Cacao fruit might be the source of cocoa beans but it can be used for more than dessert-y type foods. From pasta infusions to dying shoes, here's the score.

Chocolate Maker from River-Sea Chocolates Dave Przybysz joined Good Morning Washington to talk about the bean-to-bar process. (7NEWS) ...

Chocolate is delicious and chocolate comes from cacao beans, so cacao beans should also be delicious, right? Well, you may want to reconsider eating them raw.

The seeds in a ripe cacao pod are in a moist, sweet mucilaginous membrane that needs to be fermented off before the beans are dried and roasted as nibs. (Diana Duff/ Special to West Hawaii Today) ...

Yes there's nothing as quick and satisfying as Blink-it-ing your favourite bar of chocolate and gorging on it solo. But in ...

When it comes to countries that produce chocolate, Switzerland and Belgium may be among the first to come to mind. But ...

The International Chocolate Awards named the best dark chocolate bar in the world, Vigdis Rosenkilde’s 70% cacao Quellouno bar. This dark chocolate bar is made from Chuncho cacao beans, which ...

The best often carefully source their cacao pods — an increasingly expensive endeavor — then roast and grind the beans into chocolate bars.

Luxembourg is the largest consumer of chocolate in the world, with the highest per-person daily intake. Explore the top ...

The by-products from cocoa production has many surprising uses. (Envato Elements pic) Cacao beans have uses that go beyond being the base ingredient of our favourite chocolate treats or beverages ...

July 7, the world celebrates the creation of a popular sweet treat. World Chocolate Day is a holiday that has been introduced ...