Hawaii and chocolate may not seem like a natural pairing, but visitors to a Big Island cacao farm will find they go together nicely, especially if they sample the goods. Home Tours Hawaii, a company ...

KHON2’s Wake Up 2day and Living808 present a special series from the Island of Hawaii. Trini Kaopuiki went exploring and found the joys of a staycation on Hawaii’s largest island. Hawaii is the only ...

The very name has it all: the romance of the islands married to the almost universal love of chocolate. Cacao, the bean from which chocolate is made, likes tropical climates, moist and hot conditions ...

I hadn’t been to the Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory in a while, so I decided to check in on them. These days, Pam and Bob Cooper are getting ready to celebrate 25 years of chocolate making here ...

Hawaii is the only state in the U.S. that supports a commercial cacao agriculture industry, and farms like Lydgate are paving the way for a new generation of environmentally focused and ...

Samples from Nine Fine Mynahs Estates show the process of turning a cacao pod into chocolate. A cacao pod just picked, left, is cut open to reveal the beans inside. Once dried, the beans are roasted ...

Cacao, bamboo, tea and coffee all grow well in Hawaii, and this week two events are planned that celebrate these fascinating plants. ADVERTISING Cacao, bamboo, tea and coffee all grow well in Hawaii, ...

You don't have to be a trick-or-treater to indulge your sweet tooth in Hawai'i. Although the sugar industry continues to shrink, cacao — the source of chocolate — is on the rise as a cash crop, ...

From kalo to cacao, farmers are adapting to effects of a changing climate by fusing traditional Hawaiian practices with new, regenerative agricultural techniques to save soils, streams and reefs.

Cacao trees can only be grown 20 degrees north and south of the equator, making Hawaii the only U.S. state that can produce the crop. Photo Credit: HTA/Dana Edmunds Hawaii, thanks to its privileged ...

HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Over 100 vendors featuring coffee and cacao creations will be on display for the Coffee and Cacao Festival at the Kakaako Farmers Market on Saturday. From 8am - 12pm on June 18, ...