In this short recipe video, I show you how to make chocolate from cocoa beans. This, from cocoa pod to chocolate bar recipe, is so fun, and the process is fascinating. #chocolate #cacao #cocoabeans #h ...

LONDON/ACCRA — Major African cocoa plants in Ivory Coast and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans, four trading sources said, meaning chocolate prices around ...

Every piece of chocolate—whether it’s a humble Hershey’s bar or an upmarket Scharffen Berger bar—starts out as a tiny cacao bean. Some chocolatiers, like Francois Kwaku-Dongo—who grew up on a ...

CONCORD, N.H.CONCORD, N.H. — Swiss chocolate maker Lindt had humble beginnings when it set up its U.S. headquarters in southeastern New Hampshire back in 1989. “At that point in time we were a very ...

Producing chocolate, one of the world's most beloved sweets, is a multistep process beginning with freshly harvested cocoa beans. People have been experimenting with chocolate-making for millennia, ...

Can you manipulate the taste of noble cocoas in different directions to create exciting new flavors for the world's chocolate fans? Some researchers and cocoa professionals asked that question and the ...

You may think you know all there is about chocolate, but cacao beans are only part of the story. With a rich history, cacao has been used as currency, for medicinal remedies, during spiritual rituals, ...

(The Conversation) – A shortage of cocoa beans has led to a near shutdown of processing plants in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, the two countries responsible for 60% of global production. With chocolate ...

Explore how Indian cacao farmers are innovating craft chocolate production through unique roasts and fermentation techniques.

Ritual Chocolate is a bean to bar chocolate company based in Heber City, Utah. Bean to bar means they do the whole ...

Chocolate prices will likely climb even higher as West African cocoa processing plants can no longer afford to buy the bean. According to Reuters, state-owned Transcao, one of Cote d’Ivoire’s largest ...