And this process uses just one ingredient: Raw cacao. The chocolate making process starts with the cacao pods. The beans are pulled from the pods and are lightly fermented and dried. Inside the ...

If you can find cacao pods at your nearest specialty grocery store ... Cacao Fruit Besides eating this white and slippery fruit raw by biting into those pesky bitter seeds, you might find that ...

it's already too late," said Paul Kouame Kouakou, who owns four hectares of cocoa in Duekoue, a town in west Ivory Coast. It usually takes a flower around 22 weeks to become a mature pod.