A shocking expose of the little known corruption and exploitation found at the heart of the multibillion-dollar cocoa industry blood diamond for chocolate.
It's the measure of a vast gulf between the children who eat chocolate on their way to school in North America and those in Africa who must, from childhood, work to survive...between the hand that picks the bean and the hand that unwraps the candy bar.from the introduction to Bitter Chocolate
Whether part of a child's Halloween haul or the contents of a heart-shaped box, chocolate is synonymous with pleasure. But behind the sweet image is a dark history of exploitation.