Raw cacao fruit contains two different elements: the sweet pulp and the seeds known as cacao beans. The sweet white pulp inside cacao fruit is the mucilage that surrounds the beans, but it doesn't ...

Cakes and cookies: "Toasted cacao nibs add a lovely crunch and deep flavor to cookies, brownies, and cakes," Mehta says.

Even the most novice home cooks are familiar with chocolate, but consuming the fleshy fruit surrounding raw cacao beans is anything but a mainstream ... once you've successfully found a way inside ...