Shawn Askinosie shows off his chocolate bars, which feature photographs of farmers who grow the beans that make his chocolate. You may not think about where your chocolate comes from every time you ...

Until the industry pays a fair price and governments enforce real accountability, every bar of chocolate remains an unpaid ...

Chocolate comes from the tropical cacao tree. The cacao bean, the rawest form of chocolate, can be harvested and consumed directly (cacao), roasted and turned into powder (cocoa) or made into ...

Bonbons and truffles are even more of a luxury this Valentine's Day. For the third year, cocoa harvests are coming up short due to abnormal weather, which has led to cocoa beans being so expensive ...

Unlike some other cocoa-free chocolate powders entering the market, this invention relies on just one raw material: the humble broad bean. Cocoa-free chocolate is having a moment. As the darker side ...

Mary Leonard’s busy season that started pre-Halloween wraps up post-Valentine’s Day on Monday. But the chocolatier and owner of Chocolat Céleste in St. Paul said it’s already felt like an “off” season ...

If you’ve ever bitten into a chocolate bar and wondered where it came from, Dandelion Chocolate has a wrapper for you. Its single-origin chocolate bars usually have the name of the farmer who grew the ...

We could soon taste new kinds of chocolate after the discovery of fungi and bacteria that produce fruity and caramel notes from cocoa beans. Chocolate is typically made by fermenting cocoa beans from ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Three factors are at play: environmental, ...

When hot chocolate is made with quality cocoa and low amounts of added sugar, it can boost your health with antioxidants and ...