Cacao fruit is what chocolate is made from. Learn the history of cacao, how chocolate is made, and the many ways we enjoy ...

Everybody loves chocolate. There’s dark chocolate, milk chocolate and even white chocolate, but they all start with beans ...

Carob is a seed, pod-producing tree native to the Mediterranean. The fruit that surrounds the seeds is a common chocolate substitute and may benefit your health.

By using cocoa gel as a sweetener, cocoa- fruit chocolate boasts a higher fiber content than your average European dark chocolate (15 grams versus 12 grams per 100 grams). It also contains only 23 ...

Beyond Good organic chocolate company works directly with 150 Malagasy cacao farmers to bring them up to date on the most progressive agroforestry practices, from tree selection for shade and soil ...

Growing cacao trees also requires a lot of water, yet only the seeds of the fruit are harvested. One way to tackle these problems is to make chocolate without using cocoa beans — the fermented ...

Dip the fruit halfway into the melted chocolate, letting the excess chocolate drip off. Place the fruit on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet. Refrigerate for 30 minutes or until the chocolate is firm.

There’s dark chocolate, milk chocolate and even white chocolate, but they all start with beans from the cacoa plant theobroma cacao, also known as the Chocolate Fruit Tree.