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Editors Note: If theres one thing Santi Falcone learned from manufacturing pianos, its that competition keeps prices in line. Falcone is no longer in the piano business; hes transitioned into making a sweeter, and as he says, recession-proof product: c stanley cup hocolate truffles. But unexpectedly this year, the price of the cocoa that he needs to make those truffles shot up 26 percent. NewsHour still image.How is his company, Dante Confections, located in North Billerica, Massachusetts, sur jordan viving Falcone is passing on a 10 percent price increase to af1 his customers, the candy shops. And theyll pass it on to, guess whom You. And this isn ;t just about truffles. For those trying to fill their plastic pumpkins last-minute for Friday trick-or-treaters, Paul Solman found out in New York last week that the price of individual Kit-Kats has risen 10 cents.So whats causing the price to spike As Paul reported on the NewsHour Tuesday, there are fears that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is limiting the supply of cocoa. But just how rational those fears are is another question. There still plenty of cocoa, commodities trader David Martin told Paul on Making Sen$e, but cocoa traders are taking advantage of the hysteria to make money. At his truffle factory, Falcone is feeling the pinch from his suppliers big agribusinesses who have raised the price of cocoa on him just when his one-year contract was up for renewal. I almost fell out of the chair when I saw