The Mason Minute

The Mason Minute


Chocolate Prices (MM #5289)

September 14, 2025

I know I say it all the time, but times have changed. Sure, a lot of it has to do with society, our culture, and even technology. But sometimes it’s the simple things. When I was growing up, you could find a few cents in your piggy bank, or grab some change from your parents, and go to the store and buy a candy bar. How simple things were. Of course, in my parents’ era, a candy bar was a nickel. In my preteen years, it was a quarter. It’s not the same for kids today. Chocolate prices are going up, and Hershey says they could jump anywhere from 50¢ to a dollar. And that would bring the price of a regular candy bar up to almost $2…

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