Cacao fruit might be the source of cocoa beans but it can be used for more than dessert-y type foods. From pasta infusions to dying shoes, here's the score.

Thousands of cocoa farmers across Indonesia are working with businesses and other organizations to protect their crops ...

Cocoa beans are seen in an undated stock photo ... The unprecedented prices on cocoa, the essential ingredient that gets ground up and used to make chocolate, are the highest they've been in ...

Since January 2023, the price of cocoa beans is up more than 355% ... As an artisanal chocolatier, Bitzel said he uses fine-grade cocoa, which hasn't seen a reduction in prices.

(AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) With the price of cocoa beans setting unprecedented records on the commodities market, it will certainly turn the gift of love into a bigger financial commitment than it ...