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Climate Change Is Threatening Your Favorite Holiday Flavors

December 28, 2025

Holiday baking may soon feel the heat as cocoa, vanilla, cinnamon and sugar crops face mounting pressure from extreme weather, rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns. Experts warn that the world’s most beloved seasonal flavors could become harder to grow (and more expensive to buy) if our planet’s warming continues on its current trajectory.

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