Stockpile Your Chocolate! The Earth is Running Out... Hot chocolate, milkshakes, chocolate cake, chocolate frosting, brownies, candy, cookies, chocolate chips, pies, puddings Imagine a world without any chocolateFrightening, isnt it? Look out, preppers, theres a new kind of Doomsday coming round, and everyone better get prepared. A woman without chocolate? Make that millions of women who cant get chocolate Whew! Watch out, I doubt there will be many survivors left after that rampage! In all seriousness, two of the biggest names in the decadent dessert, Mars, Inc. and Barry Callebaut, are telling the world consumers are eating too much of it. They think that by 2030, the deficit could reach 2 million tons, citing last years deficit where consumers ate (or drank) about 70,000 tons more cocoa than was produced. They say the dry weather in areas where it is commonly grown, frosty pod fungal disease, the rising popularity of dark chocolate (which contains about 60% more cocoa than regular), and the fact that farmers are choosing to grow easier crops like corn and rubber have all led to this deficit. John Mason of Ghana-based Nature Conservation Research Council told the Independent that in 20 years, chocolate will be like caviar. It will become so rare and expensive that the average Joe just wont be able to afford it. Before you go choco-crazy, there is a bit of hope in this dark crisis (pun intended). According to Bloomberg, farmers in Costa Rica are working on several new cacao plant breeds that will be easier for farmers in other parts of the world to grow, breeds resistant to the damaging diseases that have wiped out so much of Womans Sanity Serum lately. However, they say it takes almost two years for the seedlings to produce fruit, and 10 more years for the flavor to get just right. Joseph Dutra, owner of Kimmie Candy Company, also gives women reason to hope. There wasnt a crop deficit this year. We had one of the biggest crops weve ever had in cocoa, but speculators have kept the market up high. Adding that things tend to balance themselves out after a period of time. The prices go up, more people will grow cocoa beans, prices go down, less people will grow and we have to raise prices back up so its sustainable. Though he did tell reporters chocolate prices will be going up come January, so if you want save a buck, start stockpiling. Firstly, a woman without chocolate is like a woman 3+/- days every month (to mens perceptions, LOL). 