You sure can, although it wouldn’t be considered tree-to-bar. To simplify the chocolate-making process, you can skip the first few steps by purchasing your cacao nibs and grinding them with your ...

Bad news for chocolate ... the global price for cocoa shot up over 75%, from $4,094 per metric ton on Jan. 8 to $7,170 on March 6. Changing weather has threatened cocoa tree health and production ...

One way to tackle these problems is to make chocolate without using cocoa beans — the fermented seed of the cacao tree. Cocoa-free chocolate is already available but scientists around the world ...

or tempering chocolate for bonbons. In Hawaii, all varieties of cacao grow well. Hanna grows most of her trees from seedlings. It takes three to five years before the tree bears fruit and up to six ...

Explore the complete process of chocolate making, starting with the cultivation of cocoa trees and harvesting ripe pods. Follow the journey as beans are fermented, roasted, and ground into a ...

You can get in touch with Robyn by emailing [email protected] Archaeologists have shed light on the origins of chocolate by tracing the spread of the cacao tree. A new study published in ...

Global cocoa production primarily takes place in Ghana, the Ivory Coast, Cameroon, and Nigeria in West Africa. Changing weather has threatened cocoa tree health ... demand for chocolate as people ...

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 ...

As cocoa prices continue to spike, shoppers see the jump-scare prices for chocolate candy at the grocery store this Halloween season. A streak of poor crop seasons has reduced the supply of the ...

When it comes to talking about chocolate ... ETH Zürich repurposed the cocoa pod, which contains cocoa beans, the dried and fully fermented seeds of the cacao tree. When cocoa beans are harvested ...

The chocolate industry is having a meltdown ... “We’d never need to cut down a single tree again (to make way for cocoa plantations) — that is an enormous impact.” There are also ways ...