Cocoa has long provided a lifeline in Ivory Coast but adverse weather and plant diseases have hurt harvests in recent years.

By shading cacao trees on plantations, for example, it might be possible to improve harvests and potentially reduce the ...

A shortage of cocoa beans is driving up the cost to make chocolate — especially for small chocolatiers. That means people ...

Grist reports that rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and other climate impacts are throttling cocoa production and ...

Dark chocolate with cocoa higher than 75% is considered a craft ingredient among chocolate experts. Find out what makes a ...

Fernandes said flavors to replace cocoa may be used in applications such as confectionery items, frozen desserts, syrups, dry ...

Improved learning and memory? Enhanced mood? Here’s why you should opt for darker chocolate as you browse the aisles this Easter.

In February, Luppolo opened his small Elsternwick kitchen as a shop, too, with a couple of tables where you can sit for rich, ...

Space eggs and astronaut bunnies.Penny Stephens The story starts in countries such as Ivory Coast and Indonesia, where cacao pods grow from tree trunks ... that turn cocoa beans into finished ...

What goes into the best Easter baskets? Some people would say chocolate, while others would say nonperishables like skincare products.