Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. cocoa growing on tree - Kriangkrai Thitimakorn/Getty Images Chocolate is a universally beloved foodstuff, so it comes as no ...

Theobroma cacao is the tropical tree that produces the cacao fruit. When the cacao fruit is in its purest form, it's comprised of two components: the sweet white or yellow pulp inside the fruit known ...

TANJUNG REJO, Indonesia (AP) — The loud whirr of a chainsaw sounds through the forest as a small group of farmers gathers around a tree filled with red seed pods. With one slow stroke, a severed ...

Seamus Blackley is best known for creating the Xbox game console. Now he has a new mission: to start a Los Angeles chocolate company. The challenge? Cacao trees don’t grow in the Southern California ...

If you've taken a trip through the seasonal aisle at the grocery store lately, you may have noticed a change in price for some of those Easter basket fillers. It's happening because the world price ...

There is a massive problem in West Africa, and the chocolate supply is facing a significant threat as the cacao tree virus is affecting farms and rapidly spreading in the country's regions. As much as ...

In São Tomé and Príncipe, a new generation of cocoa producers is at the forefront of restoring degraded ecosystems and ...

These hand-painted bonbons are the most popular item at Cocoa Tree Confectionery in Wisconsin. Founder and owner Kishoree Boegel says the cost for the chocolate she needs to make them has jumped over ...