Candy companies are producing more gummy and chewy treats, saving money and appealing to the tastes of younger consumers.
Manufacturers of sweets and candies face rising costs for sugar and cocoa due to weather patterns and disease denting supply.
Seventy percent of cocoa comes from West Africa, where a surplus means lower prices for growers.
Exporters are taking issue with a recent batches of cocoa beans, an important ingredient in chocolate.
"We wanted to do something sustainable that would raise incomes and that would be there long after we were gone," Affleck says.
Cocoa prices are near record highs, as farmers who have switched to more lucrative crops have driven down supply.
Some farmers who took up cocoa farming in place of coca are returning to the crop from which cocaine is made.
The price of cocoa has started to fall around the world as demand has dropped off — but these prices might not last for long.
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