by the ‘ridiculous’ prices of Easter eggs with some treats costing over $200 – and even a single Ferrero Rocher costing $2.08
- Lindt Easter bunny found in an IGA for $122
- 92 Ferrer Rochers cost $200 at Woolworths
Australian shoppers have been shocked by the prices of chocolates in supermarkets in the run-up to Easter.
A Woolworths customer found a 200g Easter egg produced by Cadbury for $20, while another found a 92 Ferrero Rochers pyramid cone in the supermarket costing $200.
That works out to $2.08 for each chocolate in the cone.
Another customer at IGA reported finding a 1kg Lindt Easter bunny for $122.
Shoppers took to Reddit to complain about the high prices, posting, “A Must-Have Easter Deal – Welcome to the $20 Egg.”
While Easter-themed chocolates tend to be more expensive as the holidays approach, inflation and rising production costs have pushed the price up even further.
Easter-themed chocolate has been found in supermarkets at eye-popping prices due to the combination of rising costs of chocolate production and rising inflation
Other social media users were shocked by the prices of the Easter treats, with some questioning whether they were priced inappropriately.
‘Good God. I remember jokingly asking for the 1kg egg 10 years ago and it was $25 – and that felt like a stupidly expensive option,” one shocked user wrote.
‘I don’t believe this. What is going on? Over a hundred dollars for a Lindt rabbit!? In this economy!? Tell them they’re dreaming,” wrote a second.
“No, that must be a typo,” wrote a third.
“They are just messing with us right now,” a fourth wrote.
Another user said they had worked at Woolworths last Easter over Easter and claimed that Ferrero Rochers pyramid cones ‘do not sell at all’ and eventually get damaged.
A cone of 92 Ferrer Rochers was found at Woolworths for $200
The cost of chocolate has risen after drought in the world’s largest producer, Ivory Coast, severely hampered production last year
Retail expert Gary Mortimer told 7News that Easter eggs always cost more than other chocolates because of the production costs of complex shapes.
Aside from rising inflation, global chocolate prices rose last year after drought in West Africa’s Ivory Coast hampered cocoa production.
According to Al Jazeera, Ivory Coast produces about 45 percent of the world’s chocolate, but receives only about four percent of the world’s $100 billion in chocolate sales.
Harvard University researchers estimate that by 2030, parts of West Africa will be too hot and dry to produce much cocoa due to climate change.