However, most people are less familiar with the other edible portion of this tasty tropical plant: the pulpy fruit. The pulpy membrane surrounding the cacao beans comprises the vast majority of ...

Vanilla beans begin as the seedpods of a tropical orchid (left); Chocolate is made from the seeds hidden inside the fruit of the cacao tree (right). Florilegius / SSPL / Getty Images Of all the ...

Jean Mari Konan Yao says he's struggling as a cocoa farmer in the west African nation of Ivory Coast, which produces almost ...

German confectionery manufacturers produced fewer chocolate Easter bunnies this year than in 2024, their industry association ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Angela Mason Foster Extension Master GardenerSM Volunteer Few plants have ...