Ecuador is the king of fine chocolate, known as Cacao. Sixty percent of quality cocoa beans used in Cacao are found in ...

The first modern chocolate bar was invented in 1847, but it wasn’t until 1930 that white chocolate appeared on the scene. Invented by Switzerland’s Nestlé corporation, white chocolate was unlike ...

Cocoa tree disease outbreaks, largely driven by adverse weather conditions like excessive rainfall. While cocoa prices have been volatile over the past few years, the severity of recent increases ...

If those plans work, the industry's center of gravity could shift back to Brazil, where the cocoa tree is native, from West Africa. "I believe Brazil will become the world's cocoa breadbasket ...

On average, Australians eat six kilograms of chocolate a year! Costa discovers the sweet history of the cacao tree with the horticultural director of Sydney's Royal Botanic Garden, Jimmy Turner ...

Easter is a busy time for Kishoree Boegel. The chocolatier sells treats, like hand-painted bonbons and molded chocolate high heeled shoes, at her shop Cocoa Tree Confectionary in Mequon, Wisconsin.

The season 3 finale of "The White Lotus" recently aired — with the episode featuring the "pong pong tree," a plant with fruit so poisonous that it is nicknamed "the suicide tree." While viewers ...

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 ...