Archaeologists have shed light on the origins of chocolate by tracing the spread of the cacao tree. A new study published in Scientific Reports found that the cacao tree, which grows cocoa beans, ...

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 ...

As long as there is chocolate, there will be happiness.​” But how much does the average person really know about chocolate? The Morton Arboretum’s annual Chocolate Weekend expo, taking place Jan. 31 ...

Cocoa substitutes are entering the chocolate market as the confectionery industry responds to volatile bean prices and supply ...

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 ...

In Cameroon, the astonishing surge in the price of cocoa has Banyuy Elsie Kinyuy planning the next chapter of her life. In November, the 57-year-old high school tutor bought a 3-hectare (7.4-acre) ...

Gardeners who love chocolate may want to grow cacao and make their own chocolate. Cacao trees grow well here in Hawaii and with room for a small tree where it can have a shady overstory, it’s worth ...

ABIDJAN, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Mainly above-average rains last week in most of Ivory Coast’s main cocoa regions augur well for ...