The World Is Running Out of Chocolate

Don't shoot the messenger but this might be the worst possible news if you are a chocolate lover.

Chocolate production is failing to keep up with worldwide consumption and could fall behind by 2 million metric tons annually by 2030! In other words, we're running out of chocolate!

Dry weather and fungal disease are partly to blame, but there's another cause - demand for chocolate is just too great, particularly in emerging Asian markets.

Our Asian friends are eating twice as much chocolate than they were 10 years ago and dark chocolate, which uses much more cocoa than regular chocolate bars, is growing more popular. (Washington Post)

If you're not a chocolate lover, what food would send you into a total meltdown if it ceased to exist? I can tell you right now that mine would be pizza!