it's quite simple to eat this pulp-like fruit. If you can find cacao pods at your nearest specialty grocery store, you'll be able to eat the soft pulp surrounding the cacao seeds by gently peeling ...

Any chocolate lover can probably tell you that cacao is the most important ingredient in any chocolate confection. But not ...

Chocolate doesn’t grow on trees. What consumers enjoy as chocolate is a product manufactured from the seed of the fruit pod of the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao) and the flavor of the seeds themselves ...

"The cacao pods have to grow on the trees ... not just a candy," said Tom Rogan. "It's made from a fruit, has a lot of healthy stuff and a lot of amazing flavor." ...