Man holding a open cocoa bean (cacao bean) (Theobroma cacao), Plantation Roca Monte Cafe, Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, Atlantic Ocean, Africa

Small cocoa trees at a cocoa nursery in Ghana, West Africa, Africa

Chocolate fruits from a Theobroma cacao tree, Madagascar, Africa

A man tends to small cocoa trees at a cocoa nursery in Ghana, West Africa, Africa

The cocoa bean (cacao bean) (Theobroma cacao), Plantation Roca Monte Cafe, Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, Atlantic Ocean, Africa

Green pods whose seeds are used to make chocolate, on a cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao), Muthuvankudi, Munnar, Kerala, India, Asia

Cacao Plantation, Ilheus, São Jorge dos Ilhéus, Brazil

The cocoa bean, also cacao bean (Theobroma cacao), Plantation Roca Monte Cafe, Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, Atlantic ocean, Africa

Young cocoa beans, also cacao beans (Theobroma cacao), Plantation Roca Monte Cafe, Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, Atlantic ocean, Africa

Cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao), cocoa fruit, Cordillera Oriental, Dominican Republic, Central America

Cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao), cocoa fruit, Cordillera Oriental, Dominican Republic, Central America

A pile of colorful Cacao (Theobroma cacao) pods in Choroni, Venezuela.

Workers pick cacao pods (Theobroma cacao) among lush, green trees and vegetation in Choroni, Venezuela.

Cocoa pods for sale; Chiapas, Mexico

Organic Chocolate Manufacturing. A person holding a handful of cocoa beans, the seed of Theobroma cacao, raw materials for chocolate making, Woodstock, New York, USA

Organic Chocolate Manufacturing. A person holding a handful of cocoa beans, the seed of Theobroma cacao, raw materials for chocolate making, Woodstock, New York, USA